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Susannah (Hoover) Smith

Born - May 18, 1818

Markham-York, Ontario, Canada

Died - September 30, 1882

Canton, McPherson County, Kansas

Buried - Spring Valley Mennonite Cemetery

Canton, McPherson County, Kansas

Aged: 64 Years, 4 Months, 12 Days

Find A Grave Memorial # 53348477

 

 

Husband - Joseph Smith

Born - 1816/1818

Ontario Medina, Canada

Married - January 5, 1842

Canada

Died - Prior To  August 5, 1870, Elkhart, Indiana

To This Union 8 Children Were Born

 

 

Timeline

 

Per the October 9, 1850, Harrison Township, Elkhart County, Indiana Cenus:

Joseph Smith (32, Born About 1818 in Canada) is residing with his wife, Susannah (32, Born About 1818 in Canada),

and their children, Samuel (7, Born About 1843 in OH), Elizabeth (5, Born About 1845 in OH)

and John (3, Born About 1848 in Indiana.

 

Per the July 25, 1860, Harrison Township, Elkhart County, Indiana Census:

Joseph Smith (44, Born About 1816 in Canada West) is living with his wife, Susanna (42, Born About 1818  in Canada West),

and their children: Samuel (17, Born About 1843 in OH), Elizabeth (15, Born About 1845 in OH), 

John (12, Born About 1848 in IN), Esther (8, Born About 1852 in IN), Martin (6, Born About 1854 in IN)

Fanny (6, Born About 1854 in IN), and Susanna (3, Born About 1857 in IN).

 

Per the August 5, 1870, Harrison Township, Elkhart County, Indiana Census:

Susan Smith, 54, (Born: About 1816 in Canada) is residing with her children,

John, 22 (Born About 1848 in Indiana), Fanny, 16, (Born About 1854 in Indiana),

Martin, 16, (Born About 1854 in Indiana), Susanna, 13, (Born About 1857 in Indiana),

Also residing with them are Phillipp Wolf (20, PA, Hired Labor), and his wife Esther (18, PA, keeping House) and

Elizabeth Buzzard (25, OH, keeping House) and her 3 children, Levi, 7, IN, Susanna, 5, IN, and Emeline 3, IN.

 

 Per the June 5, 1880, Liberty Township, Marion County, Kansas Census:

John H. Loucks, 22, Farmer, Born About 1858 in IN, is residing with his wife, Susannah, 23, Born About 1857 in Indiana,

and Susannah Smith, 61, Mother-In-Law,  Born About 1819 in Canada.

 

 

Son - Samuel H. Smith

Born - December 4, 1842

Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana

Married - November 23rd, 1863

Goshen, Elkhart County,  Indiana

Died - 1922

Buried - Greenwood Cemetery

 

Find A Grave Memorial # 24955674

Wife - Catharine (Kercher) Smith

Born - August 24th, 1847

Near Ashland, Ohio

Died - August 9th, 1931

At Her Home in Newton, Kansas

Find A Grave Memorial # 24955668

 

Samuel H. Smith was born in Goshen, Elkhart Co., Indiana on December 4th, 1842.

On November 23rd, 1863 he was married to Catharine Kercher at Goshen, Indiana,

 where they lived on a farm until 1873, when the family moved to Peabody, Kansas.

In 1879 they moved to Newton, Kansas where they resided ever since.

 In the early days Mr. Smith was employed at the Barnett & Foltz Hardware store and later

was employed in the car department of the Santa Fe,

where he was a faithful employee until he was pensioned a few years before his death.

For 18 months Mr. Smith was employed at the Hayter & Holbert Hardware store.

Mr. Smith was a faithful member (of 30 years) of the Salem Evangelical church of Newton.

About seven years before his death Mr. Smith became ill and

spent time as a patient at the Santa Fe hospital in Topeka.

 On December 5th the year before his death,

he went to Bethel Hospital, where he remained until his death.

Mr. Smith was survived by his wife Catharine and four children, Mrs. Frank Stevens of Topeka,

Mrs. W.M. Bowlus of Fremont, Ohio, W.K. Smith and Mrs. Josephine Williamson.

A son Daniel passed away at the age of six.

Mr. Smith also left behind 22 grand-children, 12 great-grandchildren

and three sisters Mrs. Lizzie Landis and Mrs. John Henry Loucks of Canton, Ks.

and Mrs. P.N. Hamilton of Pigeon Michigan.

Funeral services were held at the family's residence at 328 East First Street on Monday

 afternoon at 2:30. Conducted by Rev. C. F. Iwig and Rev. J. K. Young.

 Internment is at Greenwood Cemetery.

 

 
 

Mrs. Catharine Kercher Smith was born near Ashland, Ohio, on August 24th, 1847,

and died in her home in Newton on August 9th, 1931.

If she had survived 15 more days she would have turned 84.

 On November 23rd of 1865, she married Samuel H. Smith at Goshen, Indiana

 where they lived on a farm until 1873,  when the family moved to Peabody, Kansas.

In 1879 they moved to Newton, where they lived together until his death in 1922.

They had five children, Daniel who passed away at 6 years old,

Mrs. F.T. Stevens of Topeka, Ks.,

Mrs, W. M. Bowlus of Fremont, Ohio

and Mrs. Josephine Williamson

 and W.K. Smith of Newton.

She also left behind twenty-one grand children and fifteen great grandchildren. 
 

 Daughter - Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Smith) Landis

Born - October,  23, 1844, Ohio

Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana

Married - 1871

Died - September 30, 1926

McPherson County, Kansas

Buried - Spring Valley Mennonite Cemetery

Canton, McPherson County, Kansas

Find A Grave Memorial # 53348458

Husband - Jacob Landis

Born - July 27, 1821, Pennsylvania

Died - August 1, 1902

Buried - Spring Valley Mennonite Cemetery

Canton, McPherson County, Kansas

 

Son - John Smith

Born - 1848

Elkhart County, Indiana

Died - February 3, 1887

Locke, Elkhart County, Indiana

Wife - Anna Louisa Peters

Born - September 6, 1853

Died - 1926

Elkhart, Indiana

 

Daughter - Esther Smith

Born - 1852

Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana

 

Daughter - Frances "Fannie" (Smith) Hamilton

Born - July 28, 1854

Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana

Married - January 27, 1880

Died - March 16, 1934

Tuleta, Bee County, Texas

Husband - David N. Hamilton

Born - January 6, 1855

Williams, Ohio

Died - October 10, 1938

Tuleta, Bee County, Texas

 

Son - Martin B. Smith

Born - July 28,1854

Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana

Married - 1880

Died - July 23, 1910

Salt Lake City, Utah

Buried - Mount Olivet Cemetery

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City County, Utah

Plot: R - 87-Grave 2F - Find A Grave Memorial # 172914

Wife - Barbara E. Smith

Born - July 1861, Indiana

Daughter - Cora Smith

Born - February 1881, Kansas

Son - Charles L. Smith

Born - January 1883, Kansas

Son - Hollee M. Oliver Smith

Born - October 1892, Kansas

 

Daughter - Susannah (Smith) Loucks

Born - October 5, 1856

Died - December 30, 1944

McPherson County, Kansas

Buried - Spring Valley Cemetery,

Spring Valley Mennonite Township,

Canton, McPherson County, Kansas

Husband  - John Henry Loucks

Born - April  11, 1857

Elkhart County, Indiana

 

 

Sister - Elizabeth (Hoover) Burkholder 

Born - 1810

Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Died - November 16, 1885

Husband - Joseph Burkholder

To This Union 10 Children Were Born

 

Sister - Magdalena (Hoover) Kreider 

Born - January 19, 1813

Ontario, Canada

Died - May 22, 1867

Husband - David F. Kreider

To This Union 10 Children Were Born

 

 Brother - Martin Hoover

Born - October 13, 1813

Ontario, Canada

Wife - Susannah (Smith) Hoover 

To This Union 6 Children Were Born

 

Sister - Catherine (Hoover) Ramer   

Born - February 3, 1816

Ontario, Canada

Died - December 24, 1855

Husband - Daniel Ramer

To This Union 7 Children Were Born

 

Brother - Samuel Hoover

Born - July 6, 1820

 Markham Township, York County,

Ontario, Canada

Wife - Esther (Reeser) Hoover

To This Union 8 Children Were Born

 

Sister - Anna (Hoover) Ramer 

Born - July 14, 1822

Ontario, Canada

Husband - Christian Ramer

To This Union 7 Children Were Born


Brother - John G. Hoover

Born - July 14, 1822

Ontario, Canada

Wife - Esther (Miller) Hoover

To This Union 3 Children Were Born

 

Sister - Esther (Hoover) Ramer 

Born - July 14, 1824

Husband - Tobias Ramer

To This Union 4 Children Were Born

 

Brother - David J. Hoover

Born - September 11, 1827

Ontario, Canada

Wife - Susannah (Shenk) Hoover

To This Union 8 Children Were Born

 

Brother - Benjamin Hoover

Born - February 9,1830

Ontario, Canada

Wife - Hetty (Miller) Hoover

To This Union 7 Children Were Born

 

Brother - Abraham Hoover

Born - February 9, 1830 

 Ontario, Canada

Wife - Susan (Landis) Hoover

To This Union 2 Children Were Born

 

 

Father - John Hoover

Mother - Susannah (Kurtz) Hoover

 

 

Grandfather - Martin G. Hoover

Grandmother - Elizabeth (Stauffer) Hoover

 

 

 

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