His father Moses Smith, Jr. was married twice. Moses Smith, Jr. married Thirza Curtis, who gave birth to Solomon Curtis Smith. She died a year after his birth. Moses remarried Phebe or Phoebe Adams a year after that, and she gave birth to the rest of Moses' children.
Solomon Curtis Smith favored the Universalist beliefs, but later he became a Presbyterian.
Solomon and Sarah came by the Albany canal to Buffalo, and then in the fall of 1830 to Fairport, OH by lake schooner from Hartford, CT. Many New Englanders came west overland to Buffalo, NY and from there by boat to the Connecticut Western Reserve. They were my earliest relatives to move to the Western Reserve.
They lived in the part of Geauga Co. that later became Lake Co., OH for twenty five years before they moved to the western part of Illinois in 1855. Lake Co. was formed 3/6/1840.
The Western Reserve was settled some 35 years before my ancestors arrived. A two week mail trip from Detroit, through Sandusky, Cleveland, Painesville, Harpersfield, and Jefferson to Warren, OH was established in 1805. Still, Solomon Curtis Smith and his family lived in a substantial log cabin in Concord, OH before they moved to Kirkwood (at that time called Linden), IL.
He died of old age at 94 years. He had good hearing, but was almost blind.
Solomon Curtis Smith favored the Universalist beliefs, but later he became a Presbyterian.
Solomon and Sarah came by the Albany canal to Buffalo, and then in the fall of 1830 to Fairport, OH by lake schooner from Hartford, CT. Many New Englanders came west overland to Buffalo, NY and from there by boat to the Connecticut Western Reserve. They were my earliest relatives to move to the Western Reserve.
They lived in the part of Geauga Co. that later became Lake Co., OH for twenty five years before they moved to the western part of Illinois in 1855. Lake Co. was formed 3/6/1840.
The Western Reserve was settled some 35 years before my ancestors arrived. A two week mail trip from Detroit, through Sandusky, Cleveland, Painesville, Harpersfield, and Jefferson to Warren, OH was established in 1805. Still, Solomon Curtis Smith and his family lived in a substantial log cabin in Concord, OH before they moved to Kirkwood (at that time called Linden), IL.
He died of old age at 94 years. He had good hearing, but was almost blind.
His father Moses Smith, Jr. was married twice. Moses Smith, Jr. married Thirza Curtis, who gave birth to Solomon Curtis Smith. She died a year after his birth. Moses remarried Phebe or Phoebe Adams a year after that, and she gave birth to the rest of Moses' children.
Solomon Curtis Smith favored the Universalist beliefs, but later he became a Presbyterian.
Solomon and Sarah came by the Albany canal to Buffalo, and then in the fall of 1830 to Fairport, OH by lake schooner from Hartford, CT. Many New Englanders came west overland to Buffalo, NY and from there by boat to the Connecticut Western Reserve. They were my earliest relatives to move to the Western Reserve.
They lived in the part of Geauga Co. that later became Lake Co., OH for twenty five years before they moved to the western part of Illinois in 1855. Lake Co. was formed 3/6/1840.
The Western Reserve was settled some 35 years before my ancestors arrived. A two week mail trip from Detroit, through Sandusky, Cleveland, Painesville, Harpersfield, and Jefferson to Warren, OH was established in 1805. Still, Solomon Curtis Smith and his family lived in a substantial log cabin in Concord, OH before they moved to Kirkwood (at that time called Linden), IL.
He died of old age at 94 years. He had good hearing, but was almost blind.
Solomon Curtis Smith favored the Universalist beliefs, but later he became a Presbyterian.
Solomon and Sarah came by the Albany canal to Buffalo, and then in the fall of 1830 to Fairport, OH by lake schooner from Hartford, CT. Many New Englanders came west overland to Buffalo, NY and from there by boat to the Connecticut Western Reserve. They were my earliest relatives to move to the Western Reserve.
They lived in the part of Geauga Co. that later became Lake Co., OH for twenty five years before they moved to the western part of Illinois in 1855. Lake Co. was formed 3/6/1840.
The Western Reserve was settled some 35 years before my ancestors arrived. A two week mail trip from Detroit, through Sandusky, Cleveland, Painesville, Harpersfield, and Jefferson to Warren, OH was established in 1805. Still, Solomon Curtis Smith and his family lived in a substantial log cabin in Concord, OH before they moved to Kirkwood (at that time called Linden), IL.
He died of old age at 94 years. He had good hearing, but was almost blind.
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