John T. Smith (1810 - 1857)

Born 1810 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1857 at about age 47 in Wilmington, DE

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Biography

A carpenter employed by ship and railcar builders Harlan and Hollingsworth. He asked Samuel Harlan if he would employ his young son, Thomas, as a messenger boy. Thomas rose through the ranks to eventually become the Treasurer if H & H, and was the executor of Samuel Harlan's will. JohnT. Smith died of consumption in 1857.

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Sources

1. ↑ "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9R-VG2L : 11 March 2019), John T Smith, 09 Aug 1857; citing Burial, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Wilmington And Brandywine Cemetery, Delaware Public Archives, Dover; FHL microfilm .

Burial records of Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.

Listed as a carpenter in the Wilmington City Directory in 1857, located in Hedgeville. No address given. His son, James O.H. Smith is also listed in Hedgeville as a carpenter.

1857 Wilmington Directory: http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/1494

1850 Federal Census: <http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4193079-00521/19356066?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3d1850usfedcenancestry%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3djohn%2bt%26gsfn_x%3dNP_NN%26gsln%3dsmith%26gsln_x%3dNS_NP_NN%26msypn__ftp%3dWilmington%252c%2bNew%2bCastle%252c%2bDelaware%252c%2bUSA%26msypn%3d6033%26msypn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c10%257c0%257c2156%257c6033%257c0%257c%26cpxt%3d1%26uidh%3drze%26cp%3d12%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d4%26h%3d19356066%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord />

March 7, 1864 land record: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61025/31303_257596-00120?pid=2063718&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DIIM86%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61025%26gsfn%3DThomas%2520baldwin%26gsln%3DSmith%26cp%3D12%26msypn__ftp%3DWilmington,%2520New%2520Castle,%2520Delaware,%2520USA%26msbdy%3D1835%26qh%3DFqJLQf/g57n/PPBAth8zAA%253D%253D%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26uidh%3Dmww%26redir%3Dfalse%26gss%3Dangs-d%26pcat%3D36%26fh%3D3%26h%3D2063718%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D4%26queryId%3D26961352033ecf9ab9c95ac1133e05e3&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=IIM86&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=31303_257596-00121

1880 Census for James Smith states that his father was from Delaware. Daughter Elizabeth Dean and wife, Susan's records indicate that John Smith was born in Maryland. http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4240111-00770/27015754?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dJames%2bohara%26gsfn_x%3dNP_NN_NIC%26gsln%3dsmith%26gsln_x%3dNN%26msbdy%3d1833%26msbpn__ftp%3dPennsylvania%252c%2bUSA%26msbpn%3d41%26msbpn_PInfo%3d5-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c41%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c%26msypn__ftp%3dwilmington%2bde%26_83004002%3dwhite%26_83004002_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3drze%26_83004003-n_xcl%3df%26cp%3d12%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d27015754%26db%3d1880usfedcen%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord