Moses Munson

Notes:

According to Gary Silverstein's chart on World Connect, he was also married to Lucy NORTON (22 Jan 1767) and Mary TRUESDALE (1797).

Family/Spouse: Abigail Munson. Abigail (daughter of Deacon Abel Munson and Sarah Peck) was born on 2 Sep 1744; died on 11 Sep 1796 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lovinia married Bezaleel Smith on 13 Aug 1787 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Bezaleel (son of Philip Smith and Elizabeth Graves) was born on 10 Feb 1762 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1848 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in East Whately Cemetery, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography from FindAGrave:

Phineas was a son of Bezaleel and Lovinia (Munson) Smith of Whately, Massachusetts.

He married Electa Marsh on 15 Aug. 1814 in Whately. They were the parents of: Edwin G., Lovina M., Amelia, Elizabeth, Amanda E., Mary Jane, Julia L., Henry C., John Jay and Abigail M. Smith. Edwin, Elizabeth and Abigail all have memorials on FindAGrave.

Phineas served as a Sergeant in Capt. Southworth Jenkins' company, Col. Thomas Langley's regiment, Massachusetts militia in the War of 1812. His company was sent from Franklin County to Boston to defend against the attack of the British fleet that was then threatening the Massachusetts coast. He was honorably discharged on 15 October at Boston.

The family moved to Monroe county, New York, about 1816, and settled on a farm in the town of Ogden. Phineas and Electa, as well as some of their children, moved to Fairfax county, Virginia, sometime between 1850 and 1860, but evidently returned to New York within a few years as Phineas died in Bergen, Genesee county, in 1864.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
New York, Monroe County, Ogden Town
Enumerated 23 Sept 1850
23-23
Phinias Smith 62 M Farmer 3150 Mass
Electa Smith 56 F Mass
Amanda E Smith 25 F NY
Julia L Smith 21 F NY
John J Smith 16 M NY
24-24
Edwin Smith 35 M Mass
Jane C Smith 34 F NY
Phinias Smith 11 M NY

1860 Census
not located

Phineas married Electa Marsh on 15 Aug 1814 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Electa was born on 29 Aug 1794 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died about 1883 in Van Buren County, Michigan; was buried in Covert Cemetery, Covert, Van Buren County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Sophia ELLIS (James Albury, Chris Bird) or Sophia ALLIS on 28 Nov 1812 (Charles R. Rotert "Rotert-Smith-Cooper" tree at World Connect).

Notes:

She married Francis BALL. (Chris Bird) of John ALLIS (Chris Rotert).

Notes:

She married Francis BALL. (James_albury@hotmail.com)

Notes:

Spencer Smith was the witness of the following will ca. 1832:

Harmon Whipple of Riga Will book 1; p. 349 Dated Dec. 28, 1832 Probated April 17, 1833 Mentions brother: Milton Executor brother: Milton Witnesses Phinebas Smith of Riga George Refield of Riga Spencer Smith of Riga

1850 Federal Census, New York, Monroe County, Riga (enumerated 26 Aug 1850)
#314-314
Spencer SMITH 54 M Farmer $3500 Mass.(?)
Mary SMITH 44 F New Hampshire
Benjamin F.SMITH 19 M New York
Morris M. SMITH 17 M New York
Mary A. SMITH 10 F New York
Sarah E. SMITH 6 F New York
Julia SMITH 3 F New York
Emeline TRUMBELL 17 F New York

1860 Federal Census, New York, Monroe County, Riga, North Chile N.Y. (enumerated 19 Jun 1860)
#23-25
Spencer SMITH 63 M Farmer $4000 $841 Mass.
Marian SMITH 52 F New Hampshire
Morris M. SMITH age 24 Farm Laborer $150 P/P New York
Mary Ann SMITH age 18 New York
Sarah E. SMITH age 14 New York
Julie T. SMITH age 12 New York

Spencer married Zelinda Allis about 1813 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Zelinda (daughter of Samuel Allis and Hannah Dickinson) was born on 20 Mar 1797 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Apr 1830 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Spencer married Marian Trumbull before 1833 in New York. Marian was born about 1807 in New Hampshire; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Emily ELLIS (James Albury, Chris Bird) or ALLIS (Charles Rotert).

Notes:

Marie Doorneweed instead has her dying in Churchville, NY, which is also in Monroe County. (kathy@abcseamless-vegas.com).

Sarah married Thomas Wells Allis on 16 May 1823 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Solomon Allis and Anna Bull Dickinson) was born on 28 Aug 1798 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Mar 1867 in Cambridge, Lenawee County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He died on 9 Feb 1861 in Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 114 of Whately, Mass., 1829
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MAFRANKL/2003-02/1045926730

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Massachussets, Franklin County, The Town of Whately
Stamped 72
135-150
Oliver Smith 47 M Laborer 10 Mass
Thankful S. Smith 43 F Mass
Lyman Smith 19 M Mass
William Smith 17 M Mass
Sophia Smith 15 F Mass
Mary Smith 14 F Mass
Reuben Smith 9 M Mass
Henry Smith 6 M Mass
Mariah Smith 3 F Mass

1860 Census
Massachussets, Franklin County, Whately, PO Whately
Enumerated 20 July 1860
Page 136
1096-1138
Oliver Smith 59 M Farmer 1800 700 Mass
Mary D Smith 24 F Mass
Henry D Smith 16 M Mass
Maria E Smith 13 F Mass

Oliver married Thankful Childs on 26 Mar 1829 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Thankful was born on 13 Jul 1807 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 1 May 1860 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married John Dickinson Allis on 18 Sep 1826 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. John (son of Solomon Allis and Anna Bull Dickinson) was born on 22 Jun 1801 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Jan 1863 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Sarah MEEKINS (Charles Rotert).

Notes:

He married Lydia SANDERSON, Lucinda ABERCROMBIE, and (Widow) Jane A. KIMBALL. (Charles Rotert).

Notes:

Biography from FindAGrave

Edwin was a son of Phineas & Electa (Marsh) Smith. He moved, with his parents, from Whately, Massachusetts, to Monroe county, New York, between 1816 and 1820.

He married, about 1838, Abbie Jane Dole, and they had two children: Phineas Munson Smith (b. 1839) and Georgia Ann Smith (b. c1841; d. young). Abbie died in 1841.

About 1854 Edwin married Achsa A. Sanford, and they had one child: Edwin P. Smith (b. 1855). Achsa died in 1857.

Edwin served as a bugler for Company B, 8th New York Cavalry, from Oct. 1861 until Apr. 1862.

After the war he moved to Michigan, settling eventually in Kalamazoo, where he worked as a butcher. He died in 1904 at the age of 88.


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
New York, Monroe County, Ogden Town
Enumerated 23 Sept 1850
23-23
Phinias Smith 62 M Farmer 3150 Mass
Electa Smith 56 F Mass
Amanda E Smith 25 F NY
Julia L Smith 21 F NY
John J Smith 16 M NY
24-24
Edwin Smith 35 M Mass
Jane C Smith 34 F NY
Phinias Smith 11 M NY

Family/Spouse: Achsa A. Sanford. Achsa was born about 1820; died on 8 Nov 1857; was buried in Root Cemetery, Clarendon, Orleans County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Julia L Anchmoody
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 04 Mar 1911
Event Place: Worcester,,Massachusetts
Residence Place:
Address:
Gender: Female
Age: 83
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation:
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1827
Birthplace: Ogden, New York
Birth Year (Estimated):
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Phineas Smith
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Electa Marsh
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name: Walter S Anchmoody
Reference ID: 373
GS Film number: 2396247
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4283284
Image Number: 00938

Citing this Record:
"Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4DP-FJX : accessed 04 Aug 2013), Julia L Anchmoody, 1911.

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Michigan, Van Buren County, Decatur Twp
Enumerated 16 Jun 1870
Stamped 313
24-24
Smith, J. Jay 35 M Carpenter $--- $1200 NY
Smith, N. Jane 30 F Keeping House Vermont
Smith, Electa A 12 F Va
Smith, Flora 10 F Va
Smith, Electa 76 None Mass
Wright, Frank 24 M Carpenter Ohio

Notes:

Avis (Smith) Benkelman said that her paternal grandparents were William Bert Smith, Sr. and Mary Chatman. However it appears that they were actually Benjamin Franklin Smith and the former Mary Ann Welch--Chapman being the name of her second husband.

Avis also indicated that her maternal grandmother, Sarah Cramer, "was a widow with two small children." However, there is no evidence that Sarah Cramer had been married more than once. Perhaps Avis was confusing Sarah Ann Cramer with Mary Ann Chapman. It was as the widow of Benjamin Smith, with two young sons, that she married Samuel Chapman.

A 28 year old Benjamin Smith, single and born in New York, can be found in Ionia County at the time of the 1860 census. He was living with the Knisel? or Knodsel? family. As the rest of his family is still listed in Riga, New York, it appears he moved to Michigan early, with his brother Morris, and later his mother Marian,following him to Michigan, probably sometime after his father died in 1864.

Even if this is not the same Benjamin Franklin Smith, we do know that he moved to Ionia County sometime before 1866, as his oldest son Elmer was born in Ionia County in January of that year. When he died of typhoid in the summer of 1869, his son Elmer was not quite four, and son Bert was just over a year old.

LaVonne Bennett, an extraordinarily competent and generous researcher from Ionia County, Michigan found the following records:

Ionia County Probate Court Record #187: The estate was valued at $4000. IONIA COUNTY SENTINEL publication of Probate of Will of B. Frank Smith August 2, 1869 and for three consecutive weeks thereon.

Partial listing of amounts paid out of estate: 1)$12.50 to Samuel B. Chapman 1-25-1870 in Odessa, due him from late Frank Smith 2)$100.00 to John El?l?et (Elvert? Elliott?) 3)$17.00 to Libbie ELVART 4)$9.15 to James J. Brown 1-30-1871, from Mrs. Frank Smith 5)$50.00, payment of 9-8-1866 loan from Betsey Johnson 6)$7.00, payment signed by Mary Ann Smith, of 8-8-1870 loan from J. G. Meyers 7)$6.75, payment by Franklin Smith of 5-1-1868 loan from James Wright 8)$2.50, paid by Mary A. Smith, in full account of savings of Frank Smith, to Martin J. Cox 9)$2.25 paid by Mrs. Samuel Chapman, in full account of all demands of R. B. (Rainson?) 10)$3.00 received from Samuel Chapman for Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, in full account of all demands up to date, Odessa, 6-5-1872, by HENRY SMITH 11)$11.92 real estate taxes paid 1-3-1870 by Mrs. Frank Smith, property west 1/2 of southeast 1/4, Section 22, Twp 5N, Range 7W, 80 acres. 12)$23.00, on11-4-1869, received from Mrs. Franklin Smith in balance account to date, L. D. & M. C. SMITH S(tore?) 13)$17.50 for B. F. Smith coffin purchased 7-7-1869, paid by A. A. SMITH 12-20-1870 to S. Merritt & Co. 14)$174.13 paid by Samuel B. Chapman 9-28-1872 and received by Mary A. Chapman 15)$43.00 + interest to S. A. Houghton, as payment for B. F. Smith note made 2-3-1869

Petition in file stating Mary A. Smith was lawfully married to Frank Smith and did love and cohabite with him until his death. Mary A. Chapman makes selection from estate inventory: 1 oxen $130, 1 cow, 2 heifers $35; (wheat $10?), household furniture $75.

Per petition for appointment of administrator, 7-6-1869, heirs listed were widow, Mary Ann Smith; Elmer Smith and Burtis Smith, sons of said deceased. All reside in County of Ionia, MI.

Another petition with date unreadable: Land assigned to Elmer and Burtis subject to dower rights of Mary A. Chapman.

LaVonne Bennett added "from (the) land description of B. Franklin's farm, it was on land on Musgrove Highway and has now (according to 1987 plat book) been subdivided into smaller parcels and some of my Carter relatives lived on the east side of his 80 acres."

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OTHER LEADS TO FOLLOW UP ON/POSSIBLE FAMILY CONNECTIONS

LaVonne Bennett noted that some of the names found on the above list are significant to future research---i.e. JAMES BROWN was found as both a creditor and a witness at Samuel and Mary A's marriage. Mary's mother's maiden name was given as Brown on Mary A.'s death record. HENRY and L.D. SMITH, also creditors, might they be related as well?

LaVonne also found, in her discarded Smith files (her mother being a Smith): HENRY SMITH b 1830, d 1-14-1885, age 54, 11, 10, marr Catherine Clark (1835-1915), dau Hattie b 1867, d 1925. There's a Lewis R. SMITH, Carpenter b 1843 in US, d 1-30-1914, father Thomas. Louis D. Smith was a merchant, b 182- in NY, marr Eliza A. Grosvenor, had son Kimball Robert Smith b 1849.

Benjamin married Mary Ann Welch before 1866. Mary (daughter of William Welch and Anna Brown) was born on 28 Dec 1840 in Michigan; died on 19 Jul 1921 in Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 Ionia County, Odessa Township
106-105
Smith, Moses (sic) 35 M W Carpenter 500 100 NY
Smith, Cynthia 26 F W Keeping House Maine
Smith, FRANKLIN 7 M W NY attended school
Smith, Edith 5 F W NY
Smith, Anna 1 F W NY
Smith, MARIAN 63 F W New Hampshire

Living immediately next door to Morris Smith in Ionia County in 1870 was the following family, these appear to be Morris's two youngest sisters, that were listed with he and his parents on the 1860 Riga, Monroe County, New York census.
105 104
Sickles, Charles 26 Farmer 800 350 MO
Sickles, Sarah 25 Keeping House NY
SMITH, Julie 23 Keeping House NY

1880 Federal Census:
Morris SMITH Self M Male W 44 NY Carpenter MA VT
Cintha SMITH Wife M Female W 36 ME Keeping House MA MA
Frank SMITH Son S Male W 17 NY Carpenter NY ME
Eideth SMITH Dau S Female W 15 NY Servant NY ME
Anna SMITH Dau S Female W 11 NY At School NY ME
Gertie SMITH Dau S Female W 7 MI NY ME
Meriam SMITH Other W Female W 74 NH Keeping House NH NH
Source Information:
Census Place Odessa, Ionia, Michigan
Family History Library Film 1254584
NA Film Number T9-0584
Page Number 316C

"Morris M. Smith, Carpenter, b ca 1835 in NY, resided Odessa, d 12-9-1880, age 44 yrs, 11 mo, 28 days, of consumption, fa. unnamed, mo. Marrian, spouse Cnitha O., daughter Gertrude A. b 11-27-1872." (Courtesy LaVonne Bennett).

Morris married Cynthia F. Carleton about 1862 in New York. Cynthia was born on 23 Dec 1843 in Piscataquis County, Maine; died on 6 Jun 1918 in Woodland, Barry County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Ann is not listed with the rest of her family on the 1870 Ionia County census. It could be that she was married in New York, and remained there with her husband when the rest of the family moved. It is also possible that she did move to Ionia County, but was married prior to the census and is listed with her husband. It is also possible that she could have died.

Notes:

From Lakeside Cemetery Records:

Sickles, Sarah E. 24 yrs 11-28-1870

Family/Spouse: Charles T. Sickles. Charles (son of George Sickles and Nancy Lovina Chapman) was born on 24 Jul 1845 in Fredonia Township, Calhoun County, Michigan; died on 30 Dec 1922 in Temple, Clare County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living with her sister at the time of the 1870 Ionia County census. It is not known what happened to her after that.

There are two possible candidates listed on the 1880 Ionia County census:

In Ionia Township is:

Julia GROOM 33 Div NY NY NY Living in a large hotel (Wm. Warfield was shown as the Hotel Keeper), and listed as a servant

And in Sarnac, Ionia County, is Hugh FARLEY 34 Can Tanner Can --- Julia FARLEY 33 NY NY NY

It is also possible that she died or that she left Ionia County prior to 1880.