Person:George Smith (9)

HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY - 1880 Cardington Township Biographical Sketches Kansas State Historical Library, 977.11, -M834, pg. 583

  G. B. SMITH, farmer; P.O., Cardington; was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1913; during his  infancy his father died and some four years later his mother married Mr. Aaron Smith.
  G. B. lived with his mother until he was 16 years of age; he received but a limited schooling, having to walk three miles to school; at the age of 16 he began working about the neighborhood at farming and carpentering, and followed the same until he was married to Miss Mary E. Clements, March 3, 1836.
  She was born in Loudoun Co., Va.  After the marriage he moved to the Ohio House for eleven years; he then sold the place, and followed carpentering until 1851, when he bought a farm, and lived on it until 1863, when he sold it, and came to Morrow Co., Ohio, and settled on his present place.  By the marriage there were twelve children, nine of whom are living--William, living in Harrison Co., Ohio; Harriet H. Jenkins, living in Hardin Co., Ohio; Minerva Kirk and Mrs. Francina Smith live at Pottowatomie Co., Kansas; Julia Ann Garberson lives in Mt. Gilead, Ohio; Josiah lives in Delaware Co., Ohio; Charles E., Pottowatomie Co., Kansas; Mary E. Stewart lives in Minnesota; B. Franklin, at home.
  He owns 117 acres of land located two miles north of Cardington.  His parents, William and Huldah (Bogue) Smith were natives of Virginia and South Carolina; they were married in Harrison Co., Ohio; they came to the State of Ohio--he in 1806, and she in 1801; they married in 1811, and settled in Guernsey Co., where he died in 1819; she died near Cardington. Her second husband died in Minnesota.  By the first marriage there were four children--two are living--G. B. and Amos; by the second marriage there were also four children, of whom three are living--Syntha Stewart, of Minnesota, William H. of Plymouth Ind., and Henry D., of Cardington, Ohio.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Obituary for George B Smith, in Morrow County Sentinel (Mount Gilead, Ohio)
   24 Jul 1890.

   Mr. George B. Smith was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, November 19, 1813, and died at Edison, Ohio, July 8, 1890, aged 76 years 7 months and 23 days.
   
   He was married on March 3, 1836, and moved to Morrow county in 1863, where he has been known as an honest, industrious and upright man, a useful member of society and a supporter of what he believed to be right. His final sickness was painful and exhausting; his strong mind and willpower which was so characteristic of him in life and health did not forsake him in sickness or in death; neither did he lose his concern for those about him.
   
   Fifty-four years husband and wife traveled together. The time came for their paths to diverge, and he peacefully passed out of sight trusting in Christ.
   
   The funeral services were conducted by the M.E. pastor of the village, and Rev. A. E. Thomas. The interment took place in the Bethel Cemetery in the presence of family and neighbors.

2.   Obituary for George Smith, in Union Register (Mount Gilead, Ohio)
   16 Jul 1890.

   George Smith, an aged man and citizen of Edison, who had been on the decline for a year or more, on the 8th instant passed quietly into eternity. The remains were buried at Bethel on Thursday.

3. ↑ Harrison, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3M-F87 : 12 April 2016), George B Smith, Smyrna, Harrison, Ohio, United States; citing family 320, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).