Olivia Johnson (Smith) Leighton (1807 - 1848)

Born 17 Jan 1807 in Steuben, Washington, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Horatio Nelson Leighton — married 26 Oct 1828 in Steuben, Washington County, Maine

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1848 at age 41 in Steuben, Washington, Maine, USA

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Biography

Horatio Nelson Leighton married Olivia Johnson Smith on October 26, 1828 in Steuben. She was the daughter of Justus and Mary (Allen) Smith of Steuben. [Source: Steuben Town Clerk records.]

Horatio and Olivia had Margaret on August 22, 1829; Melissa on February 2, 1832; Calvin on June 27, 1834; Edward on March 26, 1837; Angeline on November 16, 1839; and William B. on Nov. 22, 1846.

In the 1840 census for Annsburg, Washington County, Maine: Nelson Leighton - 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 20-30. Nelson was shown as being engaged in manufacture or trade and not agriculture. Another of the Annsburg households is that of Alexander Leighton [male 60-70] and a wife [female 50-60], Nelson's parents.

Olivia died on July 9, 1848, and was buried in the Job Smith Family Cemetery in Steuben, Maine. [Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #99718821.]

Research Notes

Note: Justus Smith's father was Job Smith (1754-1821), a soldier of the Revolution, serving from Middleborough, Massachusetts in various units. [Source: p. 438, Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 14.] Job married Diadema Booth in 1777 and they settled in Steuben in the mid-1790's.

Sources

Also Consulted:

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 September 2018), memorial page for Oliva J Leighton (unknown–9 Jul 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #99718821, citing Job Smith Family Cemetery, Steuben, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by gotMaineAncestors (contributor 47887946). [Picture has been requested.]

• WikiTree ID Smith-11615 was created by W Archerd on Apr 25, 2011
• Source: S-388253715 Repository: #R-946411840 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=75318416&pid=63
• Repository: R-946411840 Ancestry.com

• With family and 10 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWYF-G48

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-1XML : 1 March 2021), Olive J Smith Leighton, 1848; citing Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States, Smith Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,223.