| Notes |
- Baptism had name as "Joseway" in translated records with some uncertainty whatthe
real name was to have been. Also note that the age of 35 in 1850 does not exactly
match this baptism, but would not be that unusual (to have approx age in census).
(could be Joshua, nickname, Josiah, Jesse)
1840 census, Pleasant Twp, 0000 1-1000 1 (near John Smith 1000 01-1000 1)
1850 census, pg 375,Tully Twp, Jesse Smith 35, (PA) farmer $150,
Nancy 35, Mary A 10 (OH), Basha (m) 2 (OH)
1860 census, Union Twp, Adams Co, IN, Jesse Smith 50, farmer, $300/200 PA
Nancy 47 OH, Mary Ann 17, Amanda 6, Sarah 5 (OH), Jacob 1 (IN)
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1870 mortality schedule
Jesse Smith, died Dec (1869?), age 57, born c1813 PA, of consumption, widowed,
Magnolia, Putnam, IL ?blacksmith?
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1870, Brazil Twp, Clay Co, IN,, Sarah Smith 13, (OH), Amanda 13 (OH),
Anne 11 (Indiana)
(on same page in 1860, John Smith 51, Sarah 49, Mary 19 (OH),
Isaiah 16 (IN), Rosella 11, John 9
(1870, Union, Adamas, John Smith 62 farmer, Sarah 59,Rosella 21, John A 20)
1870 census
Union Co, IN, Nancy 55, insane?
1870, Amanda Smith 16, servant in Paulding Co?
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Tim - I found the following on Jesse and Henry Smith:
1850 Census, Tully township, Van Wert County, Ohio, pg 375, house 391
SMITH, Jesse age 35 male, farmer, born Pennsylvania $150
" , Nancy age 35 wife born Pennsylvania
" , Mary A. age 10dau born Ohio
" , Basha/Bashae age 2 son born Ohio (probably Basha/Basheba - check Bash*)
This is all there is on Jesse Smith - He was notfound on the 1860 census in
Van Wert county, Ohio so must have moved.
A letter from Jesse Smith to John Smith (was this translated from German?)
Jun 12th 1852 Vanwert County Ohio
Dear
Brother I lift my pen to inform you that we are all well at present hoping that these
few line may find you enjoying thesame blessings/ we have all been sick since
last harvest nearly ____ time butbut we are better now __ was very sickly out
here last fall more than it hasbeen since I have been out here / we had an
uncomen wet summer so much wet that even is almost a failure and that I
suppose was the cause of so much sickness / we have three children living two
girls and one boy and we have three boys dead / I have forty acres of good land
and I have A good opining made on it so that I soon will be able to live without
working so hard as I have done / there is not A stone on the forty acres large
enough to kill A bird with and I have A good house and barn on it and well of
never failing water / I rased fifty bushels of wheat last year and I thin I will have
more than that next year.
We have the great western rail road laid throug here and they will be to work on it as soon as the middle of march / it goes gust one half mile north of me and has much? land / A good deal more valuable hear than it was before it waslaid out and we expect it will be made in two years so that the cars will run from fort wayne Indiana to
Philadelphia and then I think I will go and see youa / I can then go to Potsville
in about 36 hours and I think I will go and see the place once more / I want you to
write to me soon and when you do let me know where Daniel Smiths boys is and
what they are doing, Henry and his familythe last time I saw him was all well
and he is doing well / he lives five miles from me but I see him often / he has
one hundred and sixty acres of land and is getting it cleared up fast as posible.
John Smith lived in Paulding County about __ miles from me and was all __ this
last fall __ doing well / John Smith and his wife have joined the methodist church
and have got very religious.
Wheat here is worth 48 cents pr bushel and corn sels for forty cents and themthat has
potatoes for sale askes 75 cents pr bushel. pork is four dollars pr hundred
Nothing more at present but remains youru
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1811 - Aft 1860 (49 years)