Melissa (Smith) Gibson (1823 - 1905)

Ancestors

Wife of George W. Gibson — married about 1840 in Summerhill, Cayuga, NY, USA

Descendants

Died 1905 at about age 82 in Summerhill, Cayuga, NY, USA

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Biography

Her father's name is unknown, but by looking in old censuses, like the 1840 in Summer Hill, NY, I find two Smith men with daughters the right age: John Smith (14 in family) and Enoch Smith (11 in family). They both had kids at the right ages, daughters aged 15 to 20 years old.

Smiths in early Summerhill census records:

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Asmith~%20%2Bresidence_place%3A%22summerhill%2C%20ny%22~%20%2Bresidence_year%3A1840-1855~&offset=60

John Smith of Summerhill in 1850 census is born c. 1790 and his wife Polly born c. 1792 both born in NH.

Same census, Enoch Smith was born c. 1789 in Mass. and his wife Huldah born c. 1800 in NJ.

Melissa was born in 1823. Melissa Smith ... She passed away in 1905. ^[1]

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Sources

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Loren Fay, May 14, 2013

Acknowledgments

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