Thursday, March 2, 1882 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died - In Oak Park, Illinois, February 24th, 1882, of cancer, Philander Smith. The deceased was formerly a resident of Adams, Jefferson County, and will be well remembered by many readers of the Democrat. His wife is a daughter of Deacon Simon Meacham, deceased.
Thanks to Pleasant Lawn Cemetery Association (#48917031) for this newspaper obituary.
Philander Smith was the son of David Smith, whose 1801 sawmill in upstate New York gave name to the village of Smith's Mills before it became Adams (town), New York (after former president John Adams) in 1802.
Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan.
His widow Adeline continued to give away his $125,000 fortune to a number of causes for a dozen years after his death. Her gift in 1882 to the Methodists' Walden Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas resulted in its immediate renaming to Philander Smith College.
--Wikipedia
The 1860 census shows Philander Smith, a farmer, living in Adams, Jefferson Co., NY with wife A. M., and daughters M. G. and S. L. By 1870, Philander and Adeline were living in Oak Park, IL
Thanks to Pleasant Lawn Cemetery Association (#48917031) for this newspaper obituary.
Philander Smith was the son of David Smith, whose 1801 sawmill in upstate New York gave name to the village of Smith's Mills before it became Adams (town), New York (after former president John Adams) in 1802.
Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan.
His widow Adeline continued to give away his $125,000 fortune to a number of causes for a dozen years after his death. Her gift in 1882 to the Methodists' Walden Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas resulted in its immediate renaming to Philander Smith College.
--Wikipedia
The 1860 census shows Philander Smith, a farmer, living in Adams, Jefferson Co., NY with wife A. M., and daughters M. G. and S. L. By 1870, Philander and Adeline were living in Oak Park, IL
Thursday, March 2, 1882 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died - In Oak Park, Illinois, February 24th, 1882, of cancer, Philander Smith. The deceased was formerly a resident of Adams, Jefferson County, and will be well remembered by many readers of the Democrat. His wife is a daughter of Deacon Simon Meacham, deceased.
Thanks to Pleasant Lawn Cemetery Association (#48917031) for this newspaper obituary.
Philander Smith was the son of David Smith, whose 1801 sawmill in upstate New York gave name to the village of Smith's Mills before it became Adams (town), New York (after former president John Adams) in 1802.
Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan.
His widow Adeline continued to give away his $125,000 fortune to a number of causes for a dozen years after his death. Her gift in 1882 to the Methodists' Walden Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas resulted in its immediate renaming to Philander Smith College.
--Wikipedia
The 1860 census shows Philander Smith, a farmer, living in Adams, Jefferson Co., NY with wife A. M., and daughters M. G. and S. L. By 1870, Philander and Adeline were living in Oak Park, IL
Thanks to Pleasant Lawn Cemetery Association (#48917031) for this newspaper obituary.
Philander Smith was the son of David Smith, whose 1801 sawmill in upstate New York gave name to the village of Smith's Mills before it became Adams (town), New York (after former president John Adams) in 1802.
Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan.
His widow Adeline continued to give away his $125,000 fortune to a number of causes for a dozen years after his death. Her gift in 1882 to the Methodists' Walden Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas resulted in its immediate renaming to Philander Smith College.
--Wikipedia
The 1860 census shows Philander Smith, a farmer, living in Adams, Jefferson Co., NY with wife A. M., and daughters M. G. and S. L. By 1870, Philander and Adeline were living in Oak Park, IL
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