The 1870 census has two daughters of Elihu & Delia C (LUDDEN) SMITH. They are two years apart in age, and both appear to be named Nellie. In the 1880 census, this person is clearly Nellie F.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Z3-ZQH : accessed 27 November 2015), Thomas Wm. Townsend and Nellie F. Smith, 27 Jun 1900; citing P 210 Ln 34, Lowell, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,723.
US Fed census 1870 Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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