Darius King Smith (1762 - 1843)

Born 6 Jan 1762 in New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Champion) Smith — married 1784 in Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1843 at age 81 in Frontenac Ontario

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Biography

Date of death: 22 Sep 1843

Sources

•  : Per Eric Bowler:

DEATH "[Darius "King" Smith's] death notice in the Toronto Herald of 28 Sept. 1843, reads “On 21st inst, at Earnest Town, Darius Smith, father of Darius C. Smith in the 84th year of his age, leaving 8 children, 63 grand children and 22 great-grandchildren.”

" Perhaps there is a more extensive published death notice which may list more fully his 8 surviving children [e.g.

(1) Mercy (Smith) Babcock or Norman - (b:1784 - d:1867),

(2) Darius Champion Smith - (b: 1794 - d: 1869),

(3) Isaac Smith - (b: 1796 - d: 1852),

(4) Lydia "Dilla" (Smith) Wright - (b: ~1798+ - d:?, d: possibly before 1843); may in fact be "Delilah" - (b: ~1804/08 - d: <1864) m: Thomas Alport abt. 1831/3,

(5) Anna (Smith) Dodge - (b:1800 - ?, d: possibly before 1843),

(6) Sara Sophia (Smith) Diamond - (b:1800/1802 - 1859),

(7) Joel Smith - (b:1803 - 1881),

(8) Clarissa Claudia (Smith) Phelps - (b: 1804 - ?, again may have died <1843?),

(9) Champion Smith - (b:1809 - ?) May be duplicate to Darius Champion, above,

(10) Hiram Smith - (b:1812 - d:1897)

Burial: Cataraqui Cemetery - Clark Bible. Ref: Yvonne Domson, 2318 Mayfield St., Saginaw, Michigan from Bible Records of Darius Smith. [BGE, 04/06] Cataraqui Cemetery was not opened until about 1850 so even if Darius and Sophia had been buried in Kingston it would have to have been in what is now a park.. It was called the Upper Burial Ground, was divided in 3 sections, Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian, and was in use until a few years after Cataraqui opened. By the 1890's it had been closed; some stones (and possibly remains) were moved to Cataraqui or St Mary's RC Cemetery; the remaining stones were turned face down and sodded over. No record has ever been found of the stones - some burials are recorded in local church registers. Cataraqui is a very large cemetery - over 50,000 burials there and it was meticulously transcribed by Kingston OGS branch in the late 1990's, and has been published. There is no record that Darius and Sophia are buried there. [Sharon Cadieux, email 01/09/11]