Ellen Brownson (Acheson) Smith (1851 - aft. 1892)

Born 29 Sep 1851 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Harrison Smith — married 23 Sep 1874 (to 4 Feb 1892) in Pennsylvania

Died after 1892 after age 40 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

She was named "Ellen Brownson" after her dad’s little sister, Eleanor (Ellen) Mccullogh Acheson (1/13/1826-2/1/1905), and also after Eleanor's persistently preaching husband, Rev. Dr. James Irwin Brownson (1817-1899), whom she married 1/9/1855. Family letters contain exasperated accounts of his aggressive evangelism.

She passed away in 1892 and is buried in the Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania^[2]

• William Acheson 41/m, grocer, $0 $2500, PA
• Sarah R Acheson 35/f, $600. $0, PA
• William W Acheson 12/m, PA, school
• Maggie Mc K Acheson 10/f, PA, school
• Ella B Acheson 8/f, PA
• Edward G Acheson 4/m, PA
• Jennie W Acheson 3/f, PA
• Bella T Acheson 1/f, PA

Year: 1870; Census Place: Valley, Armstrong, Pennsylvania^[3]

• Wm Atchison 52/m, manager of farm, $6000 $14100, PA
• Sarah Atchison 45/f, keeping house, $12500 $1850, PA
• Wm Wilson Atchison 22/m, bookkeeper, PA
• Maggie M Atchison 20/f, PA
• Ella Atchison 18/f, school, PA
• Edward Atchison 14/m, school, PA
• Junnie D Atchison 13/f, school, PA
• Bell T Atchison 11/f, school, PA

Year: 1880; Census Place: Ridgewood, Bergen, New Jersey^[4]

• William H. Smith head, 33/m, md, civil engr, PA/PA/PA
• Ella A. Smith wife, 27/f, md, keeping house, PA/PA/PA
• William A. Smith son, 1/m, KY/PA/PA

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #153868045
2. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1192; Page: 1201; Family History Library Film: 805192; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. [1]
3. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Valley, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1301; Page: 476A; Family History Library Film: 552800; 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.[2]
4. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Ridgewood, Bergen, New Jersey; Roll: 771; Page: 551A; Enumeration District: 014; Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. [3]

• Family letters, private family publication ("The Acheson Family"), personal correspondence. More independent sources to come.