Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK

PIONEER EPHRAIM SMITH FAMILY



1. EPHRAIM SMITH #2 was born 1752 in Milford CT, son of EPHRAIM #1 & SARAH NEWTON SMITH. He died 11 December 1831 and was buried in Old Mexico Cemetery, Camden, Oneida County, NY.

He married 1783 in New Haven, CT
ANNE BALDWIN of Derby, CT who was born 24 February 1754, daughter of TIMOTHY & SARAH (BEARD) BALDWIN of Milford, CT.

Children, SMITH:

2      i Col. JOHN SMITH b1774, d1860

3      ii EPHRAIM H. SMITH #3 b 1777 m SUZANNE UPTON

4      iii MILES SMITH

5      iv WILLIAM SMITH b 1784

6      v JEHIEL SMITH

7      vi SARAH ANN SMITH b 1794 m (---) PRESTON

8      vii GARRIT SMITH b 1797d 5 July 1883

3. EPHRAIM H. SMITH #3 b 1777 CT and died 1854/55 in Wilna, Jefferson County. Their children were born in Norwich VT from 1799 to 1826, so they probably arrived in Jefferson County after that. He made his will 10 June 1854 in Jefferson County, and it was probated 12 March 1855.

He married
SUZANNE UPTONwho was born1780 and died 2 March 1847. She was buried in Black Creek Cemetery, Wilna, NY.

Children, SMITH:

9      i CYNTHIA SMITH b 1799, m (---) GOULD

10      ii FRANCES / FANNY SMITH b 1802, m (---) BLOOD

11     iii CHESTER W. SMITH b 1804

12     iv EPHRAIM O. SMITH b 1805

13     v MYRIAH SMITH b 1807, m (---) ARMSTRONG

14     vi SUSANNA / ELIZA SMITH b 1809

15    vii NAPOLEON BONAPART / POLLIAN SMITH b 1811

16   viii THOMAS JEFFERSON SMITH b 1818

17  ix PATIENCE R. SMITH b 1822, m (---) CHASE

18   x DAVID W. SMITH b 1826

12. EPHRAIM O. SMITH #4 was born 24 October 1805 in Norwich, VT. He died 12 November 1885 at Hermon, St. Lawrence Co. NY and is buried in the Hermon Cemetery.

He married (1)
SABRINA PERCIVAL, who was born 18 April 1807 at Stafford, Orange County VT. She was the daughter of ASAHEL PERCIVAL & SUSANNAH BLAKE. She died about 1851 at Wilna, Jefferson County NY, but there is no stone in the Black Creek Cemetery.

Children with SABRINA PERCIVAL, SMITH:

    19     i   HARRIET SMITH b 1830, m SAMUEL DRAPER

    20    ii GEORGE A. SMITH b August 1832

    21     iii   OSCAR SMITH #1 b 1834

    22     iv   HALSEY ROYAL SMITH b 1839

    23     v   ORLANDO E. SMITH b 1843

    24     vi   OSCAR F. SMITH b 1845, m LORETTA ROGERS

    25     vii   JANETTE ELEANOR SMITH b 1848, m (---)

EPHRAIM O. SMITH married (2)
JANE E. BARNETT ROGERS b 11 July 1834 St. Lawrence County, NY. died 1932 Sioux City, IA. She was daughter of JOHN BARNETT & KATHERINE STROBECK KELNER CLARK

Stepdaughter, also wife of OSCAR F. SMITH:

LORETTA ROGERS m OSCAR F. SMITH, above.

Children with JANE E. BARNETT ROGERS, SMITH:

26     i MARY FRANCES SMITH b 1856, m (1) (---) KIMBER, m (2) BAILEY

27     ii LUCY JANE SMITH b 1858, m DUSHEK, m (2) JOHN McKELVIE

28     iii MATILDA SMITH b 1861, m (---) RICHARDSON

29     iv MINNIE SMITH b 1864, m (1) (---) AMOS; m (2) (---) ENGLAND

30     v EMMA JANE SMITH b 1869, (---) LUKE

EPHRAIM O. SMITH married (3)
MARTHA (---) who was born in New York State in 1825. She died probably at Hermon, St. Lawrence County, NY

27.  LUCY JANE SMITH was born 26 August 1858 in Branch County MI. She died Yankton, SD 20 April 1924 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Viola, MN

She married Trempealeau, WI 20 September
PERRY / PARKER DUSHEK, who was born in Hertesdorf, Austria 12 August 1845. He died 21 February 1921 Yankton, SD. He was the son of JOSEPH DURSCHECK & VICTORIA KOBLITZ

Children, DUSHEK:

    31     i MILTON HARRY DUSHEK b 1876

    32    ii IRVIN ROY DUSHEK b 1878

    33    iii FOREST WILLIAM DUSHEK b 1883

    34     iv MARTHA BELLE DUSHEK b1887

    35     v HARRY ROY DUSHEK b 1889

    36     vi WEALTHIE GRACE DUSHEK b 1892 m GUSTAV WALTER MILLER, son of GUSTAV HENRY & MARIA BARBARA (KLEIN) MILLER

    37    vii PEARL RUBY DUSHEK b 1894

m (2) 6 February 1924 Avon, BonnHomme County SD
JOHN McKELVIE who was born 4 July 1855 Scotland, the son of FRANCIS & (---) McKELVIE. He died 22 May 1938 and was buried in the City Cemetery, Yankton SD.


Smith Estate

Smith Will


For further information, contact:

Gladys Hammel
1410 So Main St. Elba, MN 55910


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