Charles Henry Smith (abt. 1842 - 1933)

Born about 14 May 1842 in Beirut, Syria

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (Munn) Smith — married 7 Sep 1865 in Wolcott, NY

Died 14 Feb 1933 at about age 90 in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York

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Biography

Graduated Yale 1865.

A niece Sadie/Sarah M. Foster is in the home in the 1900 and 1920 census. How is Sadie connected?

1932-1933 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University

Charles Henry Smith, B.A. 1865.

Born May 14,1842, in Beirut, Syria. Died February 14, 1933, in Rochester, N. Y. Father, Rev. Eli Smith (B.A. 1821, D.D. Williams 1850); son of Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, of Northford, Conn. Mother, Maria Ward (Chapin) Smith; daughter of Moses Chapin (B.A. 1811) and Esther Maria (Ward) Chapin, of Rochester. Uncle: Rev. Henry B. Chapin (B.A. 1847).

Wilhston Academy. Second prize in mathematics Freshman year and first prize Junior year; prize for poem Sophomore year; Latin oration appointment Junior year; salutatorian at graduation; a Class historian Senior year; member Brothers in Unity, Gamma Nu, Alpha Delta Phi, and Phi Beta Kappa; graduate member Elizabethan Club and Wolf's Head. Taught in Lenox, Mass., 1865-66 and at Hopkins Grammar School 1866-67, tutor in mathematics at Yale 1867-69; taught at Mount Auburn Institute, Cincinnati, 1869-1874; member of faculty at Bowdoin 1874-1890 (professor of mathematics 1874-1887, history and political science 1887-1890); Larned professor of American history at Yale from 1890 until retirement in 1910 and since then professor emeritus; LL.D. Bowdoin 1894; editor of "The History of Yale University" in Universities and 'Their Sons (1898); fellow 01 Royal Historical Society of Great Britain; member American Historical Association, Rochester Historical Society, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Founders and Patriots of America, New Haven Colony Historical Society (vice-president 1900-1911), and Congregational Church, Brunswick, Maine; honorary member Maine and New London County Historical societies.

Married September 7, 1869, in Wolcott, N. Y., Sarah Elizabeth daughter of John and Sarah (Filkins) Munn. No children.

Death due to coronary occlusion and artenosclerotic heart disease Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife (died March 12, 1933).

Register: 1902^[1]

Charles Henry Smith

New Haven, Conn.

Gen No 486. Conn No. 52. Professor of American History, Yale University. Born May 14, 1842. A.B. and M.A., Yale and LL. D. Bowdoin. Son of Eli Smith and Maria Ward Chapin; grandson of Moses Chapin and Esther Maria Ward; second great grandson of Moses Augustus Chapin and Lucina Graves; third great grandson of Moses Chapin and Elizabeth Dwight; fourth great grandson Ebenezer Chapin and Ruth Janes; fifth great grandson of Chapin and Abilenah Cooley great grandson of Samuel and Cisely ---.

Sources

The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations: being an attempt to ..., by Stephen Whitney Phoenix ^[2]

Census

New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCN6-4MM : accessed 14 Dec 2013), Charles H Smith, New Haven Ward 1, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing sheet , family 91, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820191.

New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M977-8ZP : accessed 14 Dec 2013), Charles H Smith, New Haven city (excl. Yale University) Ward 1, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing sheet , family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240144.

Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M62D-DDC : accessed 14 Dec 2013), Chas H Smith in household of A J Rowland, Ohio, United States; citing p. , family 42, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552711.

Hartford Co., Connecticut, "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHRM-9P6 : accessed 14 Dec 2013), Charles H Smith, , Hartford, Connecticut; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 92, family 758, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803079.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Register: 1902 BY Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
2. ↑ Google books link: http://tinyurl.com/ockpkjs

Acknowledgments

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