Salmon Edson Smith (1812 - aft. 1880)

Born 8 Oct 1812 in Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Ann (Fletcher) Smith — married 22 Feb 1843 in Pownal, Vermont

Descendants

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Biography

Salmon Smith was born in Whately, Adams County, Massachusetts, on Oct. 8 1812 and was baptised in Whatley. He married Eliza Fletcher Feb. 22, 1843 in Pownal, VT. After he and his wife moved west he identified as a Vermonter, giving it as his birth place. It is worth pointing out that Pownal, VT and Whately, MA are less than 70 miles apart on the current highway system. The reasons for his choices are hopefully not lost to history.

In 1870 he and Eliza lived in Kasson, Dodge County, Minnesota, where she preceded him in death in 1876.

He disappears from the record after 1880.

DNA

Descendant of group NE01 Lt. Samuel Smith-1852 (c1601 ENG-1681 MA) m Elizabeth Smyth-346. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup Rb1 NE01 Lt. Samuel Smith.

• Hanson Family Tree, Ancestry.com
• Stephen M. Hanson commissioned genealogy of Eunice Higgins back to the Mayflower done by Jacquie McClure (1994).
• Crafts, James M. (1899). History of the Town of Whately, Mass.: Including a Narrative of Leading Events from the First Planting of Hatfield: 1661-1899, p. 528. D. L. Crandall, Mann's Block, Orange, MA.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD96-JHZ : 12 April 2016), Salmon Smith, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 252, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMT-LQ7 : 13 December 2017), S E Smith, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD41-VWJ : 6 June 2019), Salmon E Smith, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ93-V49 : 26 August 2017), Salmon Smith in entry for Alphonso Sylvester, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 43, sheet 322D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0618; FHL microfilm 1,254,618.
• Massachusetts Vital Records, available Ancestry.com.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJB-T59 : 6 November 2017), Solomon Smith and Eliza Fletcher, 22 Feb 1843, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,549.