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Otis Smith 1784–1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Feb 1784

Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: Jan 1855

Death Location: Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA

Father: Reuben Smith

Mother: Leona Clark

Spouse(s): Eleanor Palmer

Children(s): Daniel Rev., Wriley Smith, Zebulon Smith, Eleanor Smith, Otis Smith, Johanna Smith, Lovina Smith, Willard Smith, James Smith, Lidia Smith, Asenath Smith, Haviland Smith

In 1784, Otis Smith entered the world in Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, born to Reuben Zebulon Smith And Leona Lavina Clark. In 1848, Otis Smith established residence. In 1850, Otis Smith resided in Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA. Otis Smith married Eleanor Palmer, and had children including Asenath Smith, Daniel Smith Rev, Eleanor Smith, Haviland Smith, James Smith, Johanna Smith, Lidia Smith, Lovina Smith, Otis Smith, Willard Smith, Wriley Smith, Zebulon Robert Smith. Otis Smith passed away in 1855 in Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1784, Otis Smith entered the world in Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, born to Reuben Zebulon Smith And Leona Lavina Clark.
  • In 1848, Otis Smith established residence.
  • In 1850, Otis Smith resided in Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA.
  • Otis Smith married Eleanor Palmer, and had children including Asenath Smith, Daniel Smith Rev, Eleanor Smith, Haviland Smith, James Smith, Johanna Smith, Lidia Smith, Lovina Smith, Otis Smith, Willard Smith, Wriley Smith, Zebulon Robert Smith.
  • Otis Smith passed away in 1855 in Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reuben Smith
1760–1811
Birth Location: England
RS
Leona Clark
1764–1853
Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
LC

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Palmer
1788–1860
Birth Location: Coxsackie, Dutchess County, New York, USA
EP

Children(s)

Daniel Rev.
1822–1893
Birth Location: Athens, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
DR
Wriley Smith
1810–1907
Birth Location: Farmersville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
WS
Zebulon Smith
1814–1891
Birth Location: Farmersville, Younge, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
ZS
Eleanor Smith
1819–1900
Birth Location: Athens (Farmersville), Ontario, Canada
ES
Otis Smith
1824–1868
Birth Location: Leeds, Ontario, Canada
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Johanna Smith
1810–1828
Birth Location: Leeds Co, Ontario, Canada
JS
Lovina Smith
1815–1841
Birth Location: Athens (Farmersville), Ontario, Canada
LS
Willard Smith
1808–1851
Birth Location: Leeds, Ontario, Canada
WS
James Smith
1825–
Birth Location: Charleston, Ontario, Canada
JS
Lidia Smith
1830–
Birth Location: Leeds County, Ontario, Canada
LS
Asenath Smith
1826–
Birth Location: –
AS
Haviland Smith
1806–
Birth Location: Canada West, Canada
HS

Otis Smith's Ancestors

Self
Otis Smith
1784–1855
Birth Place: Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Parents
Reuben Zebulon Smith
1760–1811
England
Leona (Lavina) Clark
1764–1853
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Clark
1741–1810
Medfield, Suffolk, Massachsuetts, USA
Sarah Sprague
1744–1814
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph V
1720–1760
Elizabeth Puffer
1714–1798
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Otis Smith's Descendants

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Otis Smith (13 Feb 1784–Jan 1855) m. Eleanor Palmer (14 Jul 1788–1860)
  1. 1. Daniel (Smith) Rev. 1822–1893 m. Phylinda Brown 1822–1911
    1. 1. Phylander (Lagee) Smith 1853–1934 m. Cynthia (Elizabeth) Lennox 1855–1941
      1. 1. Ethel Smith 1881–1910
      2. 2. Lillian (Pearl) Smith 1885–1919 m. John (Patrick) Hayes 1885–1916
        1. 1. John (Melvin) Hayes 1908–1946
        2. 2. Muriel (Elizabeth) Hayes 1909–
      3. 3. Bertha (May) Smith 1888–1959 m. John (Alexander) Knox 1873–1975
      4. 4. Flora Smith 1893–1934 m. Thomas (Tilden) Stites 1874– m. Sydney (Richard) Davey 1883–1916
        1. 1. Ethel (May Lillian) Davey 1908–
        2. 2. Lennox (Thomas) Stites 1931–1936
        3. 3. Evelyn Davey 1910–
        4. 4. Richard (Phylander) Davey 1914–
        5. 5. Rufert Davey 1916–
        6. 6. John Stites 1923–1994 m. Evelyn (Alberta) Stephens 1922–1989
      5. 5. Wd Smith 1885–1944 m. Maud Smith 1879–1945
        1. 1. Stewart ("Graydon") Smith 1908– m. Mary (Stella) Donahue 1914–
        2. 2. Winnifred ("Mona") Smith 1910–
        3. 3. Eunice Strutt 1912–1956 m. Vivien (Ovila) Auger 1909–1955
        4. 4. Corrine (A) Smith 1918–1966 m. Ralph (Albert) Thorburn 1914–1999 m. John (Gerald Frederick) McKay 1913–1988
    2. 2. Lilian (Mary) Smith 1867–1914 m. John Utter 1856–1926
    3. 3. Jonathan (Leonard) Smith 1856–1920 m. Flora ((Florence) Jane) Forester 1861–1937
      1. 1. Clayton (Murray) Smith 1898–1918
      2. 2. Adella (Joyce) Smith 1896–1980 m. Jay (Glen) Dinger 1888–1945
        1. 1. Clayton Dinger 1922– m. Shirley (Laverne) Thompson 1920–1999 m. Lillian Wild 1923–
      3. 3. Catherine (Irene) Smith 1904–1945 m. Thomas (Herbert) Gibson 1904–
      4. 4. Elmo (Russell) Smith 1889–1902
      5. 5. Stanly (Craig) Smith 1891–1952
      6. 6. Roger (Melville) Smith 1893–1947
      7. 7. Harvey (Alexander) Smith 1885–1937
      8. 8. Gertrude (Florence) Smith 1887–1975
      9. 9. Johnathan Smith 1885–1900
      10. 10. Edna (Ray) Smith 1883–1936 m. William (John) Huston 1876–1915 m. Clifford (Delmond) Fulmer 1878–1962
        1. 1. Ida (Emlyn) Huston 1908–1989
        2. 2. Howard (Alexander) Huston 1904–1989 m. Lillian (Pearl) Barton 1909–1994
        3. 3. Elmo (Ray) Huston 1905–1967
      11. 11. Johnathan (Earl) Smith 1901–1906
      12. 12. Mabel (Claire) Smith 1882–1908
    4. 4. Georgina Smith 1861–1933 m. John (Henry) Finlayson 1860–1945
    5. 5. Sarah (Ellen) Smith 1850–1932
  2. 2. Wriley Smith 1810–1907 m. Maria Smith 1811–1877
    1. 1. Justus (Benson) Smith 1835–1909 m. Elizabeth Smith 1830–1897 m. Louisa Ransier 1842– m. Margret (Jane) Johnston 1850–
      1. 1. Walter (Casson) Smith 1862–
      2. 2. Justus (Benson) Smith 1870–
      3. 3. George Smith 1866–
      4. 4. James Smith 1860–
      5. 5. Emily (Alice) Smith 1864–1942 m. Philander Brown 1856–1948
        1. 1. Jennie (M) Brown 1885–1941
        2. 2. Harold (Milfred) Brown 1894–1964
        3. 3. Hazel (Mildred) Brown 1894–1963 m. Deane 1888–1969
        4. 4. Cecil (Roy) Brown 1899–1944
        5. 5. Vera (Louise Irene Brown) (Melnick) 1902–1965
        6. 6. Ethel (Gwendolyn Brown) (Farfalla) 1904–1983
        7. 7. Arthur (Elmo) Brown 1890–1893
        8. 8. Clair (M) Brown 1898–1899
    2. 2. Louissa (M.) Smith 1842–1909 m. Norman (William) Franklin 1834–1878 m. Eli Beers 1845–
      1. 1. Ethel (Jane) Beers 1884–1933
      2. 2. Evelena (G) Franklin 1875– m. George Dailey 1869–
        1. 1. Clarence Daily 1895–
        2. 2. Norman (E) Daily 1899–
        3. 3. Joseph Dailey 1893–1895
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Amelia) Smith 1844–1934 m. James Duggan 1840–1898 m. George (Washington) Stevens 1829–1912
      1. 1. Jennie Duggan 1876–
    4. 4. Eleanor (Alice) Smith 1841–1918 m. Theodore (Goodman) Stevens 1839–1922
    5. 5. Mary (Samanta (Diantha)) Smith 1849–1877 m. John Carroll 1847–
    6. 6. Margaret (Delilah) Smith 1849–1936 m. John (Edward Robeson) Rev. 1847–
      1. 1. Margaret (Delilah) Robeson 1880–
      2. 2. James (G. Robeson) Rev 1874–
      3. 3. John (E. Robeson) Rev 1878–
      4. 4. Herbert Robeson 1886–
      5. 5. Walter (Duggan) Robeson 1888–
      6. 6. Simeon (Theodore) Robeson 1882–
      7. 7. Mattie Robeson 1873–
      8. 8. Frank Robeson 1869–
      9. 9. Ella (Ann) Robeson 1871–
      10. 10. Minnie Robeson 1876–
      11. 11. Clara Robeson 1890–
    7. 7. Philena Smith 1838–1893 m. Rufus (Erastus) Lincoln 1826–1914 m. Seth Ransier 1838–1874
      1. 1. Lucy (A) Ransier 1866–1953
      2. 2. George Ransier 1869–1883
      3. 3. Justice (Vilroy) Lincoln 1879–
      4. 4. Edith Lincoln 1884–
      5. 5. Samuel Ransier 1864–1946 m. Alma (Blanche) Nevil 1877–1966
        1. 1. Kim (Berkley) Ransier 1903–1989
        2. 2. Ruth (Irene) Ransier 1898–2002
        3. 3. Rolla (Rolette) Ransier 1900–1991
        4. 4. Estella (Mae "Stella") Ransier 1896–1999
        5. 5. Beth (Louise) Ransier 1910–2002
      6. 6. Etta (Sophia) Ransier 1875–1936
      7. 7. Lewis (James) Ransier 1861–1937 m. Katherine (V) Ransier 1865–
        1. 1. Wayne (Andrews) Rawnsier 1892–1940
        2. 2. Glenn (L) Ransier 1894–
        3. 3. Ernest (P) Ransier 1897–
        4. 4. Harry (C) Ransier 1899–
        5. 5. Ronald Ransier 1911–2001
      8. 8. Alice (Elizabeth) Ransier 1863–1954
      9. 9. William (Riley) Ransier 1871–1873
  3. 3. Zebulon (Robert) Smith 1814–1891 m. Chloe (Jean) Wiltse 1831–1900 m. Amelia ((Millie)) Lewis 1818–1848
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Olive) Smith 1870–1900
    2. 2. Mary (Ann) Smith 1861–1952
    3. 3. David Smith 1860–
    4. 4. John Smith 1855–1902
    5. 5. Daniel Smith 1858–1935
    6. 6. Jane (Ann) Smith 1864–1952
    7. 7. James (Wriley) Smith 1850–1938
    8. 8. Willard Smith 1852–1923
    9. 9. Malvina Smith 1857–1919
    10. 10. Harriet (Amelia) Smith 1844–1907
    11. 11. Thomas Smith 1837–
    12. 12. Otis (Benson) Smith 1842–1891
    13. 13. Ira (Durling) Smith 1843–1931
    14. 14. Thadeus (Lewis) Smith 1838–1899 m. Catharine Ransier 1835–1916
  4. 4. Eleanor Smith 1819–1900 m. Lewis White 1819–1885
    1. 1. Daniel (Lewis) White 1858–1915 m. Sarah White 1865–
      1. 1. Lida (Adil) White 1894–1971
      2. 2. Harriet (M "Hattie") White 1890–
      3. 3. Frankford (C) White 1899–
      4. 4. Nellie (Maud) White 1883–
      5. 5. Charlotte (Adeline "Lottie") White 1884–1950 m. Frederick (Clayton) Ellis 1876–1957
        1. 1. Harold (Wilson) Ellis 1923–1965 m. Hazel (Mary) York 1927–2006
        2. 2. Pearl Ellis 1914–1920
        3. 3. Earl (Clayton) Ellis 1917–1988 m. Elda (Bernice) Kelsey 1911–1966
        4. 4. Melvin (LeRoy) Ellis 1905–1969
    2. 2. Susan (Amelia) White 1843–
    3. 3. James (Benson) White 1853–1911
    4. 4. Adaline White 1856–1938
    5. 5. Charles White 1860–1929
    6. 6. Lovina White 1842–
    7. 7. Phylinda (Ellen) White 1846–1908
    8. 8. George (Riley) White 1850–1909
    9. 9. Anna (Maria) White 1849–
  5. 5. Otis Smith 1824–1868
  6. 6. Johanna Smith 1810–1828
  7. 7. Lovina Smith 1815–1841
  8. 8. Willard Smith 1808–1851 m. Drusella Howland 1818–1893
    1. 1. Thursa Smith 1846–1935 m. George (Milton) Grummon 1843–
      1. 1. Edith (E.) Grummon 1865–
      2. 2. Annettie (A.) Grummon 1866–
      3. 3. George (Willard) Grummon 1875– m. Bertha (Maud) Roderick 1876–
        1. 1. Katherine (Anneta) Grummon 1904– m. Craig (T.) Kent 1904–
        2. 2. George (Gilbert) Grummon 1906– m. Clara Hinricks 1905–
        3. 3. Daniel (Milton) Grummon 1908– m. Elda (Maevia) Goff 1906–
        4. 4. Edwin (Ernest) Grummon 1913–1988 m. Margaret (Virginia) Hillner 1921–1991
        5. 5. Ruth (Eleanor) Grummon 1916–2014 m. Clarence Oetken 1914–2015
    2. 2. Sarah Smith 1838–1913 m. Elias (Amariah) Howe 1838–1903
      1. 1. Edwin (Arthur) HOWE 1866–1937
      2. 2. Emma (Drucilla) Howe 1859–1892
      3. 3. Catherine (Aldora) HOWE 1862–1950
      4. 4. James (Estus) HOWE 1857–1874
      5. 5. Ida (Armenia) HOWE 1864–1928
      6. 6. Franklin (Williard) HOWE 1874–
      7. 7. Mary (Ella) Richardson 1869–1936
      8. 8. Lisle Howe 1889–
    3. 3. Lucy Smith 1840–1936 m. Samuel Kelsey 1829–
      1. 1. Albert (W) Kelsey 1859–1896 m. Lucy (Evanna) Bales 1863–1934
        1. 1. Frank (Vinton) Kelsey 1883–1944
        2. 2. Albert (Eugene) Kelsey 1886–
      2. 2. Franklin (Emery) Kelsey 1864–
    4. 4. Eleanor Smith 1848–1900 m. James Elsworth 1835–1915
      1. 1. Willard (Arnold) Ellsworth 1870–1966
      2. 2. Bertha Ellsworth 1874–1890
      3. 3. Nina (Floy) Ellsworth 1876–1965 m. Clarence (Leroy) Dake 1880–
        1. 1. James (Harold) Dake 1902–
        2. 2. Willis (Ellsworth) Dake 1909–2007 m. Letha (Maybelle) Reid 1914–1966
        3. 3. Clarance (Laverne) Dake 1915–
        4. 4. Marvin (Edwin) Dake 1918–2001
      4. 4. Lula (Fay) Elsworth 1890–1957
      5. 5. Edwin Elsworth 1870–1954
    5. 5. Anson Smith 1836–1850
    6. 6. Wealthy Smith 1852–1860
  9. 9. James Smith 1825–
  10. 10. Lidia Smith 1830–
  11. 11. Asenath Smith 1826–
  12. 12. Haviland Smith 1806–

Otis Smith's Timeline

4 Records

1784
13 Feb 1784
Birth of Otis Smith in Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
1848
1848
Age 64
Otis Smith resided here
None
1850
1850
Age 66
Otis Smith resided here in Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA
Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA
1855
Jan 1855
Age 71
Death of Otis Smith in Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA
Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1784
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Salem, Henry, Iowa; Roll: 184; Page: 238A

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1848
    Record Source: Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Salem, Henry, Iowa; Roll: 184; Page: 238A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1855
    Event Place: Salem, Henry, Iowa, USA
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