Adam
(Nelson)
"Nelse"
Smith
Born in Buckhorn, Jackson County, Iowa
Ancestors 
Son of Nelson McQueen Smith
and Jane (Cramer) Smith
Brother of
Ambrose Anderson Smith, Eliza Jane (Smith) Hunt, Mariah (Smith) McGee, Charlotte (Smith) Hunt, Emily (Smith) Arnold, William Pinkney Smith, Ellen Catharine Smith, John Wesley Smith, Francis Smith, Verna Bell Smith, Alma Bell Smith and Mary Elizabeth Smith
Husband of
Fannie (Harris) Smith
— married
7 Nov 1864 in Iowa, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 49
in Jackson County, Iowa
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2012
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Biography
- Adam "Nelse" Nelson Smith was a Civil war veteran. He was married to Fannie Harris and they had several children, among them Lyda Myral Smith (Drake). It is supposed that he died of injuries sustained from the war.[1]
Census Data
- 1870 U.S. Census - Woodbury, Woodbury Co., Iowa[2]
- Nelson Smith - 56y (1814) b. Canada; o. farmer
- Jane Smith - 47y (1823) b. Canada
- Adam M Smith - 25y (1845) b. Canada; o. works on farm
- Fannie Smith - 29y (1841) b. Indiana
- John Smith - 21y (1849) b. Canada; o. works on farm
- Frank Smith - 16y (1854) b. Iowa
- Mary Smith - 9y (1861) b. Iowa
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #69286016
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDK7-88P : accessed 21 Aug 2012), Frank Smith in household of Nelson Smith, Iowa, United States; citing p. 49, family 319, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 0545926.
- Graeme MacKay, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Graeme and others.
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