Myron Thaddeus Smith (1830 - 1908)

Born 14 Mar 1830 in Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Harmer) Smith — married 1 Apr 1856 in Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1908 at age 78 in Fairbanks, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Pvt Myron Smith served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1 Sep 1864
Mustered out: 11 Jul 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 11th Minnesota Infantry Regiment

Myron Thaddeus Smith was born in Massena, NY in 1830 to Thaddeus and Rebecca (Reed) Smith. In 1856 he married Harriett Harmer. They had two sons: Fred Henry Smith and George Eugene Smith.

Sometime after 1860 and before 1864 Myron moved to Faribault County, Minnesota. Movng with him were his two brothers, Heman Reed Smith and George Alonzo Smith. His parents, Thaddeus and Rebekah, remained in New York, as did his sister Mary Mariah (Smith) Barnes. The three brothers each homesteaded 160 acres.

In 1864, Myron served in the Union Army, fighting in a battle in Gallatin, Tennesse in March, 1864. ^[1]

In 1866, his mother died and his father moved from New York to Minnesota Lake to live near his three sons. His father, Thaddeus Smith was a veteran of the war of 1812. Thaddeus died and is buried in Minnesota.

In 1889, Myron was awarded an invalid pension for his service during the war.^[2] In 1900, he and Harriett moved from Minnesota to Harris, Texas, to live in warm weather near their son, Fred Henry.

Myron Thaddeus Smith died 1 Oct 1908 in Fairbanks, Harris, Texas. He was 78 years old.

• Civil War Veteran, Union Army. 11th Regiment Minnesota Infantry. Company C. 11th Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Private. National Archives M546 roll 9. Record for "Myron T Smith"
• Fact: Residence (1850) Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Massena, St Lawrence, New York, United States. Myron is married to Harriet and they are living with his parents, Thaddeus and Rebecca (Reed) Smith, along with their two young sons, Fred and George Eugene Smith.
• Fact: Residence (1870) Minnesota Lake, Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Myron, Harriet with sons Fred and George.
• Fact: Residence (1880) Minnesota Lake, Faribault, Minnesota, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Justice Precinct 8 (Excl. Brumer & Huston Heights Towns), Harris, Texas
• Fact: Burial (3 October 1908) Saint John German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
• Fact: Pension (1907-1933) United States

Myron was born in 1830. He passed away in 1908. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866, Regimental History, Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Record detail Unit: C. 11" Minn. Infantry, Filing Date12 Jun 1889, Place Filed: Minnesota and Texas, Roll Number: 440; Ancestry.com image: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=civilwarpension&h=1485909&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Carolyn (Scott) Scott-Marks.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 April 2020, 21:42), entry for Myron Thaddeus Smith(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2ZSC-WK4); contributed by various users.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 July 2020), memorial page for Myron Thaddeus Smith (14 Mar 1830–1 Oct 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #58427530, citing Saint John German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by isuredid (contributor 47346149) .

• Smith, Wallace D, "Smith Family Newsletter: A Newsletter for the Descendants of John and Grace Smith of Milford Connecticut", Volume II, Number 1, March 1995.