Thomas Smith (1837 - 1916)

Born 12 Mar 1837 in Sterlingville, Jefferson, New York, United States

Husband of Mary E. (Burke) Smith — married about 1865 in New York

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1916 at age 79 in Lowville, Lewis, New York, United States

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Biography

Thomas Smith was born March 12, 1837 in Sterlingville, Jefferson Co., New York, United States. He died Nov. 29, 1916 in Lowville, New York and was buried in Lowville Rural cemetery, Lowville, New York. He married Mary E. Burke, Jan. 1, 1865 in Harrisburg, New York. His parents were Patrick and Roseanna Riley Smith. He was a stone mason for a living. Survivors listed in his obituary included six daughters and five sons, (no names were given) and a brother, Patrick Smith of Lowville, New York, and a sister, Rosa Batton (?) of Schenectady, New York.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8JQ-DGT : 17 October 2014), Thomas Smith, New York, United States; citing p. 9, family 65, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,463.
• "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJR-V798 : 22 March 2023), Thomas Smith, 1916.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1X-PJ6Z : accessed 21 March 2016), Thomas Smith, ; Burial, Lowville, Lewis, New York, United States of America, Lowville Rural Cemetery; citing record ID 141205349, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com

• http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn93063681/1916-12-07/ed-1/seq-7/

• Research done by Barbara Smith Gurnee in the 1970s and 1980 contributed information for the biography