HELP! flag male ancestor  Rufus  SMITH

  (b. November 15, 1779 Mendon, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay   d. January 24, 1861 Jamaica, Vermont, USA )  
Age: 81

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Rufus SMITH was born November 15, 1779 in Mendon, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Rufus SMITH was the child of Samuel SMITH   and   Abigail ALDRICH

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Rufus  married  Sally MARSH .  The couple had (at least) 2 children. Sally MARSH  was born June 7, 1779 in Mendon, Massachusetts, USA.  Sally died February 12, 1863 in Jamaica, Vermont, USA (Rawsonville).  Sally was the child of Douglas MARSH and Rachel MERRIAM.

Rufus SMITH died January 24, 1861 in Jamaica, Vermont, USA .
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Rufus SMITH married flag female ancestor Sally MARSH-- Place: 
Sally MARSH was the child of Douglas MARSH and Rachel MERRIAM




Children of Rufus SMITH and Sally MARSH:

flag female ancestor (Sally) Sarah SMITH (b.January 1812, Jamaica, Vermont, USA   d. August 30, 1905, Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, USA)
m. Hiram ROBINSON 

flag female ancestor Emaline SMITH (b.September 13, 1820, Jamaica, Vermont, USA   d. February 23 1903, Jamaica, Vermont, USA )
m. Reuben ROBINSON March 20, 1839



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birth1779 Birth
November 15, 1779
Mendon, Massachusetts, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
1812 Birth of Child
(Sally) Sarah SMITH was born January 1812, Jamaica, Vermont, USA (Rawsonville)

Rufus was 32 years old.
1820 Birth of Child
Emaline SMITH was born September 13, 1820, Jamaica, Vermont, USA (Rawsonville)

Rufus was 40 years old.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1861 Death
January 24, 1861
Jamaica, Vermont, USA (Rawsonville)

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 4/16/2019 9:02:30 PM - Updated: 8/19/2019 12:50:11 AM
Did You Know?America - Did you know? January 24, 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California.
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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