James Burnham SMITH

(b. July 1840 , Ledyard, New York, USA d. April 1904 , Chicago, Illinois, USA )

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James Burnham SMITH was born July 1840 in Ledyard, New York, USA

James Burnham SMITH was the child of Sherman SMITH and Charlotte Maria BURNHAM and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abram (Abraham) SMITH and Elizabeth MINOT (maternal) Asa W BURNHAM and Lucy HUNTINGTON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

James Burnham married A Olivia LITTLE 18 June 1867 in Monroe, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children. A Olivia LITTLE was born June 1844 in New York, USA.

James Burnham SMITH died April 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

James was born in the village of Aurora.

GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. FOR 1867-8, page 179 shows him living in Aurora as a farmer. He is also there in 1878-79 (Auburn New York 1878 - 1879 City Directory - Farmer's Register page 266)

From The New Century Atlas Of Cayuga County, New York - 1904 - Page 121
"GLENHEIM, the home of Dr. Albert Leffingwell, embraces nearly twenty acres, extending from the main street in the village of Aurora, nearly half a mile to the top of the hill. The residence, considerably improved by the presdent owner, is of brick and stone, and its broad piazzas, shaded by chestnut trees, overlooks Cayuga Lake. The house was built in 1827 by Hon. Eleazer Burnham, a distinguished early resident of Cayuga County, who was twice chosen as a Presidential elector; it was occupied by him for forty years, passing by his death to his nephew, James Burnham Smith, and becoming the residence of Dr. Leffingwell in May, 1896. Nearby is a small building, which a century ago was the law office of Judge Walter Wood, and here Millard Fillmore, afterward President of the United States, first began the study of law. On the same premises, and on the north, is one of the oldest houses of the village. It was the birthplace of Hon. Edwin B. Morgan in 1806, and the upper floor served for several years previous to 1816 as the Masonic Lodge."

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James Burnham SMITH married

A Olivia LITTLE-- Date: 18 June 1867 Place: Monroe, Michigan, USA
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Name: James B. Smith
Race (Original):
Age (Expanded): 26 years
Birth Year: 1841
Birthplace: A...ra, N.Y.
Spouse's Name: A. Olivia Little
Spouse's Race (Original):
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 22 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1845
Spouse's Birthplace: New York
Event Date: 18 Jun 1867
Event Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan
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GS Film number: 2342448
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Digital Folder Number: 4207954
Image Number: 320
Reference ID: v 1 p 101 rn 55

"Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N3PS-NX9 : accessed 27 Jun 2013), James B. Smith and A. Olivia Little, 18 Jun 1867.

Children of James Burnham SMITH and A Olivia LITTLE:

Luther Little SMITH (b.November 1869, , New York, USA d. 12 October 1946, Wichita, Kansas, USA)
m. Reina E HAAG 10 February 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Clara D SMITH (b.May 1870, , New York, USA d. , )

Olivia B. SMITH (b.abt. 1872, , New York, USA d. , )

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Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
The Inn, Aurora, N.Y. Hotel since 1826
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1840 Birth
July 1840
Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
1848 Aurora, NY
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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
Smith, Sherman, State: New York Year: 1850, County: Cayuga Roll: , Township: Ledyard Page: 250, Roll: M432_483
Sherman is age 47 or 49, born 1800, Canada. He is a carriage maker. He is living with Charlotte, age 47, born in Vermont. Caroline is also living with them. She is 7 years old, b. NY. James is 10 years old, b. NY. Elizabeth is 19, b. NY. Also living with them are: Rev. H. Baker, age 27, N.S.P. Minister, b. NY; Lucinda Reeves, age 21, b. NY. Related?

Sherman Smith 49 1800 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
Charlotte Smith 47 1802 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
Elizabetha Smith 19 1830 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
James Smith 10 1839 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
Caroline Smith 7 1842 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
name: James Smith
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 14
relationship to head of household: Child
estimated birth year: 1841
family number: 322
line number: 21
page:
film number: 1435218
digital folder number: 005207172
image number: 00689
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Sherman Smith M 54
wife Charlotte Smith F 51
child Elizabeth Fitch F 23
child James Smith M 14
child Caroline Smith F 12
other Mary Craig F 18
grandchild George Fitch M 1

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K67R-RZM : accessed 09 Feb 2013), James Smith in entry for Sherman Smith, 1855.
1855 New York State Census
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
CENSUS YR: 1860 STATE or TERRITORY: NY COUNTY: Cayuga DIVISION: Ledyard REEL NO: M653-729 PAGE NO: 272
REFERENCE: 13th June, 1860 by Oliver Wood, Handwritten Pg 10

Smith Sherman 60 M . Carriage Mk'r 2,000 . Conneticut.
Smith Charlotte 57 F . Lady . . Conneticut
Fitch Elizabeth 29 F . Lady . 3,500 New York
Fitch George 6 M . . . . New York
Smith James 20 M . Farmer . . New York
Smith Caroline 17 F . Student . . New York
Tuttle Louisa 22 F . Domestic . . England

NOTE: Elizabeth Fitch is the daughter of Sherman and Charlotte. She is the widow of George W. Fitch. She later marries Amasa Towne and is widowed again.

Living Next Door:
Burnham Eleazer 79 M . Gentleman 15,000 25,000 Vermont
Burnham Urania 72 F . Lady . . Conneticut

Eleazer is Charlotte’s older brother. Urania was his second wife. His first wife was C. Matilda Wood (b. 7/ 31/ 1789 d. 6/ 27/ 1832 Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora, NY).
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

August 1864
Possibly hired John Madden to substitute for him in the Civil War.
Ledyard in the Civil War By Temple Hollcroft

James Burnham SMITH - 1865 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York Charlotte M Smith, 62, f, b. VT, mother of 6 children, married 1 time, widow James B Smith, 24, m, child, b. Cayuga

1865 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York

Charlotte M Smith, 62, f, b. VT, mother of 6 children, married 1 time, widow
James B Smith, 24, m, child, b. Cayuga, single, farmer
Carrie Saulsbury, 22, f, child, b. Cayuga, married 1 time, now married
George W Saulsbury, 27, m, married 1 time, now married
1865 New York State Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1867 Marriage / Partner
James Burnham SMITH and A Olivia LITTLE 18 June 1867, Monroe, Michigan, USA

He was 26 years old.

1867
James B. Smith, Aurora, farmer, 60 acres
Cayuga County, New York Directory, 1867-68 (GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. FOR 1867-8)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Birth of Child
Luther Little SMITH was born November 1869, , New York, USA

James Burnham was 29 years old.

1870 Deed
1870 Deed - Effingham Brown and wife to James B Smith and George W Salisbury

1870 George W Salisbury, Effingham Brown, 127 117
New York, Land Records, 1630-1975
Cayuga Deeds 1870 vol 127 image 103 of 456

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1870
Living in Ledyard, NY at the age of 30. He is a farmer, born in NY. Living with him are: wife Olivia age 26, son Luther age 1, daughter Clara age 4 mos. All are born in NY.
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

James Burnham SMITH - 1870 Deed - Effingham Brown and wife to James B Smith and George W Salisbury

1870 Deed - Effingham Brown and wife to James B Smith and George W Salisbury
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1870 Birth of Child
Clara D SMITH was born May 1870, , New York, USA

James Burnham was 29 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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1872 - Land Grant
Grantee's Name James B Smith
Grantor's Name George W Salisbury
Event Date 1872
Event Place Cayuga, New York, United States
Event Type Land Assessment
Entry Number 131
Page Number 383

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James Burnham SMITH - continued 1870 George W Salisbury, Effingham Brown, 127 117 New York, Land Records, 1630-1975 Cayuga Deeds 1870 vol 127 image 103 of 456

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1870 George W Salisbury, Effingham Brown, 127 117
New York, Land Records, 1630-1975
Cayuga Deeds 1870 vol 127 image 103 of 456
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Aurora - Town of Ledyard, Cayuga, NY map - 1875 - NOTE: L. Salisbury, Mrs. Smith, J.B. Smith, Mrs. Town

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877
James B. Smith from Ledyard is on a panel of jurors 'drawn at County Clerk's office yesterday, to serve at Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer, to be held at the Court House, in this city, on the first Monday of May 1877...'

Auburn Morning News
Auburn, New York
April 13, 1877

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880
Living in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan at the age of 40. He is a book keeper, born in NY, father born in CT, mother born in VT. Living with him are: A. Olipia Smith listed as his sister age 36 (is this really his wife?), Luther L. Smith son age 11, Clara D. Smith daughter age 10, Olipia B. Smith daughter age 8. All were born in NY.
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900
Living on Groveland Avenue in Chicago, Cook, Illinios - James B. Smith, b. July 1840, age 59, married 33 years, b. NY, father b. CT, mother b. NY; Olivia, wife, b. June 1844, age 55, married 33 years, had 3 children, 2 are still living, b. NY, parents b. NY; Luther L., son, b. Nov 1869, single, age 30, b. NY, parents b. NY
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - Death
Died in Chicago - AUBURN, April 23 - Notice was received here late this afternoon of the death at Chicago ?nday of James B. Smith. Mr. Smith formerly resided in Aurora, and besides his wife, one son, and one daughter, all of whom reside in Chicago, the deceased is survived by a sister, Mrs. George W. Salisbury of Auburn.

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Sunday, April 24, 1904

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