Hulda Melissa (Snow) Smith (1824 - 1894)

Born 27 Jun 1824 in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of David Smith — married 1846 in Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 6 May 1894 at age 69 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Name
Hulda Melissa Snow. ^[1]

Born:
Hulda Melissa Snow was born on June 27, 1824, most-likely in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Seth Snow III, b: 1780 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He had married his 1st cousin, Lydia Snow, b: about 1786 in Oneida County, New York. She was the daughter of his uncle Jonathan Snow and wife, Lydia (Perkins) Snow. This Snow family were descendants of Pilgrims William Snow and his wife, Rebecca Browne, daughter of Mayflower passenger, Peter Browne, early colonists in Plymouth, Massachusetts. After the American Revolution several brothers and sisters migrated from eastern Massachusetts to upstate New York, most settling on farms in Oneida County, where Seth & Lydia Snow were reported living on the 1820 US Census. ^[2]

Sometime around 1823 to 1824, Seth and Lydia packed up their family and headed south-west, setting up a family farm in Cranberry Township, Butler County, in western Pennsylvania, across the Appalachian Mountains. Others of this pioneer Snow family joined them by 1830. They were reported living there on that US Census and in 1840 also. Between 1840 and 1850, Seth & Lydia Snow moved again from Butler County 60 miles north-east to Rockland Township in Venango County, Pennsylvania. They were reported there on the 1850 US Census. By that time, Hulda M. Snow had married David Smith and they were also living in Rockland Township, Venango County. ^[3]

Alternately, Hulda Melissa Snow was born in Augusta, Oneida County, New York, and moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania, with her family as an infant. Since all her US Census records state she was born in Pennsylvania, this is the less-likely alternative. ^[4]

Marriage & Residence: 1850:
Hulda M. Snow married widower David Smith in 1846 in Venango County, Pennsylvania.^[5] Born in Centre County, Pennsylvania, in November 1811, he had pioneered Venango County with his parents before 1820. His 1st wife died April 19, 1946 and he remarried the same year. On the 1850 US Census, David & Hulda Smith's household was reported as follows: ^[6]
Household........Role.....Sex...Age...Birthplace
David Smith, Head, M, 28 [sic=38], Pennsylvania, USA
Hilde [sic=Hulda] M, Smith, Wife, F, 26, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah Smith, Daughter, F, 15, Pennsylvania, USA
David McDonald, Nephew, M, 10, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Smith, Daughter, F, 2, Pennsylvania, USA

Residence: 1860
Ten years later, the 1860 Census had "corrected" David's age and now spelled Hulda's name "Huldah". The family was still living on their farm in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Sarah Smith had died and relative David McDonald had grown up and left home. David & Hulda had also added 5 new children to their household: ^[7]
Household........Role.....Sex...Age...Birthplace
David Smith, M, 49, Farmer, Pennsylvania
Huldah Smith, F, 36, Pennsylvania
Mary Smith, F, 11, Pennsylvania
Lydia Smith, F, 8, Pennsylvania
Zeriah L Smith, F, 7, Pennsylvania
Emanuel Smith, M, 4, Pennsylvania
Eli [Eliah] Smith, M, 3, Pennsylvania
S Amanda [Arminda] Smith, F, 1, Pennsylvania

Note that the first two daughters were named for David's mother (Mary) and Huldah's mother (Lydia). Their farm was valued at $1,500 and personal items at $150, making them prosperous farmers in the Township (The total land value on their Census sheet for 7 households was $4,550; making their farm worth double the local average.).

Residence: 1870
Rockland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania. ^[8] David and Huldah M. (Snow) Smith were still living on the same Rockland Township farm when the 1870 US Census was taken. This household was reported thus: ^[9]
Household........Role.....Sex...Age...Birthplace
David Smith, Head, M, 59, Farmer, Pennsylvania
Hulda M Smith, Wife, F, 46, Keeping House, Pennsylvania
Lidia Smith, Daughter, F, 20, At Home, Pennsylvania
Z Louisa Smith, Daughter, F, 18, At Home, Pennsylvania
Emanuel Smith, Son, M, 16, Works on Farm, Pennsylvania
Elsy Smith, Daughter, F, 14, Pennsylvania
Minie Smith, Daughter, F, 12, Pennsylvania
Sarah A Smith, Daughter, F, 10, Pennsylvania
Samuel [Cephas] Smith, Son, M, 7, Pennsylvania
[David] Abraham [Lincoln] Smith, Son, M, 3, Pennsylvania
Frances Young, (?), F, 4, Pennsylvania

The Smith family farm was now valued at $2,500 and their personal estate at $1,150 or $3,650 total, making them the 2nd richest of the 7 families listed on their Census sheet (no page total).

Residence: 1880
The June 1, 1880 Census is the last one on which either David or Hulda Melissa (Snow) Smith appeared.^[10] This time she was called "Malissa" and their son "Manuel" Smith. Several of their other children were also called by different names but their ages reveal who they were. The household was reported living in Rockwell Twp., Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA: ^[11]
Household........Role.....Sex...Age...Birthplace
David Smith, Head, M, 69, Farmer, Pennsylvania
Malissa Smith, Wife, F, 56, Keeping House, Pennsylvania
Ely Smith, Son, M, 23, Pennsylvania, USA
Manuel Smith, Son, M, 26, Pennsylvania, USA
Buey [Z Louise] Smith Knox, Daughter, F, 27, Pennsylvania
[Sarah] Anny Smith, Daughter, F, 18, Pennsylvania, USA
Sam [Cephas] Smith, Son, M, 16, Pennsylvania, USA
[David Abraham] Lincoln Smith, Son, M, 12, Pennsylvania, USA
John Young, Son, M, 13, Pennsylvania, USA
Malon Smith [sic=Knox], Grandson, M, 7, Pennsylvania, USA

Death & Burial:
Two months after the 1880 Census was taken, David Smith died on his farm in Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was 69 years old. Hulda survived his passing. She died on May 6, 1894, shortly before her 70th birthday. Both are buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA. David Smith's first wife, Nancy A. Smith (whose maiden name may have been McDonald), is buried next to them as is David's daughter Sarah Ann, who died at 18 years old in 1853 and at least 2 infants. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2120355405 Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11410402&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11410402&ti=0&indiv=try Name: Hulda M Smith; Birth Date: abt 1823; Birth Place: Pennsylvania; Residence Date: 1870' Residence Place: Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Children of Mary Washburn and William Snow on Maltbyfamily.net See: #1847, iii a - Seth Snow (3rd). Cites 1820-1850 US Census reports, showing the movements of this family.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZQ-6GB : 12 April 2016), Seth Snow, Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 105, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Source: #S-2120355405 Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11410402&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11410402&ti=0&indiv=try Name: Hulda M Smith Birth Date: abt 1823 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Residence Date: 1870 Residence Place: Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41043911 retrieved 16 May 2018 - Hulda Melissa Snow Smith
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Z3-8LQ : 12 April 2016), Hilde M Smith in household of David Smith, Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 199, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRN-G82 : 13 December 2017), Huldah Smith in entry for David Smith, 1860.
8. ↑ Source: #S-2120355405 Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11410402&ti=0&indiv=try Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=11410402&ti=0&indiv=try Name: Hulda M Smith; Birth Date: abt 1823; Birth Place: Pennsylvania; Residence Date: 1870; Residence Place: Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2V-B6S : 12 April 2016), Hulda M Smith in household of David Smith, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 27, family 183, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,959.
10. ↑ Huldah was no doubt on the 1890 Census but it was accidentally destroyed.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVV-JRS : 15 July 2017), David Smith, Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 252, sheet 325C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1199; FHL microfilm 1,255,199.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41043911 retrieved 16 May 2018 - Hulda Melissa Snow Smith
13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41043745 retrieved 16 May 2018 - David Smith.
14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41043802 retrieved 16 May 2018 - Nancy A. Smith (maiden name may be McDonald)
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #74170834 retrieved 16 May 2018 - Sarah Ann Smith (1835-1853).

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• Source: S-2120355405 Repository: #R-2145755778 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. 1870 United States Federal Census on Ancestry.com: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.

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