Date
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Source
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1.Lemuel Smith
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6
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Birth
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Death
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Marriage
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Per
family
information,
he emigrated to America from Holland, and
apparently moved from Connecticut into New York State, where in 1790
they lived in adjoining houses in Clintontown, Ducthess Co., New York.
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6
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Children:
2.Isaac
Smith;
no
information.
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| 3.Joseph
Smith;
no
information. |
+4.Abram
Smith,
b.1810,
m.c.1845, Amy Ann Harris.
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5.Jonas
Smith,
b.c.1820,
New York State, m.1870 in Rngland, Anna ________, b.
Mass. He d. in New York State. Anna m., 2nd, ________
Henry, of Fall River, Mass. Children of Jonas & Anna Smith:
6.George W. Smith,
b.1847, either in Mass. or in England. He m. Katherine
___________, b.1848 in England. In 1870, they were living in
Kingsbury, N.Y.
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6
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4.Abram Smith (1.Lemuel)
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1810
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Birth:
at
Kinderhook,
Columbia Co., N.Y.
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6
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Death
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c.1845
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Marriage:
Amy
Ann
Harris, b.1819, Kingsbury, Warren Co., N.Y.
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7
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Abram
Smith
was
a shoemaker.
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6
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Children:
7.Charles H. Smith, eldest
son, b.c.1847, m. Alice ________. He witnessed, 13 Nov.1872, the
marriage of his brother, Orville Lemuel Smith, to Honora Agnes
Smith.
Children:
8.Charles Smith, Jr.
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9.Edith (perhaps)
Smith
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6
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10.Orville
Lemuel
Smith,
b.1850, d.1916, m.1872, Honora Agnes Riordan.
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11.Roswell
B.
Smith,
b.1857. He m. Lizzie Redmond and they had five
children, whose names are not known.
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7;
6
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12.Fred
J.
Smith,
youngest child, b.18 Dec.1859, d.24 Jul. ____, San Francisco;
m. 22 Oct.1884, Jessie Fremont Russell, b.24 Feb.1862, d.2 Nov.1934,
San Francisco. Children:
13.Harry
Smith,
b.c.1886,
d. in infancy.
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14.Harriette
E.
Smith,
b.1887, d.1 Sep.1973, Cheyenne, Wyoming, m.11 Nov. or
Dec.1911, Muskegon, Mich. to Warren Forbes. They moved to Denver,
Colo., where he was a druggist. Child:
Richard
Warren
Forbes,
b.11 Feb.1916, Cheyenne, d.c.1977, Los Angeles, Calif.
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6
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6
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15.Fred
Smith,
b.1890.
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16.Russell
Smith,
b.1891.
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17.Jessie
(female)
Smith,
b.1897.
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6
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6
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10.Orville Lemuel Smith (4.Abram, 1.Lemuel)
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18
Jul.1850
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Birth:
in
Sandy
Hill ( now Hudson Falls) Washington Co., N.Y.
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1
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8
May
1916
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Death:
in
Denver,
Colo.
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1
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13
Nov.1872
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Marriage:
in
New
York City, Honora Agnes Riordan, b.29 Sep.1842, Banteer, County
Cork, Ireland, d.18 May 1926, Denver, Colo. She was daughter of
David and Dary Riordan, had two brothers and one sister, Jo Hannah
Riordan (Aunt Joan.) David Riordan, of Dysert, had children:
Honora Agnes Riordan
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Kate Riordan
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Mary Riordan
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Anna Riordan
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After his wife Mary d.c.1850, he brought these daughters to New York
City
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Ellen Riordan; remained
behind with her Aunt Joan, who later on brought her to America.
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1;
4;
6
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c.1866
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Sandy
Hill,
N.Y.:
Worked in the local newspaper office, doing all the chores
of the printing business.
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1
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1867
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Philadelphia,
Penna.:
At
age 17, opened up a small printing shop: O.L. Smith &
Co., Stationers and Job Printers, 72 W. William St.
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1
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<1872
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New
York,
N.Y.:
Moved, and again opened a job printing shop.
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1
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13
Nov.1872
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New
York,
N.Y.:
Married Honora Agnes Riordan, at St. Stephens Church.
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1
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c.1874
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Nebraska:
Visited
his
cousin, Orville Clark Harris, who had a farm there; went
fishing; became interested in the money to be made, farming, in the
West.
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1
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1879
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Wilson,
Ellsworth
Co.,
Kansas: Took his wife & son, and bought a farm on
the Smoky Hill River, a mile south of Wilson.
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1
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1879-1880
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Wilson,
Kansas:
Between
"friendly Indians," begging for food, and locust
invasions which ate all the crops, these years were disasters.
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1
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1881
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Wilson,
Kansas:
Made
a fine crop, took it to a silo in Wilson to await sale;
the silo burned down, leaving him and his family penniless.
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1
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Spring,
1882
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Denver,
Colo.:
As
an experienced printer, he obtained work as a compositor at
the old "Denver Republican," and was able to send for his family.
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1
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1883
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Denver,
Colo.:
They
first lived at Antelope Place (now Cherokee Street.)
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1886
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Denver,
Colo.:
In
less than four years he was able to set up another small
printing shop, in partnership with A.P. Ferl, as "Smith & Ferl,"
1516
Arapahoe St.
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1
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1886
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Denver,
Colo.:
He
invited George Brooks in purchasing Ferl's interest in
his company; and so it became the Smith-Brooks Printing Company.
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1
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1890
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Denver,
Colo.:
The
Smith-Brooks Co. prospered, and they built a specially
constructed, five-story building at 1743-47 California St., which
became the eighth largest and most complete printing plant in the U.S.
at that time.
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1
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Smith
was
very
active in Typographical Union #49, became its President in the
1880's; and he was also involved in the financing and construction of
the Printers' Home, near Colorado Springs.
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1
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c.1896
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Denver,
Colo.:
An
active Republican, he had been a member of the Board of
Commissioners since 1884-1885. When Denver Mayor Bates was out of
town, O.L. Smith, as the Board's President, assumed the duties of
Acting Mayor.
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4;
2
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c.1896
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Denver,
Colo.:
An
active Republican, he became a member of the Board of
Commissioners and became its President, the equivalent at that time of
Mayor.
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1
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c.1899
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Denver,
Colo.:
As
a substantial contributor to the Republican Party, President
McKinley offered Smith the post of U.S. Consul at Hanoi, but Smith
declined. McKinley then offered him the same post at Nice,
France, which Smith accepted. |
1
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1903
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Tampico,
Mexico:
Smith
was an avid fisherman and took along his daughter,
Katherine. She caught the fishing fever and won the women's
championship at the same time that Dr. Loui Hough won the men's;
they apparently met at this time.
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2
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8
Jun.1904
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Denver,
Colo.:
Smith's
daughter Katherine Francis Smith and Dr. Louis Hough
were married; and they returned to Tampico.
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1
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24
Jun.1905
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Denver,
Colo.:
Katherine
Smith Hough returned to Denver for the birth of her
son.
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2
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Dec.1906
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Denver,
Colo.:
Dr.
Louis Hough and his family were persuaded to return to
Denver and to live with the O.L. Smiths in their new, fourteen-room
home. Smith was still an avid fisherman, so successful in
business that he could go fishing at will. Dr. Hough, also a
long-time
fisherman, was a handy and experienced companion.
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2;
3
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1911
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Denver,
Colo.:
O.L.
Smith bought his first car, an E.M Flanders. He never
learned to drive, but Dr. Hough was able to take time off to drive him
to newly accessible fishing spots.
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3
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Children:
3.Orville L. Smith, Jr.,
b.1873, New York City. He m. Laura K. Donohue in Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
They had no children. By a previous marriage, she had a son, who
O.L. Smith adopted:
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5.Ida Smith, b.1874, New
York City, d.26 Apr.1885.
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6.William Smith, b.1890,
d.16 Sep.1890.
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7.Mary Smith, b.1892, d.28
Oct.1892.
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8.Katherine Francis Smith,
b.12 Jul.1880, d.4 Aug.1964, Denver. She m.8 Jun.1904, Denver,
Colo., Dr. Louis Hough.
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[Note:
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The
data
on
which
this
page
is based is located in the file, Excursus-Smith-CO.htm
- GL,III, ed.] |
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