Lorenzo Preston Smith (1841 - 1895)

Born 3 Jun 1841 in Monroe, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Nov 1895 at age 54 in Monroe County, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

Lorenzo P. (Preston) Smith was born in Monroe County, Virginia to John and Olivia T. (Humphreys) Smith circa 1841. FindaGrave has his tombstone dated 3 June, 1841, but no photo to date.

Lorenzo married Hannah Marie Henshaw, a gal from New York one year his senior. He served in the Confederate Army, enlisting with Capt. G. B. Chapman's Virginia Light Artillery (Monroe Battery.)

Research Notes

Both FindaGrave ^[1]and his record of death ^[2]give Lorenzo Preston's (or L. P. Smith's) parents as John and ELLEN Smith, not John and Olivia. This needs to be sorted out. The name "Ellen" appears on his record of Death an the unsourced FindaGrave bio, which may have drawn from the same record. Either...

1) (least likely) the Lorenzo P. (Preston) Smith who married Hanna Marie Henshaw is a very different Lorenzo P. Smith who was son of John and Olivia T. (Humphreys) Smith, or...

2) (possible) He's the same man, but different mother, or...

3) (most likely) The death record is wrong.

Lorenzo Smith on 1850 Census with parents John and Olivia ^[3], age 8.

Lorenzo Smith on 1860 Census with parents John and Olivia^[4], age 18.

Lorenzo P. Smith is given on the roster of Confederate Troops, age 23, etc., serving with G. B. Chapman's Light Artillery (Monroe Battery). ^[5] Also with Capt. W. H. Chapman's light artillery and Capt. J. K. Booton's Company, Dixie Artillery.

Lorenzo Smith on 1870 Census, Springfield District of Monroe County, WV, now with wife Hannah and son Robert.^[6]. Lorenzo is given as 29, Hannah as 30, Robert as one. He's a farmer and doing well financially.

Lorenzo Smith on the 1880 Census, Springfield, Monroe County, WV, age 38, still with H. (Hanna) Maria and Robert, plus James (9), and J. Albert (7) Smith. Maria's birthplace is given as New York.^[7] Mariah's father was born in Connecticut, her mother in Pennsylvania.

Lorenzo disappears from the U. S. Census rolls after 1880.

Hannah, a widow, is on the 1910 Census with John A. Smith (37) and Bettie Stull (38), still in Monroe.^[8] She passed away in 1911 and is buried in Monroe.

Lorenzo Smith passed away 8 November 1895. He's buried at Greenville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ [[1]]
2. ↑ [[2]]
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D6-XZZ : 12 April 2016), Lorenza P Smith in household of John Smith, Monroe county, Monroe, Virginia, United States; citing family 9, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M412-KBP : 13 December 2017), Lorenzo Smith in entry for John Smith, 1860.
5. ↑ "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3W5-8KK : 5 December 2014), Lorenzo P Smith, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Capt. G. B. Chapman's Co., Light Artillery (Monroe Battery); Capt. W. H. Chapman's Co., Light Artillery (Capt. J. K. Booton's Co., Dixie Artillery), NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 279.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4R-KK5 : 12 June 2019), Lorenzo Smith, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6T9-3LM : 15 July 2017), Lorenzo P Smith, Springfield, Monroe, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 87, sheet 391A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,409.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJS-HB1 : accessed 11 October 2019), Hannah M Smith in household of John A Smith, Springfield, Monroe, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 4B, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1690; FHL microfilm 1,375,703.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michelle Bairfield for creating WikiTree profile Smith-52348 through the import of 2013-10-05 ten generation Gavin.ged on Oct 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.

Profile adopted and researched, sourced, and bio begun by Gregory Morris, Sept. 2019.