Louisa Pelton, daughter of Thomas Avery Pelton and Julia Aner (King) (Pelton) Baxter, was born on 1 April 1817 at Colchester, Delaware County, New York, USA. [1][2][3]
She and Albert Smith appeared on the census of 1840 at Farmington, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.[5] She and Albert appeared on the census of 3 Sep. 1850 at Farmington, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.[6] She and Albert appeared on the census of 14 Aug. 1860 at, Steuben Co., New York.[7] She and Albert appeared on the census of 7 Aug. 1870 at Hancock, Delaware Co., New York.[8] She and Albert appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at Farmington, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania. [9]
Louisa died on 27 June 1903 at Farmington Township, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania, at age 86 at the home of Alva Baxter. Her grandson Herman noted in his diary.
27 June 1903, Saturday.
Grandma Smith died this A. M. at 7 o'clock at Alva Baxter's home she was 86 years old.[2] (Alva Baxter was a first cousin of Albert Smith.)
Louisa wife age 63 b. NY, no one else at home. In same house with Nelson Springer and family. They are two houses from Weeks, John with Polly Weeks.[9]
DNA Confirmations
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 8.1 and a 11.6 cM X-DNA match from 43,533,494 to 47,393,829 and 48,542,832 to 74,186,170 between John B. Virnich Gedmatch ID: A793652 and his seventh cousin once removed, Bill Wilson, AKA *JWPDad, - Gedmatch ID: M180959, son of Ruth (Corey) Wilson. The common ancestor is Ann (Comstock) Billings
"George M. Smith's ancestors Albert Smith died at 71 born 1814; Louisa Pelton Smith died at 86 born 1817, had 9 children. ... Half brothers and sisters of Albert Smith; Bridget Rose, Freeman T (could be J) Smith; Louisa Pelton's brothers and sisters 7: Peleg and Anna Pelton died in infancy; her sister Harriet R. Stewart died 81 years; Her brother Milton Pelton, Her brother Harley Pelton died at 64; Her brother Sydney Pelton Died young; Grandma weeks children 4 lived: Charles Weeks living; Polly Ann Warren died of cancer at 33; John R. Weeks died of consumption, Esther Techman living in 1914.
↑ J. M. Pelton. Genealogy of the Pelton family in America : being a record of the descendants of John Pelton who settled in Boston, Mass., about 1630-1632, and died in Dorchester, Mass., January 23rd, 1681. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892. p. 433. Available at Ancestry.com.
↑ 5.05.1 Year: 1840; Census Place: Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania; Roll: 495; Page: 208; Image: 425; Family History Library Film: 0020558. 1840 US Census. Albert Smith.
↑ 6.06.1 Year: 1850; Census Place: Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_830; Page: 133A; Image: 269. 1850 US Census. Albert Smith.
↑ 7.07.1 Year: 1860; Census Place: Canisteo, Steuben, New York; Roll: M653_862; Page: 213; Image: 214; Family History Library Film: 803862. 1860 US Census. Albert Smith.
↑ 8.08.1 Year: 1870; Census Place: Hancock, Delaware, New York; Roll: M593_923; Page: 220B; Image: 447; Family History Library Film: 552422. 1870 US Census. Albert Smith.
↑ 9.09.1 Year: 1880; Census Place: Farmington, Tioga, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1198; Family History Film: 1255198; Page: 202D; Enumeration District: 153; Image: 0137. 1880 US Census. Albert Smith.
"I found your grandparents lot. It is in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, which is a small well kept lot. The land was given to the association by Charles Weeks."
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Phil Smith for creating WikiTree profile Pelton-182.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Louisa: