Chileab SMITH

Birth:
11 Nov 1765
Massachusetts
Death:
28 Aug 1840
Amherst, Loraine, Ohio
Marriage:
Abt 1789
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
  • Notes:
                       From the Journal of Amanda Barnes Smith: "My Husband's father, Chileab Smith and my husband's brothers, David and Sylvester, were all baptized, as also Betsy, Sylvester's wife.  When David was baptized, Fanny, my sister (his wife), howled and screamed so that she was heard a half mile, she said she never would eat nor drink until he left the Mormons.  She was as good as her word.  She went eight or nine days until she was just about gone and would not put nor let a drop of anything go into her mouth.  When her husband saw that she would die he sent and had his name taken off from the church record; his father soon followed, so by one woman, two men fell."
                      
    Nancy MARSHALL
    Birth:
    19 Jan 1765
    New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Death:
    5 Dec 1824
    Amherst, Loraine, Ohio
    Burial:
    Kendeigh Cemetery, Amherst, Lorain, Ohio
    Mother:
    Notes:
                       Cemetery information says:
    SMITH Nancy MARSHALL, consort Chileab, Jan 19, 1765- Dec 5, 1824, 59yLucy, dau Chileab & Nancy, d Feb 3, 1824, 25y
    _________________________________________________
    
    Following was contributed by: Nancy, a descendant of Nancy Marshall whosent me an email on 4/17/04
    
    Excerpt from Amherst Our Town Pub 1960
    
    Chiliab Smith came to Amherst [OH] in 1815 and started one of the first taverns in the area on Telegraph Road. Pioneer families often stayed at the Smith tavern while their homes were being built or finished.
    
    Berkshire Genealogist, Vol 11, No 3 there is a listing of all of those that left Berkshire County. Here's the part that lists the SMITHS. We don't know if any of these other Smith men are related to Chileab/Warren
    
    SMITH, Arad; Mass to Amherst; m. Salome Elmer of Virginiust, Vermont in1799. He died in 1859
       SMITH, Chiliab; Tyringham to Amherst [OH]. He died in 1847. Children: Warren,  David, Sylvester, Lucia and Florinda. Sylvester moved to Council Bluffs,I A
       SMITH, Jesse; Mass to Amherst, 1815.
       SMITH, Warren; Tyringham to Amherst, 1815. m. Amanda Barnes. He was a son of Chiliab Smith, killed in a raid on Nauvoo. A Mormon.
    Tyringham seems to have been founded by Shakers and there was a Smithfarm there as early as 1762.
    
    Excerpt from Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of Lorainand Huron, Ohio.
    J.H. Beers
    
    "In 1814 they immigrated to Lorain county the trip being made with oxwagons; and it took them five days to cut a road from the present site of Elyria through the woods to what afterward became Amherst township (for it was not organized till April 1817) where they arrived October 16,1814. Here they settled upon land for which he (Chileab) had traded property in the East to the CT Land Co. He was by trade a tailor, at which he worked in his new home during intervals in his farm work... As an exhorter in the M.E. Church, he held frequent meetings in the neighborhood of his home and in his own house. When old age came upon him he turned his farm over to his children, who also inherited the good nameof one of the best and earliest of the pioneers. He had settled on little Beaver Creek, four miles west of where is now Elyria, and opened the first tavern in that vicinity."
                      
    Children
    Marriage
    1
    Maria SMITH
    Birth:
    28 Jun 1790
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
    7 Mar 1819
     
    Marr:
     
    2
    Pearly SMITH
    Birth:
    23 Jan 1793
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
  • 3
    Birth:
    14 Jun 1794
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
    30 Oct 1838
    Haun's Mill, Caldwell, Missouri
    Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
  • 4
    Florinda SMITH
    Birth:
    21 Jul 1795
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
  • 5
    David SMITH
    Birth:
    20 Mar 1797
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
    30 Apr 1861
    Ohio
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
  • Notes:
                       NOTE:
        From the Journal of Amanda Barnes Smith: "My Husband's father, ChileabSmith and my husband's brothers, David and Sylvester, were all baptized,as also Betsy, Sylvester's wife.  When David was baptized, Fanny, mysister (his wife), howled and screamed so that she was heard a half mile,she said she never would eat nor drink until he left the Mormons.  Shewas as good as her word.  She went eight or nine days until she was justabout gone and would not put nor let a drop of anything go into hermouth.  WHen her husband saw that she would die he sent and had his nametaken off from the church record; his father soon followed, so by onewoman, two men fell."
                      
    6
    Lucy SMITH
    Birth:
    10 Jan 1799
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
    3 Feb 1824
    Ohio
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • FindAGrave
  • 7
    Levira SMITH
    Birth:
    20 Dec 1801
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
    21 Jan 1803
     
    Marr:
     
    8
    SMITH
    Birth:
    22 Jan 1803
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
    21 Jun 1803
     
    Marr:
     
    9
    Sylvester SMITH
    Birth:
    28 Mar 1806
    Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Death:
     
    Marr:
     
    Notes:
                       From the Journal of Amanda Barnes Smith: "Sylvester was a smart and goodman. He was chosen one of the first council in Kirtland, was one ofZion's Camp -- he attained to great height, and knowledge, then fell awayand was lost."
    Betsy, his wife was also baptized.  I don't know, but I suppose she fellaway with her husband.
                      
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    Chileab Smith - Nancy Marshall

    Chileab Smith was born at Massachusetts 11 Nov 1765.

    He married Nancy Marshall Abt 1789 . Nancy Marshall was born at New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut 19 Jan 1765 daughter of Abner Marshall and Hannah .

    They were the parents of 9 children:
    Maria Smith born 28 Jun 1790.
    Pearly Smith born 23 Jan 1793.
    Warren Smith born 14 Jun 1794.
    Florinda Smith born 21 Jul 1795.
    David Smith born 20 Mar 1797.
    Lucy Smith born 10 Jan 1799.
    Levira Smith born 20 Dec 1801.
    Smith born 22 Jan 1803.
    Sylvester Smith born 28 Mar 1806.

    Chileab Smith died 28 Aug 1840 at Amherst, Loraine, Ohio .

    Nancy Marshall died 5 Dec 1824 at Amherst, Loraine, Ohio .