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Solomon Smith copied from History of Orange County NYEntry/Object ID
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Solomom Smith, Orange County HistoryScope and Content
Solomon T. Smith
Derrick Smith, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came from Glasgow, Scotland, and settled in Orange County about 1750. He here married Hannah Gale, and Daniel, who was born Nov. 1, 1763, was their son. He married Tabitha, daughter of Ichabod and Tabitha (Watkins) Tuttle, and they had children, Grant, Derrick, Harriet, Nathan, Martha, Hiram A., Alexander, Ichabod L., and Daniel, all of whom are dead except Martha, who lives in Western New York, and Alexander, who was born April 10, 1803, and lives in Hamptonburgh.
Daniel Smith settled upon one hundred and seventy acres of land in what was called New Hampton, and was engaged in farming the remainder of his life following agricultural pursuits. This property has since been the Smith homestead, passing from Daniel to Grant Smith, who was born Dec. 21, 1788. His wife was Miriam, daughter of Jesse Smith, whom he married Jan. 20, 1811. Jesse Smith was born Oct. 17, 1768, married Elizabeth Amsley, and reared a family of eleven children, of whom Miriam was the fourth. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and lived the life of a farmer in Orange County, where he died.
Grant Smith, the father of Solomon T., lived on the homestead, served in the war of 1812, and was a leading business man and farmer. The issue of this union were born Sarah Jane, married John M. Miller, of Wallkill, and resides in Indiana; Solomon T. Smith, a farmer of Wisconsin; daughters of Tabitha Watkins, of Orange County; Elizabeth, married Richard B. Denton, of Vernon, N. J.; and Henry, who became the wife of Henry B. Smith, and, after the decease of his brother, Nathaniel D. Grant Smith, died Sept. 29, 1829.
Miriam, his wife, was a woman of more than ordinary ability and energy. Left by the death of her husband with the sole care and control of five children, she retained possession of the homestead, and instilled into them through experience the important lessons of industry and self-reliance which enabled them to become useful men and women. Until within a few years of her death, which occurred Feb. 7, 1878, at the age of eighty-eight years, she had been unusually active, and received a good common and mercantile degree.
Solomon T. Smith was born on the homestead, Jan. 20, 1820. His father and cousins gave him his education, and to his mother was due the early discipline of mind and morals which made him the useful citizen and the good farmer. By inheritance and purchase he obtained the homestead, and there his life was spent.
Mr. Smith was a man of good morals, temperate habits and successful in business affairs. Oftentimes his judgment was desired in the valuation of real estate, and his counsel was always judicious. He was industrious, of a quiet disposition, and was exemplary in the duties of private life, always meeting his engagements with promptness. For many years he was a member of the Goshen Presbyterian Church, and his family attended.
His wife was a daughter of Wickham and Catherine Tuttle, whom he married Nov. 20, 1850, and their children were Wickham T., the fourth generation on the homestead, and Martha, deceased. He died Nov. 27, 1876. His wife died April 7, 1870.Relationships
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