The National tribune., 1900-11-08

battles of Bunker Hill and White Plains.
In 1176 was in Col. Baidwin's regiment.
In 1717. in Capt. Frye's company. and in
1719 name appears on roll of Capt. Ellis's
company.
SMITH, BENJAMIN-Born Feb. s.
1865, at Ncedham. Mass; died June Is,
1868. at Hopkinton. Mass. Married Mary
Elizabeth Graves; had a daughter, Jane,
who married Asa w. Eveleth."
Enlisted December, 1881. in Capt.
James Tisdale's company; served two
years as soldier and musician. In 1850 the
State of Massachusetts granted him spe-
ciaI pension.
SMITH, CALEB-Born Sept. "a, 1I6O,
at Hadley, Mass; died Nov. l, 1918, at
Hadley, Mass. Married Olive Hibbard;
Cummings; had n grandson, John Wood
bridge. who married Susan NJ. Merritt.*
Served in Capt Eli Parker's company.
SMITH, DANIEI--Born at Dedham,
Mass; died Nov. &, 1902. Mt Dedha N,
Mass. Married Joannah Jordan: had a
son, Jabez, who married Bettey Proctor;
had grandson, Nathan Proctor, who
married Dorcas Clark Fay; had Il great
granddaughter, Ellen Proctor, who mar
ried Aurelius a. Buckingham
Marched on the Lexington Alarm in
Capt. Fairbanks's company. Engaged in
the battle of Bunker Hill in Capt George
Goulds company.
SMITH, DANIEL-Born 174O, in Far
quier Co., Va; died June 16, 1918, in
Sumner Co, Tenn. Married Sally Meeky
had n daughter, Mary, who married James
SAUNDERS; had granddaughter, Alethia,
who married Robert z. Allison.*
Appointed Assistant Deputy Purveyor
for the Southern Department, Sept. 20,
I1IS1. Served to close of war.
SMITH, DAVID-Born Dec. 2, 1747,
at Suliield, Conn; died Nov. 16, 1914, at
Litchfield, Conn. Married Ruth Hitch
cock; had a son, Lucius a., who married
Margaret Atwater; had granddaughter,
Catharine, who married Albert Il. Lay.f
Appointed Captain April, 1776; commits
stoned Major March 13, 177S; Brigadier-
Major, May, 1779, and served to June 3,
1871. Engaged in battle of Monmouth.
Present at trial of Andre. Was President
of Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.
SMITH, EBENEZER-Born Jan. IL,
1146, at Lebanon, Conn; died Sept. s,
1916, at New Marlboro, Mass. Married
Sarah Dean; had q son, David, who mar
ried Catherine Goodrich; had a grandson,
Simeon Parsons, who married Hettie Hos
ford.*
Enlisted as private, May 8. 1775; COM
missioned Lieutenant Nov. %, 1776, and
Captain March so, 1779. Was at battle
Of Bunker Hill, siege of Boston, Ticon-
deroga, surrender of Burgoyne and battle
of Monmouth Member of the Cincinnati
SMITH, EPHRAIM-Born Sept. "a,
1740 in Connecticut; died Oct. Z, 1889, at
Howell Mich. Married Abbey Higgins;
had a son, Waitstill, who married Susan
Brett; had granddaughter, Eliza, who
married Elnathan Botsford; had a great
granddaughter, Anna, who married Philip
Bach.*
Enlisted in Capt. Noble Benedict's COM
pany, 1915, and in Capt. Nathaniel John
sons company in 1776. Was in the battle
of White Plains.
SMITH, JOHN.-Born 1850, in Fred
erick Co., Va; died 1920, in Frederick Co.,
Va. Married Anna Bull; had a son, Au-
gustine, who married Elizabeth Magill;
had a granddaughter, Elizabeth, who mar
ried Cornelius Hite; had great-grand-
Thomas r. Fauntleroy.*
He was first commissioned as Ensign
March IA, 17T6; raised to the rank of Sec
Ond Lieutenant in August, 1116; made
First Lieutenant Feb. 81, 1777, and re-
signed May 26, 1878. From 1S00-1S16 he
represented Frederick County in Congress.
SMITH, OLIvER-Born May 27,
1879, at Poquonnoc, Conn; died Aug. 1,
1911, at StOningtOn, Conn. Married Mary
Dennison; had a son, Dennison, who mar
ried Waity Burrows; had granddaugh-
ter, Mary Dennison, who married Lewis
Allen; had great-granddaughter, Eleanor
Caroline, who married William Mercer.f
Commanded a company when Stoning-
ton was bOmbarded, and was Colonel of
the 9Th Regiment in the New York cam
paign.
Other records of the Smith family ,Diu
appear in this column from 1Ueek TO lDeek.