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William Broadwell Smith

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  • Name William Broadwell Smith 
    Birth 24 Mar 1827  Knox County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1835  New Troy, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    William B Smith lived in New Troy, Michigan, in 1835. Source: St. Joseph Saturday Herald; Publication Date: 24 Jun 1905; Publication Place: Saint Joseph, Michigan, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/362335732/?article=4c447049-bdd8-4530-b3e0-c6685bfe8230&focus=0.6517787,0.61787945,0.80103713,0.8595067&xid=3355 
    Miltary- Civil War- Union 23 Oct 1861  St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    William enlisted in Union Army, Third Michigan Cavalry, company L on Oct 23, 1861 at St Joseph, MI for 3 years service at age of 35. Census of 1890 reports he was injured by a falling horse during his service.  
    Death 9 Aug 1894  Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 11 Aug 1894  Riverview Cemetery, St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    William Broadwell Smith headstone
    William Broadwell Smith headstone
    Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/127610557/william-b.-smith
    Person ID I127927  Smith Smyth Schmidt Smythe Smitt
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2023 Help  

    Father Paul Smith,   b. Abt 1791, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1853, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Hooke,   b. Abt 1804, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Before 1880, Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    30 Sep 1823  Knox County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses. - The index is easier to read than the document.
      "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDJ4-62W : 20 June 2020), Paul Smith, 1823.

      Sherry Miller
    Index to marriages Knox Co OH that includes Paul Smith and Eliza Hooker/Hooke's marriage record
    Index to marriages Knox Co OH that includes Paul Smith and Eliza Hooker/Hooke's marriage record
    from Sherry Miller
    Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses. - The index is easier to read than the document.
    "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDJ4-62W : 20 June 2020), Paul Smith, 1823.
    Census (Family) 1830  Bloomfield, Knox County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1840  Bertrand, Berrien, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1850  Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F54344  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ellen Anderson,   b. 14 Feb 1837, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1905, Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1853  Royalton, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Certificate Wm B Smith age 26 to Sarah Elen Anderson age 16 Royalton, Mi 26 Jun 1853
    Marriage Certificate Wm B Smith age 26 to Sarah Elen Anderson age 16 Royalton, Mi 26 Jun 1853
    Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940."Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 23 December 2021. Various archives, Michigan; also, Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    Census (Family) 1860  Lancaster, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1870  Lincoln, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census (Family) 1880  Lincoln, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Anderson Paul Smith,   b. c 1854
     2. Mary Smith,   b. 30 Mar 1857, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1912, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     3. William Smith,   b. 1859, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. George Smith,   b. c 1862, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Emma J Smith,   b. 24 Feb 1866, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1938, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +6. Bertram Monroe Smith,   b. 4 Sep 1876, Lincoln, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1952, Covert, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    Documents
    Verbal History Taken from Maudie Cutler Smith
    Verbal History Taken from Maudie Cutler Smith
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2021 Help 
    Family ID F45455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Mar 1827 - Knox County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - William B Smith lived in New Troy, Michigan, in 1835. Source: St. Joseph Saturday Herald; Publication Date: 24 Jun 1905; Publication Place: Saint Joseph, Michigan, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/362335732/?article=4c447049-bdd8-4530-b3e0-c6685bfe8230&focus=0.6517787,0.61787945,0.80103713,0.8595067&xid=3355 - 1835 - New Troy, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Jun 1853 - Royalton, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus (Family) - Wm Smith 25 Mi grocery Sarah 24 Mary M 3 Anderson H 5 Wm J 7.12 - 1860 - Lancaster, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMiltary- Civil War- Union - William enlisted in Union Army, Third Michigan Cavalry, company L on Oct 23, 1861 at St Joseph, MI for 3 years service at age of 35. Census of 1890 reports he was injured by a falling horse during his service. - 23 Oct 1861 - St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus (Family) - #2 William Smith 43 Sarah Smith 34 Adison Smith 16 Mary Smith 13 William Smith 11 George Smith 9 Emma Smith 4 - 1870 - Lincoln, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus (Family) - #118 William B. Smith 53 Sarah E. Smith 43 George Smith 18 Emma J. Smith 14 Burty Smith 3 - 1880 - Lincoln, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Aug 1894 - Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Aug 1894 - Riverview Cemetery, St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    William B Smith b 1827 Bloomfield, OH
    William B Smith b 1827 Bloomfield, OH

    Documents
    Obituary Death of Wm B Smith
    Obituary Death of Wm B Smith
    Newspaper article from St Joseph Saturday Evening Herald

  • Notes 
    • Served in the Civil War and received a pension