Ebenezer Smith, Jr. and Keziah Elmer

Town Records

Name:    Keziah Elmer
Birth Date:    12 Apr 1788
Birth Place:    Ashfield
Father's First Name:    Sam[ue]L
Mother's First Name:    Elizabeth
Gender:    Female
Source:    Vital Records of Ashfield

Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Name:    Keziah Elmer
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    12 Apr 1788
Birthplace:    ASHFIELD,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS
Father's Name:    Samuel Elmer
Mother's Name:    Elizabeth
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:    C50165-1
System Origin:    Massachusetts-ODM
GS Film number:    974.42/A1 V2N

Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N9-VNS : 4 December 2014), Keziah Elmer, 12 Apr 1788; citing ASHFIELD,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 974.42/A1 V2N.

Town: Ashfield
Surname: Smith
Ebenez[e]r [int. Jr.] of Hawley [int. of A.] and Keziah Elmore of A., May 17, 1792.

Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).

Name:    Ebenezer, Jr. Smith
Gender:    Male
Spouse:    Keziah Elmore
Marriage Date:    17 May 1792
City:    Ashfield
County:    Franklin
Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0902896.

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.

Name:    Pamilla Shepard
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    23 Nov 1801
Birth Place:    Ashfield, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Samuel Shepard
Mother Name:    Rachel Shepard

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Name:    Elijah Woods
Birth Date:    6 Apr 1800
Birth Place:    Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Gender:    Male
Race:    White
Ethnicity:    Canadian
Father's name:    Levi Woods
Mother's name:    Charlotte
FHL Film Number:    1001056

Source: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis

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(9) REMEMBER ELLIS......................Born, 1735; Died, 1795

(10) Rev. EBENEZER SMITH............" 1734; " 1824

Married in Deerfield, in 1756.

THEIR CHILDREN— All born in Ashfield.

34. Irene Smith..............................Born, 1757; Died, 1834
36. Preserved " ............................." 1759;         " 1834
38. Jemima " ................................" 1761;         " 1835
40. Rhoda " .................................." 1762;         " 1837
42. Ebenezer, jr. " ........................." 1766;         " 1855
44. Obed " ...................................." 1770;        " 1828
46. Richard " ................................." 1774;        " 1800

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(42.) EBENEZER SMITH, Jr., fifth child of Elder Ebenezer and Remember Ellis Smith, was born in Ashfield, April 1st, 1766, and died in Cassadaga, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 24th, 1855 aged 89 years.

He married Keziah Elmer, or Elmore, of Ashfield about 1791, and had seven children. She died in Cassadaga, March 17th, 1870, aged 93 years. The Elmers were one of the early families in the settlement of Ashfield. Mr. Wilson Elmer, a nephew of Keziah, died there in 1885 an aged man. For his second wife he married Mrs. Amanda Ranney Richmond, widow of Elijah Richmond, an enterprising citizen of Ashfield, who died about 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer were married about 1875, and lived a short distance easterly from the old church at Baptist-corners, the Chileab Smith neighborhood. Mrs. Elmer died in 1884. She was a daughter of Jesse Ranney, who raised his family on the old farm of Reuben Ellis,

Ebenezer, Jr., moved with his family from Ashfield to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in Oct. 1815. Several families from the Ellis neighborhood in Ashfield went with them, namely: Philip Phillips, Israel Smith and Daniel Whitmore. This was just about the close of the war of 1812 and the country was very new and the roads bad. They were over a month on the way from Ashfield. Mr. Smith purchased wild lands, made a clearing and built a log house. He was a farmer by occupation and a scholarly man. His knowledge of the Bible was very thorough, so much so that he was known as the "Concordance." There was not a passage of Scripture that he was not familiar with and could turn to readily. He was a Baptist, as were most of his descendants.

His children were Aaron, born 1792; Quartus, 1796; Fidelia, 1798; Gerry, 1803; Rebecca, 1808; Ebenezer and Keziah (twins,) 1813.

Of Aaron Smith, it was said that he was a great Bible student. He was a farmer, but gave considerable attention to the genealogy of the Smith family. He had recorded the names of over 11,000 of his kin. It was said of him that "he knew more and had forgotten fewer names and dates than any man of his times." He resided most of his life at Stockton, where he died Sept. 23d, 1876, aged 84 years. His children were Laurilla, born 1821, died 1825; Lucretia, born 1824, died 1825; Laura, 1826; Lucy, born 1828, married a Griffith, and died 1880; Pamelia, born 1830, died 1840; Cyrus, born 1831, died 1877; Milla, 1834; William, 1837; Caroline, 1839; Aaron, Jr., 1843. The last named lives at Burnhams, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

Quartus Smith, born 1796, lived many years in Stockton, N. Y., and died in 1880. He married Pomilla Shepard. They had no children.

Fidelia Smith, born 1798, and died 1840. She married Elijah Wood, and had five children: Fidelia, who married Dr. Alonzo P. Phillips, of Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Ursula, who married James Rheem, and had three children — two dead and one now living, Mr. Charles Rheem, in Oshkosh, Wis. Mrs. Ursula Wood Rheem married for her second husband Albert G. Blakeslee, and they lived in Dequoin, Ill. Elijah married Jane McGregor. Livonia married a Goulding and afterwards Erastus Bowen. Her son, Charles L. Goulding, lives at Fredonia, N. Y.

Gerry Smith, born 1803, lived most of his life in Stockton, where he died July 16, 1882. He married Louisa Ellis, a daughter of Barzillia Ellis, Jr., of Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Their children are Hiram, William, Frank, Flora, and David.

Rebecca Smith, born 1808, married Freeman Richardson in 1830. In 1854 they removed to LaCrosse, Wis., where Mrs. R. now lives. Mr. Richardson died in 1868. Their children were: Melissa, died in 1876; Matilda, Jasper, Squire, and Florilla. The last-named married Wm. Gear, and now resides in LaCrosse and has three children, Elsie, Ella, and Edna Gear. Mrs. Rebecca Richardson now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Gear.

Ebenezer Smith, born in 1813, died in Chatauqua Co. in 1835, unmarried.

Keziah Smith, born 1813, twin-sister of the above, married Arunah Richardson, brother of Freeman Richardson. Their children were Eliza Ann, who married John Carpenter, and lives at Cassadaga, Chautauqua Co., N.Y. Lovina, married Albert Irons; she lives at Cassadaga. Levant and Truman Richardson, live at Burnhams, N.Y.

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PARTIAL LIST OF VOTERS IN 1798.
In the records of Ashfield for 1798 the list of voters is given. In this list of names are the following (there being then a property qualification, this list does not include the names of all the men of the proper age for voting): ...Chipman Smith, David, Chileab, Jr., Chileab, 3d, Jeduthan, Elijah, Martin, Abner, Jonathan and Ebenezer Smith, Jr.;...

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Samuel Elmer, before the Revolution, settled where Geo. B. Church now lives. Most of the Elmers in this vicinity are his descendants. One of his daughters, Keziah, married Ebenezer Smith, Jr., son of Elder Ebenezer. She and her husband settled at Stockton, N. Y. in 1815 (see page 96).

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Letter from Dea. Aaron Smith, of Stockton, N. Y., to his second cousin, Dea. Ziba Smith, of Ashfield, dated Mar. 30, 1851. Aaron was a son of Ebenezer, Jr., and grandson of Elder Ebenezer Smith. Ziba was a son of Chileab, 3d, and grandson of Chileab, Jr. The latter was a brother of Elder Ebenezer.

"Dear Cousin: I sit down to inform you of our welfare. We are all well as usual. It is a general time of health here. I have had a good deal of sickness in my family since I have begun to keep house. I have had ten children; have buried five of them, all daughters; have three sons and two daughters living; the oldest a daughter of 22, the youngest a son 7 years of age. As to religion, it is quite a low time here. Ziba, I want to see you and your family, and brothers and sisters, very much, once more, in the land of the living. Have not forgotten the comfort taken in your company at school, and at the old Baptist meeting-house, in singing, in our younger days. I want to go to New England, the land of my birth, once more; think some of going this season, if my life is spared and my family are well. The last time I saw you was thirty-one years ago this month, at your father's. I want to go with you once more on to the ground where the old meeting-house used to stand; also to the burying ground; think I could pick out Jeduthan's grave; also our great grandfather's, Chileab Smith's; and the first one who was buried there, who was a sister of your father. My father and mother are quite old and feeble. Father doesn't labor any; his memory is very good for so old a man; he lives with his youngest daughter; he will be 85 next month. My brother Quartus and his wife are well, also Gerry and my sisters. Your cousin, Nathan Smith, and family are all well; his four older sons are great stout giants, your aunt Naomi is well, and lives with Lyman, on the Fox river, in Illinois; he has married his second wife. Your cousin Sawyer Phillips is well; he has sold his farm and gone to Latarany; it is 70 miles from here. His oldest son is a widower; his second son married Asa Ellis' daughter, is a doctor, and lives near his father. Your cousin Hiram Lazelle and family are all well; he pays the highest tax in town — that is $30; he has a dairy of sixty cows, the income of which last season was $1,800. Your cousin Philip Lazelle and family are well. He and Royal Carter are in the mercantile trade; are doing well. Royal's mother is well. Your cousin Alvrary Lazelle is well. I will give you a sketch of the Smith family which we belong to: It is to be traced to Rev. Henry Smith, of Wethersfield, Conn., who came from Old England. All such information is important to be collected for the benefit of our posterity, that the branch of Smiths that we belong to may not be lost. Henry Smith is as far back as I can trace our ancestors.

The first of our ancestors that came from England were Henry Smith and his wife, Dorithy Smith. On his passage to this country he had a son born, and from the unusual circumstances of his birth he called his name Preserved, which is the origin of this name, which has since been retained in several branches of the families of his posterity. The first notice of Henry Smith is on the records of the First Congregational Church in Charlestown, Mass. He and his wife Dorithy were admitted to the full communion of the church the 5th of October, 10.37. It is believed he came to America in the year 1637, which was seventeen years after the Plymouth company. He was the first minister of the first Congregational church in Wethersfield, Conn., as near as can be ascertained. He was installed in the spring of 1641, at which time the church was gathered. He died in 1648, and very little is known of his ministry. Dorithy, his widow, married a Mr. Russell, father of Rev. John Russell, who succeeded Henry Smith in the ministry at Wethersfield. Mr. Russell and his son, the minister, went to Hadley with a colony, comprising the larger body of the church, in 1659, and some of Henry Smith's children went with the colony to Hadley and settled there. Rev. Henry Smith was great grandfather to our great grandfather, Chileab Smith. We are the seventh generation from the Rev. Henry Smith    The Preserved born on the passage to this country was grandfather to our great grandfather, Chileab Smith. Our great grandfather's father's name was Preserved, jr. Our great grandfather, Chileab Smith, was born in South Hadley, June 1, 1708, and died Aug. 19, 1800, in the 93d year of his age. He left when he died, living, 8 children, 46 grandchildren and 91 great grandchildren; total, 145. He was ordained in the Gospel ministry when he was 80 years of age. He had a family of 12 children. He was one of the first settlers of Huntstown, now Ashfield. He settled in the town in the year 1751. My grandfather, Elder Ebenezer Smith, was born in South Hadley Oct. 4, 1734. He began to preach Nov. 29, 1753; ordained Aug. 20, 1761. He died July 6, 1824, aged 89 years. He had a family of seven children. He was a preacher of the Gospel ministry 72 years, and preached nine thousand and twenty sermons, rode one horse 19 years, and traveled in that time 23,000 miles. Our great aunt, Jemima Shepard, was born in South Hadley March 26, 1740, and died Sept. 29, 1828, aged 88 years. She had a family of seven children. I will give you a sketch of what my grandfather left on record before he died. [See above.] Twelve of our great grandfather Chileab Smith's posterity are and have been ministers; all living but three; two settled in this county, and five of the females married ministers; two of them and their husbands are missionaries, one in China and the other in India. There is not much odds of one hundred and thirty of his posterity living in this county; the sixth generation from him lives in this town, and the tenth from Rev. Henry Smith lives in the county. If you conclude to come here this season, send me a letter the time you are going to start on your journey, that I may not miss of you if I go down, for 1 want to visit you more than any one in Ashfield. Give my respects to your brothers and sisters, especially to Betsey and her husband. Read this to your brother Elias and your sisters.

Believe me your affectionate relative,

AARON SMITH.

To Dea. Ziba Smith, of Ashfield.

Of Ebenezer Smith, Jr., second son of Elder Ebenezer, and Remember (Ellis) Smith, and his descendants, an acquaintance writes as follows:

"They all lived in my native town of Stockton. Ebenzer, Jr., was a self-educated man, could calculate an eclipse with accuracy. He was a natural mathematician [like his sister Jemima, see page 92], and able to solve any problem, that the inquisitive pedagogue had the inclination to offer. Venerable Doctors of Divinity would visit him, for his opinion on Bible expositions. He was greatly afflicted with rheumatism, for more than twenty of his last years. He was a small man in stature, but very active, never requiring more than four or five hours sleep in the twenty-four. The young and old sought his counsel, as well as to share the richly stored knowledge he possessed. He was a great reader, and it was said he never forgot a thing worth remembering. When he began to converse, he would always say how limited was our knowledge to what the human intellect was capable of, and would speak often of the attainments we should make in the future life. He was thoroughly orthodox and often spoke of the masterly love of God, in the redemption of the world. His daughter, Keziah, tenderly cared for the aged couple. He died in 1855 and was buried in the Cassadaga Cemetery, by the side of his son, Ebenezer, who died a young man, about twenty years previous. See page 96.

"Of his children: Dea. Aaron Smith married Laura Harrison, who was born in Conn., May 29, 1802, and is now living on the old homestead — next to the lands of his father, Ebenezer, which was bought of the Holland Land Company, in 1816. Aaron Smith was a very peculiar man, perfectly unostentatious, possessing a memory of history and events that is rarely equaled; self-sacrificing and willing to deny himself, that he might add to the happiness of others. He, like all the others, was a zealous Baptist of the old type, but it seldom expressed itself in other than noble, honest and benevolent acts. He possessed great fondness for relics and archeological specimens, and his collection of such, and manuscripts, was quite extended. He had in his collection spikes and hinges, from the door of the fort at Deerfield, Mass., where the settlers defended themselves before the Bloody Brook massacre at that place, by the Indians. He was a historian of quite enviable attainments, and often his countenance would brighten in describing events in the reign of the Cesars. He died in 1876, aged upwards of 80 years. He quietly passed away, conscious to the last, cheerfully welcoming the change. He was buried in the old Stockton Cemetery by the side of several of his children. He had ten children; only three of whom are living, two sons and a daughter. The two sons live upon the old homestead and are highly prosperous and worthy citizens. The only daughter living (Pomilla), married August Sornberger, a worthy farmer, and lives in the adjoining town of Charlotte. The sons, (living) names are William, who married Minerva Guest, and they have one child, named Aaron, the other son (living), Aaron Jr., is unmarried and lives with his mother on the farm.

"An older brother, Cyrus, who died soon after the close of the war, was with Sherman in his grand campaign through the South, and was a brave and loyal soldier. He died in Iowa, He left two daughters; one, named Laura, has lived here with her uncle Aaron, Jr., since her father's death, and in December, 1887, was married to Edson Phillips, a son of Wm. W. Phillips. See page 379.

"Quartus, the second son of Ebenezer, married Pomilla Shepard, a daughter of Dea. Samuel Shepard and grand-daughter of Jemima (Smith) Shepard. They had no children. Both lived to be upwards of eighty years of age. They were industrious and frugal in their habits, accumulated a competence and were liberal in charitable objects and strongly attached to the religious faith of their ancestors. As they were childless, the last few years of their lives were spent with her sister Polly, (Mrs. Isaac Miller), and their son, Phineas M. Miller, who gladdened their last years with all the kindness and affection of an own child. Mrs. Smith died January 14, 1885. They were buried in the Stockton Cemetery and the highest granite monument of the ground marks their last resting place.

"Fidelia Smith, dau. of Ebenezer, Jr., married Elijah Woods, who was a native of Keene, N. H. She was a woman who possessed the usual family traits in a marked degree, which rendered her a devoted mother to her children, and a worthy help and aid to her companion in early pioneer life. They had a family of six children, three sons and three daughters; two of the sons died in boyhood The oldest, Fidelia Woods, married Dr. A. P. Phillips, a native of her own town. See page 379. They had three children, Jenny, Burton and Frank Hamilton Phillips. Frank died in 1875, and Jenny in 1878. Burton m. Nellie Baker; had one son, named Frank B., who died in 1882 aged three years. The father had died in 1880.

"Gerry Smith was the fourth of Ebenezer Jr.'s children. He suffered early from physical infirmities. He m. Louisa, daughter of Barzillai Ellis, of Sheriden, Chaut. County, and had a family of six children. Three were soldiers in the Union Army, and two (William and Hiram) sacrificed their lives. Three are now living. Flora, a daughter, married Alson Tambling, a thriving farmer, and resides in Pomfret, where her father was so tenderly cared for and died about 1882. His wife, Louisa, died about 1870.

"Rebecca, dau. of Ebenezer, Jr., married Freeman Richardson. They had eight children, all born in Stockton. They emigrated to North La Crosse, Wis., about 1855. The husband died there, about 1865, and she in 1887. Most of her family are settled in that vicinity. She was a noble woman, partaking freely of the ‘Smith’ blood, and was a devoted Christian of the Baptist faith."

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From Dea. Ebenezer Smith [42] to his cousin, Dea Dimick Ellis, of Ashfield. (Ebenezer Smith's mother, Remember (Ellis) Smith and Dimick Ellis's father, Lieut. John, were sister and brother.)

Chautauqua, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1820.

Most Respected and Dear Friend :

Through the goodness of God I am enabled to take my pen in hand to write to one whom I sincerely respect and long to converse with, but as I am somewhat troubled with rheumatic complaint, I must convey my desire in writing. My family enjoys good health, and I hope this will find yours with the same blessing. The bearer of this letter will inform you of matters of news better than I can.

I understand that my affairs at Ashfield are very precarious, which causes me to write you. I sent letters to brother Gad Elmer, in August, desiring him to get security by a mortgage, or some other way as he should think proper, on some notes due me. I conclude that he never received them, and now I must desire one in whom I can put the greatest trust and confidence, to accept of my request. I have two notes against Ebenezer A--, one of $400, and another of $351, and some other money to be paid by Mr. Mallory. The $400 note was out, I think, a year ago last May. The other is out, I think, next May. I cannot travel as well as my son, and I send him to Ashfield. I wish the debts to be secured, if possible, and I send you the power of attorney in case there is need of it. * * I shall leave it entirely with you to act your judgment, as you are acquainted with Mr. A's circumstances, and as you are one of the selectmen, and have lately been called upon to prize brother Gad Elmer's estate, near him. I do not wish to hunt any man. but I think it right that I should have my just due. * * Could I see you, and your family, and your parents, one hour, it would be of such satisfaction that it is not possible for me to dissemble, but I hope through the tender mercies of God. that we shall yet see each other face to face. * * There has been considerable of an awakening in these parts. Last Sunday Elder Wilson baptized nine persons.

I will satisfy you for whatever trouble you are at on my account.

Very truly yours,
EBEN'R SMITH, Jr.

Source: Ellis, Erastus Ranney, Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the first settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his descendants, Detroit, MI: W. Graham, 1888.

History of Chautauqua County, New York

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The 11th day of June, 1873, will never be forgotten by those who were so fortunate as to be present at the Reunion of " Old Settlers," at Fredonia.
...
For the purpose of estimating how many decades of ages could be accommodated at the first table, those over ninety years old were called on to stand up, then those over eighty. The following named responded : ...
From 80 to 90 — ...Aaron Smith, Stockton, 80...
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A noteworthy feature of this assemblage was the exhibition of relics, which, in respect to their number, variety, rareness, and antiquity, have probably never been equaled on a similar occasion, in any part of this or in any other state...
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Aaron Smith, of Stockton, presented a Bible 107 years old, that was his grandfather's, his vest 53 years old, a wooden block of 12 sides made by Ebenezer Smith 85 years ago, a concordance belonging to his great-grandfather 154 years ago, the powder horn Rev. Ebenezer Smith carried in the French and Indian war the year before Gen. Wolfe was killed.

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Ebenezer Smith, Jr., from Mass., in the fall of 1816, settled on the west side of Cassadaga creek, 2 m. below the lake, on lot 6. He came in company with David Whittemore and Philip Phillips grandfather of the Messrs. Phillips, now at Cassadaga. His family consisted of himself, wife, four sons, and three daughters. They moved with two yoke of oxen on one wagon. He moved in with Jeduthan Smith, a relative, till a cabin of rudest style was built. It was roofed with rafters, with poles called ribs, running crosswise, on which rough shingles four feet long, rived out of pine trees, were laid; and probably, as was usually done, without being nailed, but fastened with heavy poles, called “weight-poles” laid across. Succeeding the “cold summer,” grain was scarce and high; his wheat costing $2 per bushel, and corn $1; and his cattle were wintered on browse. His children were Aaron, Quartus, Fidelia, Gerry, Rebecca, Ebenezer, and Kezia, all of whom attained the age of majority, and all came to Stockton. The daughters were married, as follows: Fidelia to Elijah Woods; Rebecca to Freeman Richardson; Kezia to Arunah Richardson.

Aaron Smith, son of Ebenezer, Jr., was born Oct. 8, 1792 ; was married, in 1820, to Laura Harrison, and had 10 children, of whom only 5 passed the age of childhood : Lucy, wife of Merlin Griffith, of Charlotte; Cyrus, who resides in Hamilton, Minn.; Pomilla, with her father, unmarried; William, with his father, on the farm; and Aaron, also at the home of his father. The marriage of Aaron Smith, Sr., was the first in the vicinity of Cassadaga. Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Daniel W. Harrison, and adopted daughter of Ichabod Fisher.

Source: Young, Andrew W., History of Chautauqua County, New York, Buffalo, NY: Matthews & Warren, 1875.

Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin

JASPER RICHARDSON.—For many years, or since locating in La Crosse county, Mr. Richardson has enjoyed the reputation of being a useful and law-abiding citizen and an intelligent and thoroughly posted man on all public matters. He was born near Jamestown, Chautauqua county, New York, June 9, 1832, a son of Freeman Richardson, and grandson of Hill Richardson, a soldier of the war of 1812. Freeman Richardson was married to Rebecca Smith, who was born at Ashfield, Massachusetts, in 1808. She was eight years of age when her father moved to New York State, and in that State she was educated and grew to womanhood. Her parents were Ebenezer and Keziah (Elder) Smith, and her paternal grandfather was Rev. Caleb Smith, a prominent Baptist minister of the East for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson came to La Crosse county, Wisconsin, in 1854, and were residents of Campbell township until their deaths, the father dying at the age of sixty-six years and the mother at the age of seventy-nine, in North La Crosse. Of a family of eight children born to them, the following are living: Jasper, Matilda, of Tomah, Wisconsin; Amanda, wife of William Purdy, of Barton county, Missouri; Squire F., of Chautauqua county, New York; Myra, wife of James Walters, of Missouri; and Florilla, wife of William Gear, of North La Crosse...

Source: Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, pgs. 474-5.

Elmer-Elmore Genealogy

Page 20:75. KEZIAH ELMER, (Samuel, Hezekiah, Edward, Edward) born in Ashfield, Mass. , April 12, 1775: married May 17, 1792, Ebenezer Smith. They removed to Stockton, N. Y., where she died March 17, 1862.

CHILDREN, SIXTH GENERATION.

I. Aaron Smith, b. Oct. 8, 1792; d. Sept. 23, 1876. *254
II. Quartus " b. Aug. 20, 1796; d. Jan. 9, 1879. 255
III. Fidelia " b. Nov. 22, 1798; d. Jan. 18, 1832. 256
lV. Gerry " b. Apr. 3, 1803; d. Jan. 1, 1881. 257
V. Rebecca " b. Jan. 31, 1808; m. Freeman Richardson. 258
VI. Ebenezer " b. June 7, 1813; d. Feb. 22, 1835. 259
VII. Keziah " b. June 7, 1813: m. Aruna Richardson. 260

Source: Johnson, William W.. Elmer-Elmore Genealogy : Records of the Descendants of Edward Elmer of Braintree, Eng., and Hartford, Conn., through His Son Edward, 1632-1899. North Greenfield, Wis.: W.W. Johnson, 1989.

1830 Federal Census

Name:    Elijah Woods
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    8

Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 86; Page: 460; Family History Library Film: 0017146. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name:    Ebenezer Smith
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    1
Total Free White Persons:    5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    5

Name:    Aaron Smith
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:    3
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    5

Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 86; Page: 461; Family History Library Film: 0017146. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name:    Gerry Smith
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    1
Total Free White Persons:    2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    2

Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 86; Page: 461; Family History Library Film: 0017146. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name:    Quartus Smith
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:    1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    2

Source: 1830; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 86; Page: 463; Family History Library Film: 0017146. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1840 Federal Census

Name:    Elijah Woods
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    1
Total Free White Persons:    8
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    8

Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 272; Page: 245; Family History Library Film: 0017182. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Name:    Quartus Smith
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    2

Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 272; Page: 253; Family History Library Film: 0017182. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Name:    Freeman Richardson
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    6

Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 272; Page: 245; Image: 494; Family History Library Film: 0017182. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Note: The entry before Freeman is Elijah Woods (his brother-in-law) and the two entries after are Hill Richardson and Ami Richardson.

Name:    Aaron Smith
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    7
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    7

...

Name:    Ebenezer Smith
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:    1
Total Free White Persons:    2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    2

Arunah Richardson
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    4

Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 272; Page: 249; Image: 502; Family History Library Film: 0017182, Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name:    Gerry Smith
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Sheridan, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:    3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    6

Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Sheridan, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 272; Page: 268; Family History Library Film: 0017182, Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1850 Federal Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
44	48	Gery Smith	48	M		Laborer
		Loisa	40	F
		Alexander	19	F
		Franklin	11	F
		William	9	F
		Phidelia	1	M

Name	Real Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read and write?
Gery		Mass
Loisa		"
Alexander		NY
Franklin		"		1
William		"		1
Phidelia		"

...

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
47	51	Aaron Smith	5[8?]	M		Farmer
		Laura	48	F
		Lucey	22	F
		Cyrus	18	M		Farmer
		Permelia	15	F
		William	13	M
		Aaron	7	M
		Hiram	6	M		omitted in family 48 inserted here

Name	Real Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read and write?
Aaron	2000	Mass
Laura		NY
Lucey		"
Cyrus		"		1
Permelia		"		1
William		"		1
Aaron		NY		1
Hiram				1

Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M432_485; Page: 243B; Image: 488, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
48	52	Ebeneezer Smith	84	M		Farmer
		Keziah	75	F
		Arona Reichison	39	M		Farmer
		Keziah	35	F
		Eliza Ann	13	F
		Levant E.	11	M
		Laura L.	9	F
		Clowey J.	7	F
		Truman S	6	M
		Oliver P.	3	M

Name	Real Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read and write?
Ebeneezer	2000[?]	Mass
Keziah		"
Arona		NY
Keziah		NY
Eliza Ann		NY		1
Levant E.		"		1
Laura L.		"		1
Clowey J.		"		1
Truman S		"		1
Oliver P.		"

...

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
52	56	Elijah Woods	50	M		Farmer
		Loisa Woods	50	F
		Fidelia	27	F
		Ursula	26	F
		Livona	20	F
		Elijah	18	M		Farmer
		Preserved	12	F
		Charlotte	78	F

Name	Real Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read and write?
Elijah	5000[?]	NH
Loisa		NY
Fidelia		"
Ursula		"
Livona		"		1
Elijah		"		1
Preserved		"		1
Charlotte		NH

Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M432_485; Page: 244A; Image: 489, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
260	270	Quartus Smith	54	M		Farmer
		Permelia	48	F

Name	Real Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read and write?
Quartus		Mass
Permelia		"

Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M432_485; Page: 256B; Image: 514, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
310	321	Freeman Richardson	46	M		Farmer
		Rebecka	42	F
		Jasper	18	M
		Matilda	15	F
		Amanda	13	F
		Squire F	9	M
		Miray	8	M
		Florilla	2	F

311	322	Hill Richison	75	M
		Sarah	78	F

Name	Real Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read and write?
Freeman	600	NY
Rebecka		Mass
Jasper		NY		1
Matilda		"		1
Amanda		"		1
Squire F		"		1
Miray		"		1
Florilla		"

Hill		RI
Sarah		Mass [Ct written over the top of this)

Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M432_485; Page: 259B; Image: 520, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1860 Federal Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
2238	2198	Elijah Wood	60	M		Farmer
		Louisa "	60	F		Housekeeper
		Levona Gelding	29	F		Housework
		Charles "	2	M
		Martha Streeter	22	F		Housework

Name	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read or write?
Elijah	3060	1500	N Ham
Louisa			N York
Levona			"
Charles			"
Martha			N.H.

Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_732; Page: 278; Family History Library Film: 803732, Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
2260	2220	Gerry Smith	51	M		Farmer
		Louisa	50	F		Housekeeper
		Alexander	29	M		Farm Laborer
		Franklin	19	M		" "
		William	17	M		" "
		Hiram	16	M		" "
	2442	Flora F	10	F
		David	8	M

Name	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read or write?
Gerry	460	250	Mass
Louisa			"
Alexander			N York
Franklin			"
William			"
Hiram			"		1
Flora F			"		1
David			"		1

Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_732; Page: 280; Family History Library Film: 803732, Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
2381	2346	Qartes Smith	64	M		Farmer
		Parmella	59	F		Housekeeper
		Coziah	85	F		None

Name	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read or write?
Qartes			Mass
Parmella			---
Coziah			---

Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_732; Page: 295; Family History Library Film: 803732, Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
2476	2441	Aruna Richardson	51	M		Farmer
		Caziah	47	F		Housekeeper
		Eliza Ann	23	F		" work
		Levant	20	M		Farm "
		Chloe	17	F		House "
		Truman	15	M		Farm "
	2442	Albert Irons	22	M		Farmer "
		Lovina	19	F		Housekeeper

Name	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read or write?
Aruna	1500	600	N York
Caziah			Mass
Eliza Ann			N York
Levant			"		1
Chloe			"		1
Truman			"		1
Albert		50	"	1
Lovina			"	1

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
2477	2442	Aaron Smith	67	M		Farmer
		Laura	58	F		Housekeeper
		William	22	M		Farm work
		Permelia	25	F		House "
		Aaron Jr	17	M		Farmer

Name	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read or write?
Aaron	3690	700	Mass
Laura			N York
William			"
Permelia			"
Aaron Jr			"		1

Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_732; Page: 307; Image: 307; Family History Library Film: 803732, Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Dwelling No.	Family No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation
1052	859	Freeman Richardson	50	M		Farmer
		Florella	50	F
		Squire	19	M
		Florella	13	F

Name	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Married that year?	Attended school?	Cannot read or write?
Freeman	1500	950	N.Y
Florella			N.Y
Squire			N.Y
Florella			NY

Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1417; Page: 79; Image: 83; Family History Library Film: 805417, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1870 Federal Census

Stockton, Chatauqua, New York

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Condition
94	94	Richardson Arana	60	M	W	Farmer	4350	900	N.Y.
		Keziah	52	F	W	Keeping House			Mass	Insane
		Levant	26	M	W	Farmer		160	N.Y
		Truman	24	M	W	Farmer			N.Y

Name	Male Citizen Age 21 or Up?
Arana	1
Keziah
Levant	1
Truman	1

...

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Cannot Write?
98	98	Smith Gerry	67	M	W	Farmer			Mass	1
		Sally	73	F	W	Keeping House			N.Y.	1
		Alexandre	38	M	W	Farmer			N.Y.	1
		David	19	M	W	Farmer			N.Y.
		Smith Flora	21	F	W	School Teacher			N.Y.

Name	Male Citizen Age 21 or Up?
Gerry	1
Sally
Alexandre
David
Flora

Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M593_913; Page: 692A; Image: 201163; Family History Library Film: 552412, 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Condition
331	316	Smith Qartus	73	M	W	Farmer	3000	6500	Mass
		Pomilla	68	F	W	Keeping House			Mass

Name	Male Citizen Age 21 or Up?
Qartus	1
Pomilla

Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M593_913; Page: 704A; Family History Library Film: 552412, 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Condition
360	347	Smith Aaron	77	M	W	Farmer	7380	1670	Mass
		Laura	68	F	W	Keeping House			N.Y.
		William	32	M	W	Farmer			N.Y
		Aaron Jr.	23	M	W	Farmer			NY
		Pomilla	33	F	W	At Home			N.Y

Name	Male Citizen Age 21 or Up?
Aaron	1
Laura
William	1
Aaron Jr.	1
Pomilla

Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M593_913; Page: 705B; Family History Library Film: 552412, 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

North La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Birthplace	Father of Foreign Birth?
255	258	Geer William	27	M	W	Laborer	600		England	1
		Florella	22	F	W	Keeping house			N. York
		Elsie	2	F	W	at home			Wis
		Richardson Rebecca	62	F	W	" "			Mass.

Name	Mother of Foreign Birth?	Male Citizen 21 and over?
William	1	1
Florella
Elsie
Rebecca

Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: North La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

1880 Federal Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Race	Sex	Age	Relationship	Single	Married	Widowed	Occupation
154	158	Smith Aaron	W	M	36		1			Farmer
		Smith Laura	W	F	78	Mother			1	Keeping House

Name	Birthplace	Father's Birthplace	Mother's Birthplace
Aaron	" [N.Y.]	Mass.	N.Y.
Laura	"	Conn.	Conn.

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Race	Sex	Age	Relationship	Single	Married	Widowed	Occupation
155	159	Richardson Aruna	W	M	69			1		Farmer
		Kersiah	W	F	65	Wife				Keeping House
		Levant	W	M	36	Son	1			At Home
		Truman	W	M	34	Son				"

Name	Insane	Cannot read	Cannot write	Birthplace	Father's Birthplace	Mother's Birthplace
Aruna				" [N.Y.]	R.I.	Conn.
Kersiah	1			Mass.	Mass.	Mass
Levant				N.Y.	N.Y.	"
Truman				"	"	"

Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 816; Family History Film: 1254816; Page: 83D; Enumeration District: 072, Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Race	Sex	Age	Relationship	Single	Married	Widowed	Occupation
410	426	Smith Pomilla S.	W	F	78				1

Name	Birthplace	Father's Birthplace	Mother's Birthplace
Pomilla S.	Mass.	Mass.	Mass.

Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 816; Family History Film: 1254816; Page: 94B; Enumeration District: 072, Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Race	Sex	Age	Relationship	Single	Married	Widowed
212	212	Tambling AC	W	M	32	Husband		1
		Flora	W	F	29	Wife		1
		MJ	W	M	6	Son	1
		AM	W	M	2	"	1
		Julia	W	F	75	Mother			1
		Smith Gerry	W	M	77	Father			1

Name	Occupation	Attended School	Cannot write	Birthplace	Father's Birthplace	Mother's Birthplace
AC	Farmer			" [New York]	Vermont	Vermont
Flora	at Home			"	Mass	Mass
MJ	" Scholl	1		"	New York	New York
AM	" Home			"	"	"
Julia	" "			Vermont	Vermont	Vermont
Gerry	" "			Mass	Mass	Mass

Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Roll: 1432; Family History Film: 1255432; Page: 595B; Enumeration District: 059; Image: ., Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Address: [115?] Caledonia Street

Dwelling house	Family	Name	Race	Sex	Age	Birth Month (for infants)	Relationship	Single	Married	Widowed
267	306	Giar William	W	M	37				1
		Florella	W	F	32		Wife		1
		Ellsie	W	F	12		Daughter	1
		Ella	W	F	10		Daughter
		Richardson R	W	F	72	Dec.	Mother in Law			1

Name	Occupation	Cannot read	Cannot write	Birthplace	Father's Birthplace	Mother's Birthplace
Willliam	Carpenter			England	England	England
Florella	Works at Mill			Newyork	N.y.	Mass.
Ellsie	at School			Wis.	England	N.y.
Ella	at School			Wis.	England	N.y.
R	Keeping House			Mass.	Mass.	Mass.

1900 Federal Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Visitation No.	Family No.	Name	Relation	Race	Sex	Birth Month	Birth Year	Age	Marital Status	Years Married
121	124	Richardson, Lavant	Head	W	M	Aug	1840	59	M	13
		Laura A	Wife	W	F	Aug	1855	44	M	13
	125	Richardson, Truman S	Head	W	M	Oct	1846	53	S
		Kezia	Mother	W	F	June	1814	85	Wd

Name	No. of Children	Children Living	Birthplace	Father’s Birthplace	Mother’s Birthplace
Lavant			New York	New York	Massachusetts
Laura A	0	0	Pennsylvania	Massachusetts	Pennsylvania
Truman S			New York	New York	Massachusetts
Kezia	6	4	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Massachusetts

Name	Occupation	Read?	Write?	Speak English?	Owned or Rented	Free or Mortgaged	Farm or House	Farm Schedule
Lavant	Farmer	Yes	Yes	Yes	O	F	F	180
Laura A		Yes	Yes	Yes
Truman S	Farmer	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kezia	Farmer	Yes	Yes	Yes

Source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Stockton, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 1015; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1241015, Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1855 New York State Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling Number

Of what material built

Value

Family Number

Name

Age

Sex

Relationship

Birthplace

Married

Widowed

frame

700

Quartus Smith

5[8?]

Mass

Pomilla Smith

Wife

Mass

Name	Years Resident in This Town	Occupation	Voters- Native	Owners of land
Quartus	38	farmer	1	1
Pomilla	36	farmer	1

Dwelling Number	Of what material built	Value	Family Number	Name	Age	Sex	Relationship	Birthplace	Married	Widowed
64	frame	25	67	Gerry Smith	52	M		Mass	M
				Louisa Smith	45	F	Wife	Mass	M
				Alexander Smith	22	F	Child	Chaut
				Franklin Smith	16	M	Child
				William Smith	14	F	Child	Chaut
				Philander Smith	11	F		Chaut
				Fedelia Smith	6	M	Child	Chaut
				David Smith	4	F	Child	Chaut

Name	Years Resident in This Town	Occupation	Voters- Native	Owners of land
Gerry	38	farmer
Louisa	24
Alexander	22	farmer
Franklin	16	farmer
William	14
Philander	11
Fedelia	6
David	4

Dwelling Number	Of what material built	Value	Family Number	Name	Age	Sex	Relationship	Birthplace	Married	Widowed
159	Frame	350	162	Aruna Richardson	46	M		Otsego	M
				Keziah Richardson	43	F	Wife	Mass	M
				Eliza A Richardson	18	F	Child	Chaut
				Levant Richardson	15	M	Child	Chaut
				Laura L Richardson	13	F	Child	Chaut
				Chloe J Richardson	11	F	Child	Chaut
				Truman Smith Richardson	10	M	Child	Chaut
				Keziah Smith	83	F	Parent	Mass		W

Name	Years Resident in This Town	Occupation	Voters- Native	Owners of land
Aruna	26	Farmer	1	1
Keziah	38
Eliza A	18
Levant	15
Laura L	13
Chloe J	11
Truman Smith	10
Keziah	38

Source: Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Census of the state of New York, for 1855. Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

1865 New York State Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling Number	Of what material built	Value	Family Number	Name	Age	Sex	Relationship	Birthplace	How Many Children?	Times Married
294	Frame	350	292	Arunia Richardson	54	M		Otsego		1
				Kaziah Richardson	52	F	Wife	Mass	5	1
				Cloria A Richardson	20	F	Child	Chautauqua
				Truman S Richardson	19	M	"	"
				Eliza Richardson	26	F	"	"
				Levant E Richardson	24	M	"	"

Name	Now Married	Now Widowed	Single	Occupation	Voters- Native	Owner of Land	Military- Navy
Arunia	1			Farmer	1	1
Kaziah	1
Cloria A			1
Truman S			1	Farmer			1
Eliza			1
Levant E				Farmer

Source: Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Census of the state of New York, for 1865. Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

1875 New York Census

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Dwelling Number

Of what material built

Value

Family Number

Name

Age

Sex

Relationship

Birthplace

Married

Single

164

frame

2520[?]

169

Quartus Smith

Mass

Pomelia Smith

Wife

Dwelling Number	Occupation	Voters- Native	Owner of Land
Quartus	Farmer	1	1
Pomelia

Dwelling Number	Of what material built	Value	Family Number	Name	Age	Sex	Relationship	Birthplace	Married	Single
430	Frame	500	439	Aruna Richardson	68	M		Otsego	1
				Kaziah Richardson	62	F	Wife	Mass	1
				Levant Richardson	36	M	Son	Chaut		1
				Truman Richardson	29	M	Son	"		1

Dwelling Number	Occupation	Voters- Native	Owner of Land
Aruna	" [Farmer]	1	1
Kaziah
Levant	Farmer	1	1
Truman	"	1	1

Source: Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1875 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Census of the state of New York, for 1875. Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

Newspaper Articles

Fredonia (NY) Censor, 27 Sep 1876 (Wednesday Morning)
Obituary of Aaron Smith:

Evening Observer (Dunkirk, New York), 20 Jan 1883
50th Anniverary of the Millers, mentioning Mrs. Quartus Smith

FULL NAME E DATE EVENT LOCATION COMMENTS PUBL DATE
RICHARDSON, KEZIAH SMITH D AUG 26,1901 CASSADAGA Æ88;resDAU/WALTER PETTIS; 4ch;burCASSADAGA CEM SEP 04,1901

Source: Barris, Lois and Norwood, Fredonia Censor 1900-1926, https://chqgov.com/sites/default/files/document-files/2019-09/Fredonia%20Censor%201900-1926%20%28PDF%29.pdf, last accessed 29 March 2020, p. 140.

Death Indexes

Name:    Rebecca Richardson
Death Date:    16 May 1887
Death Place:    La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Volume:    01
Page Number:    0228
Reel:    043
Image:    0678
Sequence Number:    320130

Source: Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Deaths, 1820-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Original data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division, Wisconsin Historical Society. Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives.

name: Rebecca Richardson
gender: Female
death date: 16 May 1887
death place: North La Crosse, Wisconsin
age: 79
birth date: 31 Jan 1808
birthplace: Ashfield, Mass.
race: White
marital status: Married
spouse's name: Freeman Richardson
father's name: Ebenezer Smith
mother's name: Kegiah

indexing project (batch) number: B06551-1
system origin: Wisconsin-EASy
source film number: 1310191
reference number: p 228 cn 680

Source: "Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968", https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLHN-S8N, retrieved 11 Feb 2013.

Probate Records

Administration of Quartus Smith's estate (to view a larger image, right-click, then select "Open image in new tab"):
Probate record of Quartus Smith

Probate of Quartus Smith, attached note moved to show text underneath

Source: Probate of Wills, Vol 0005-0006 1872-1879; Ancestry.com. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New York County, District and Probate Courts.

Gravestones

Gravestone of Ebenezer and Keziah (Elmer) Smith, Cassadaga Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Gravestone of Ebenezer Smith, Jr.

Gravestones of Arunah and Keziah (Smith) Richardson, Cassadaga Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Gravestone of Aruna Richardson

Monument of Elijah and Fidelia (Smith) Woods, Cassadaga Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Monument of Elijah and Fidelia (Smith) Woods

Information about Elijah Woods on the Woods monument

Information about Fidelia (Smith) Woods and Lovisa (Fisher) Woods, wives of Elijah Woods

Gravestone of Gerry Smith, Cassadaga Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Gravestone of Gerry Smith

Gravestone of Ebenezer Smith (son of Ebenezer and Keziah), Cassadaga Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Gravestone of Ebenezer Smith, son of Ebenezer and Keziah

Monument of Aaron and Laura (Harrison) Smith and their children who died young (Lucretia, Laurilla, Pomilla, Laura, and Caroline Smith), Evergreen Cemetery, Stockton, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Monument of the Aaron and Laura (Harrison) Smith family

Monument of the Aaron and Laura (Harrison) Smith family

Side of the monument showing information for Aaron and Laura (Harrison) Smith

Side of monument showing some of the children of Aaron and Laura (Harrison) Smith

Ages of the children on the Aaron Smith monument

Death dates of the children on the Aaron Smith monument

Monument of Quartus and Pomilla (Shepard) Smith, Evergreen Cemetery, Stockton, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Monument of Quartus and Pomilla (Shepard) Smith

Close-up of Quartus and Pomilla Smith monument

Gravestones of Freeman and Rebecca (Smith) Richardson, Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Freeman Richardson family monument

Gravestone inscription for Freeman Richardson

Gravestone inscription for Rebecca (Smith) Richardson

Cemetery Records