Almira Gott (1809 - 1861)

Born 21 May 1809 in Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York

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Died 22 Jan 1861 at age 51 in Union County, Ohio

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Almira Gott Smith Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: May 21, 1809 Austerlitz Columbia County New York, USA Death: Jan. 22, 1861 Union County Ohio, USA

The following is taken from the Union County, Ohio Biographies Project:

William De Forest Smith married a daughter of Deacon Story Gott, of Green River-Almira Gott, who was born May 21, 1809. The Gott family is also one of the oldest of the Connecticut families. Story Gott was a direct descendant of the Daniel Gott who was among the emigrants who arrived in New England prior to 1690, and settled in the valley of the Connecticut. The family was Dutch, and had been driven out of the Netherlands by Spanish Catholic persecutions; and again left England to seek perfect religious freedom in America. Story Gott, the father of Almira Gott, served as a Lieutenant throughout the Revolutionary war, thus testifying the willingness of the blood to fight for civil as well as religious liberty. After the close of the war, he built a residence on a farm he owned in the Green River Valley, midway between Green River and Spencertown, where be raised a large family, and was known to be as zealous a Presbyterian and Freemason as he had been a soldier. The family were Federalist, then Whig, and then Republican in politics, and very active. Story Gott's brother Daniel was a Member of Congress, and for many years a Judge of the Court of Appeals. Both of the brothers were personal friends as well as political associates of Horace Greeley. William De Forest Smith died in October 1849. Almira, his wife, survived him about twelve years. They were buried in the cemetery at Milford. The children of William De Forest and Almira Gott Smith who survive, are Ann Elizabeth, born 1828; Mary Adelaide, born 1829; Charles Warren, born 1831; William Henry, born 1833; and Celia J., born 1841. All are married and have families of their own. The eldest daughter married W. W. Norton; the second, L. M. Fairbanks, and the third, Clark Ritchie.

Family links: Parents: Mary Gott (____ - 1843)

Spouse: William DeForest Smith (1805 - 1849)

Children: Ann Elizabeth Smith Norton (1828 - 1891)* Mary Adelaide Smith Fairbanks (1829 - 1916)* William Henry Smith (1833 - 1896)* Benjamin D. Smith (1837 - 1840)* Cecelia Jane Smith Ritchie (1841 - 1921)* Immer Reynolds Smith (1844 - 1851)* Thomas Corwin Smith (1847 - 1848)*

Sibling: Harvey Welcome Gott (1800 - 1880)* Almira Gott Smith (1809 - 1861)

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Burial: Milford Center Cemetery Milford Center Union County Ohio, USA

Created by: Craig Leavitt Record added: May 25, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 111150303 Almira Gott Smith Added by: Leona

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See descendants of Story Gott, DAR patriot #A046461, accepted lineages.