Er ist verheiratet mit Catherine Newman.
Sie haben geheiratet rund 1832.
Kind(er):
Riley Smith (James6, Amos5, Isaac4, Nehemiah3, Nehemiah2, Nehemiah1) b. 6 June 1804 Guilford, Windham, VT ; d. 3 Mar 1894 Anderson Co., KS
m.c. 1832 Catherine Newman (Richard1) b. 29 June 1812 Wyoming, Luzerne, PA d. 17 Nov 1893 Anderson Co., KS
Riley spent the first eight years of his life near Guilford, Vermont. In 1812 his family moved to Preble, Cortland County, New York. As a young man, he may have worked on the Erie Canal.
By the 1830s Riley and at least one brother, Van Rensselaer, lived in Pennsylvania, in either Luzerne or Susquehanna counties. There Riley met and married Catherine. After leaving Pennsylvania, probably about 1834, they settled in Illinois in Fulton County near Riley's brother, Van Rensselaer. On November 3, 1838 Riley bought public domain land in McDonough and Knox counties.
By 1840 they lived in Chestnut Township in Knox County. Riley's father was living with them when the 1840 U.S. Census was taken. Before 1850 they moved to the northern part of Peoria County. Riley’s son, Henry, ran away from home before 1860. His sister, Rose, believed she found Henry's wife in Oklahoma some years after he died and learned that he served in the Civil War, died and was buried in Wichita, Kansas. Further searching has not revealed the grave in Wichita.
The Civil War brought hard times to the family. Five sons enlisted in the Army, George, Lyman, Egbert, Benjamin, and John. Benjamin was wounded in June 1864 at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia and died of his wounds six months later at an Army hospital in Quincy, Illinois. Riley and Catherine were no longer able to support the children still living at home.
In 1870 Riley and Catherine are living with Rose across the county line in Marshall County, Illinois. By the 1880 census, Catherine is living with Egbert’s family in Toulon, Illinois and Riley is living with George’s family in Linn County, Kansas. Egbert moved to Kansas and settled near George near Colony, Kansas. Catherine and Riley lived separately at their sons’ homes until their deaths.
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Mr. Riley Smith, familiarly known as Grandpa Smith, who has for over a year been nearly helpless, passed away on Saturday last at the residence of his son, Geo A. Smith. The funeral took place on Sunday at 2 PM at the house, but on account of the storm there was but a small attendance. The deceased was nearly 90 years of age. He survived his wife about four months. The bereaved friends have the sympathy of the community.