SMITH Family

.1. THOMAS SMITH b. ca 1830s m. #1: ?
.1.A.1. Steele SMITH m. ?......Children:
.1.A.2. Henry SMITH m. ?.......Children:
.1. THOMAS SMITH m. #2: NANCY SCOTHERINA MARTIN__BECK....Children:

.1.B.1. LOUISA MARIA SMITH m. JOHN JAMES DURHAM b. 1850 Randolph Co. MO......Children:
  • .1.B.1.1. Mary Elizabeth DURHAM b. 2-4-1875 Randolph Co. MO.
  • .1.B.1.2. MINERVA ANN DURHAM b. 8-2-1877 Monroe Co. near Madison, MO. - d. 8-6-1952
  • .1.B.1.3. Euphemia Jane DURHAM b. 7-3-1880 Macn Co. MO.
  • .1.B.1.4. Francis Marion DURHAM b. 10-1-1882 Randolph Co. MO.
  • .1.B.1.5. Arthur Morgan DURHAM b. 2-9-1884 Custer Co. NE.
  • .1.B.1.6. Eva Frances DURHAM b. 4-25-1887 Custer Co. NE.
  • .1.B.1.7. John Roy DURHAM b. 3-17-1889 Custer Co. NE.
    1.1. THOMAS SMITH m. #3: Sarah ELLIS.....Children:
    .1.1. Lincoln SMITH m. ?........Children:

    1. THOMAS SMITH m. NANCY UNKNOWN_BECK >
    2. LOUISA MARIAH SMITH m. JOHN JAMES DURHAM >
    3. MINERVA ANN DURHAM m. RICHRD EDGAR ROTH >
    4. ARTHUR MELVIN ROTH m. HELEN BELLE KELLERMAN >
    5. PAUL ALAN ROTH


    The Following is from Margaret Louise TVRDIK_WHITE, daughter of Anton & Ruth Berneda BARTHOLOMEW_TVIRDIK.

    Thomas SMITH, Jr. and descendants:

    Thomas had three wives, so our Louisa had lots of half brothers & sisters. We are descended from his second family.

    Thomas SMITH, Jr. was the son of Thomas, Sr. & Jane SAMPLE_SMITH. Jane was the daughter of an English father born in PA. and a German mother born in MD.

    The family of Thomas SMITH, Jr. b. 1812 OH. and Margaret UNKNOWN b. 1813 in TN.:

    1. Ellison SMITH b. 1834 IN.
    2. William SMITH b. 1837
    3. Thomas J. SMITH b. 1840 IA.
    4. Jane A. SMITH b. 08-31-1842 IA. - d. 10-12-1930 Waukegan, IL. m. William SHOUSE
    5. Henry Sample SMITH b. 04-22-1844 IA. - d. 08-05-1923 St. Paul, NE. - m. Frances VanCYCLE
    6. Sarah A. b. 1846 IA. - d. 04-01-1910 -m. #1: Alec DURHAM #2 Ezra BARTHOLEMEW
    7. Samuel Steele SMITH b. 11-25-1847 Mt. Pleasant, IA. - d. 07-05-1939 Lincoln. NE.
    8. Charles T. SMITH b. 1849 IA.

    From the US. 1850 Census Tippecanoe Twp. Henry Co. IA. Nov. 6, 1850: John Sample (Jane's brother) age 74, farmer, his wife Ann age 66 and dau. Eliza Ann, age 28

    Two households down: Thomas SMITH, Jr. , age 39, farmer and his wife Margaret, age 38 and their eight children, ages 16 to 1.

    Next door was living: Thomas SMITH, Sr., age 74, born PA. and his wife Jane SMITH, age 73 b. MD. aso their dau. Eliza, age 32.

    There was a terrible Cholera epidemic in Henry Co. IA. in the spring of 1851. John Sample died June 5, 1851 and everyone present at his funeral fell victim to the infection. There are tombstones in Henry Co. for:

    1. Jane SMITH, wife of Thomas SMITH, Sr. d. 06-27-1851, age 73 yr. 2 mo 20 dys
    2. Margaret SMITH, wife of Thomas SMITH, Jr. died 06-11-1851, age38 yrs 9 mo 13 dys.
    3. Also three children of Thomas, Jr. died: Ellison (16), Thomas J. (11) and Charles T. (2).

    Sometime after that, Thomas married Nancy BECK who was a widow and they were the parents of our Louisa. Nancy BECK's children were 2 girls who died of measles when small and Isaac Milton & Anderson BECK. Children of Thomas & Nancy BECK_SMITH:

  • Louisa Maria SMITH b. 03-14-1857 - d. 02-06-1943 buried in the Douglas Grove Cemetery, Comstock, Custer Co. NE. - m. John James DURHAM 02-27-1873 in Macon Co. MO.
  • Mary SMITH d. abt 1898 - m. Morgan WILLIAMS
  • Nancy SMITH

    Thomas married Sarah ELLIS. Children:

    1. Abraham Lincoln SMITH b. 10-13-1861
    2. Andrew W. Johnson SMTIH b. 05-24-1864
    3. Frances SMITH
    4. Martha E. SMITH b. 1866 - d. 1929 - m. Frank HENDERSON Female (unknown name)

    From info told to my mother, Ruth by Uncle Roy DURHAM: "Thomas was shot by a rebel, Lum ROLLINS. His son, Henry, was in the wagon and was saved because as Thomas was shot and fell into the wagon, Henry leaned over to help his father just as the second shot was fired. ROLLINS had a two shot muzzle loading gun and while he was reloading, Henry was able to get away."

    From Civil War Record of Thomas SMITH: Thomas and Sarah Ann ELLIS were married 10-23-1860 in Macon City. MO. Thomas was shot by Columbus "Lum" ROWLAND 10-20-1868 while serving as Supervisor of Registration for Macon Co. MO.

    From Civil War Records of Thomas SMITH: Thomas and Sarah Ann ELLIS were married 23 Oct 1860 in Macon Co. MO.

    The following is from the 1855 Census of NE.- Custer Co., Douglas Grove Twp.

    Three of Thomas SMITH's daughters and his stepson lived quite near one another in a small community called Westcott, south & west of what is now Comstock, NE. In 1898, the town of Comstock was established and at least one of the store buildings was moved from Westcott to Comstock. Also, in that community was Ezra BARTHOLEMEW, who married Sarah DURHAM after the death of Alexander. Charles BARTHOLEMEW married Louisa's dau. Mary.