Caroline Adelaide (Sheffield) Smith (1843-1921)

Caroline Adelaide "Carrie" Smith formerly Sheffield

Born 29 Dec 1843 in Indiana, United States

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of Roswell Jones Smith — married 3 Sep 1867 in Wapella County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Mother of Winifred Anna (Smith) Pimlott, Eleanor Elling Smith, Alice Smith and John Owen Smith Jr.

Died 19 Mar 1921 at age 77 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States

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Biography

After Caroline became a widow she took her son, John Owen Smith, Jr. and daughter, Georgia Finley Smith with her to Modesto to visit George Wren, Roswell's cousin. He interested them in land one mile west and three miles south of Keyes central school district. She bought forty acres of land (peaches). Then John Owen Smith died.

Sources

Records of Agnus Andresen.
Records and memory of Harold Allison Pimlott.
1850 Census Lee County, Iowa
Marriage "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ8C-48Z : 3 November 2017), Roswell J. Smith and Adelia C. Sheffield, 03 Sep 1867, Wapello Co., Iowa, United States; citing reference p. 81 #153, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 979,587.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2T-22F : 19 February 2021), Caroline Smith in household of Roswell J Smith, Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 194D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,350.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY7-1DY : accessed 5 March 2021), Carrie A Smith in household of Roswell J Smith, Plum Creek & Solomon Rapids Townships, Mitchell, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 5B, family 233, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,491.

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Melissa Howard

While getting dressed one day she called downstairs to her husband, Roswell, "Mr. Smith, if you want to have your way with me you need to come upstairs now because I need to put on all of these skirts!" Little did she know Roswell was downstairs talking to the minister who had just stopped by. Needless to say she was mortified when she found out, but the story got passed down.

Memory of Harold Allison Pimlott

posted 13 May 2015 by Melissa Howard [thank Melissa]

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caroline: