Iowa Family Group Record for Abraham Smith Submitted by: Cathy Joynt Labath Email: labaths@celticcousins.net Husband: Abraham Smith Born: 19 May 1795 - North Carolina Died: 25 Jul 1871 - Henry County , Iowa Buried: Father: Peter Smith (1776-1851) Mother: Susanna Leinbach (1778-1855) Marriage: 13 Feb 1816 Place: Switzerland County, Indiana Wife: Eleanor Van Dorin Born: 10 Aug 1800 - Virginia Died: 3 Aug 1875 - Henry County , Iowa Buried: Father: Mother: Children 1 M John Smith Born: 1817 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: 1836 Buried: Spouse: Marr. Date: 2 M William Smith Born: 1820 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: - Switzerland County, Indiana Buried: Spouse: Marr. Date: 3 F Sarah Smith Born: 1822 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: - Switzerland County, Indiana Buried: Spouse: Marr. Date: 4 M Jabez Smith Born: 1824 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: Buried: Spouse: Elizabeth H Martin ( - ) Marr. Date: 28 Apr 1852 Spouse: Hannah Cook (1827- ) Marr. Date: 19 Apr 1868 - Henry County, Iowa 5 F Mary A Smith Born: Abt 1825 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: Buried: Spouse: Abraham B Osborn ( -1850) Marr. Date: 10 Sep 1843 - Hancock County, Indiana Spouse: John Lee ( -Bef 1860) Marr. Date: 7 May 1852 - Henry County, Iowa 6 M Cheney Smith Born: Abt 1826 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: Buried: Spouse: Elvira Thrash (1829- ) Marr. Date: 16 Jan 1851 - Henry County, Iowa 7 M Peter J Smith Born: 13 Jul 1830 - Switzerland County, Indiana Died: 12 Apr 1903 - Salem, Henry, Iowa Buried: - Salem South Cemetery, Salem, Henry, Iowa Spouse: Lucy Bell Crew (1844-1920) Marr. Date: 26 Apr 1869 - Henry County, Iowa - 8 M Marcus Kilbourne Smith Born: 13 Mar 1834 - Hancock, Indiana Died: 15 Oct 1909 Buried: Spouse: Rachel A. White (1841-1923) Marr. Date: 5 Mar 1857 - Henry County, Iowa 9 M James C Smith Born: Abt 1836 - Hancock County, Indiana Died: Buried: Spouse: Sophia J Evans (Abt 1839- ) Marr. Date: 13 Sep 1857 - Henry County, Iowa 10 F Nancy L Smith Born: Abt 1839 - Hancock County, Indiana Died: 1885 Buried: Spouse: Walter F Crew (1832- ) - 11 M Hiram Smith Born: Between 1841 and 1842 - Hancock County, Indiana Died: 1892 Buried: Spouse: Eliza (Bet 1841- ) Marr. Date: Abt 1860 12 F Phoebe Lorenda Smith Born: 28 Jan 1846 - Hancock County, Indiana Died: 12 Jul 1922 - Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa Buried: - Evergreen Cemetery/Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa Spouse: William Henry Dorman (Abt 1841- ) Marr. Date: 17 Dec 1865 - Henry County, Iowa Spouse: Rufus Vantassell (1823-1899) Marr. Date: 17 Jun 1875 - Henry County, Iowa General Notes (Husband)Came to Henry county after 1845 (1850 census lists youngest child born about 1845 in Indiana). Buried Lambrith Cemetery with War of 1812 marker. Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry Co., Iowa 1888 Abraham's family moved to Switzerland, Indiana in 1814. Elander/Eleanor's family moved there in 1804. Here they became acquainted and friendship ripened into love, and the marriage was celebrated in 1815. They remained in Switzerland County, Indiana until 1833, and here their seven oldest children were born. In that year they emigrated to Hancock County, Indiana at which place the five youngest children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Smith made Hancock County their home until 1849 when they came to Henry County, Iowa locating near Rome. Here he bought 120 acres of raw land and developed a fine farm, residing here until his death in July 1871. Mrs. Smith died 3 August 1875. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the time of their death, but had formerly belonged to the Baptist Church before coming to Iowa. They were devoted members of the society, and no couple in the county were more highly esteemed than they were. Letter of Abraham Smith to Peter Smith, brother Received by: Rosalene Nielsen 6300 Surfside Way Sacramento, CA 95831 January the 19th 1856 Dear Brother, I take pen in hand to let you know that we are all well hoping that these lines may find you all well, now I will inform you that my son Jabeze and his family has left Greenfield, Indiana and came out here and is wintering here with us, and he likes Iowa very well so far as he has seen of it, and Peter is still in oragan and he rote to us that the indians is at war with the whites al through oragon he sais all the indians west of the rocky mountains have joined together, and they think goverment will have to send fifty thousand men to save orogan, now I will ---- your request conserning my money that is coming to me I want ou to send it by daniel to me, or any other person that is safe, and take their Receipt so as to make it safe to you, and as soon as i get the money i will send you a recet by mail and when you get it you can drop a line to me to let me know that you got it, unkel Isaac Limbacks'alfred was here to see us and he said it was not safe to send money by letter, if Brother daniel is coming out he can bring it to me and oblige me in so doing, and if no one comes from your part of the country that you can send it to me rite to me and i will try to send by someone for it, rite often and let us know how you all are getting along. prices products of the cattle, wheat $1.25 Corn .20 oats .20 potatoes .25 pork (85 or 5) Dollars per hundred, meat coffe 7 pounds to the Dollar shugar 1 pounds to the Dollar molasses 50 cents per gallon butter 15 cents per pound, I close with Respects to you all. Abraham Smith To Peter Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------- Will of Abraham Smith: In the Name of God, Amen. I Abraham Smith of Tippecanoe Township Henry County state of Iowa being of Sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life do therefore make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. That is to say first after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged the residue of my real estate I give and bequeath to Jabez Smith of Tippecanoe Township, Henry County and state of Iowa. The said Jabez Smith Shall take good care and treat reasonably well Abraham Smith the executor of this Will and Elenor Smith his Wife, during their natural lives and shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars in legal currency to each of my heirs as follows: Phebe L Dorman One hundred dollars Cheny Smith One hundred dollars Peter Smith One hundred dollars Mary Ann Osborn One hundred dollars Hiram Smith One hundred dollars James C Smith One hundred dollars Nancy Crew One hundred dollars Jabez Smith One hundred dollars Markus Smith One hundred dollars I further wish that after my death that all of my personal property or moneys Shall be equally divided between my children named above, the condition of the will to be complied with within one year after the death of Elenor Smith my wife, or in case she should die first within one year after my death. And I now appoint Hiram Smith and Walter F Crew my executors to see that the conditions of this my last will is complied with and to settle up my business. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 15th day of April Eighteen hundred and sixty seven. Signed Abraham Smith The above written instrument was subscribed to by the Said Abraham Smith in our presence and acknowledg (sic) by him to each of us and he at the same time published and declared the above instrument so subscribed to be his last will and testament and we at the testators request and in his presence have signed our names as witnesses here to and writen opposit (sic) our names our respective places of residence. Witnesses (signed) Hiram Smith, Roundprairie Twp, Jefferson County, Iowa Walter F Crew-Salem Township Henry County Iowa A History of Hancock County, Indiana In the Twentieth Century by Dorothy June Williams and Thomas E.Q. Williams copyright 1995 by Thomas E. Williams Includes a listing of customers from the 1832-1837 account book of Elijah Tyner, Hancock County's first store located in Blue River Township. SMITH -- Abraham, Catherine, Christina, Daniel, Danielson, David, Firman, George, Jacob, James, John, John G., Mary Jane, Michael, Nathan, Rebecca, Robert, Samuel, Tessie, Thomas, William, William S. 1856 Iowa State Census, Tippecanoe Twp, Henry Co. Stamped page 893. Home-Family, Name, age, sex, marital status, #yrs res in IA, POB, Occup. 83-83 Abraham Smith,62,m,m,6,NC,Farmer Ellen Smith,55,f,m,6,VA Marcus Smith,22,m,s,6,Ind,laborer James Smith,20,m,s,6,Ind,laborer Nancy Smith,17,f,s,6,Ind Hiram Smith,14,m,s,6,Ind Pheby Smith,9,f,s,6,Ind 1870 Henry Co Census Abraham is age 75 and living with son, Jabez in Tippecanoe Twp. CAPT. INGERSOLL'S COMMAND, SEA FENCIBLES, NEW YORK was probably regt. of War of 1812 General Notes (Wife) 1860 Census-Tippecanoe Twp, Henry Co, IA lists birth place as Pa. 1870 census Eleanor is living with son, Jabez in Tippecanoe Twp. Census also lists birth place as Virginia, not PA. ************************************************** Copyright © 2007 by Cathy Joynt Labath. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************