Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-01

! by Il, and the philosophy OF mOTtlliti
dwelt more az large upon the power OF
Satan than upon the mercy Of God.
MAHRlES MARY FRENCH.
About four years after the fo,egom.
description Was written, Robert Smltl
| took 10 himself a wife He marie.
Miss Mary French Of Ipswich. a de-
/ Nouuy religious woman as the Churcl
| records show. and a wise sanity
mother as the lives OF her children
/ testify. After two children had beer
! boin TO them az Ipwich. the purchase
/ was made Of tract OF IRREGULAR" un'
/ dulating forest land some -four miles
Z "a the south and west. extending over
| 90S acres OF ground, partly IN the town
| ship Of RoWley. afterward Bedford
end partly in Topshed. which. with
about IA families. had been INCORPORATED
ten years before
Here IN the midst OF the forest. near
the center OF his purchase. he cleared
the timber from commanding knoll
so as 10 be the better able 10 protect
himself from the wolves bears and In
dams, and, over a mile from his near
est neighbor. built a home. or hi.
FIRST dwelling We nave no information
but the second one, built about 1856 IL
described to US by his descendants, who
stu occupy the spot OF ground on
which Ii Wes torn down some 80 years
ago, Il vas built Of squared logs. two
stories high, with four ro0ms. 10 by u
feet in extent. two below for Kitchen
ana best room. and TWO above for
bedrooms
The outside was covered with split
OAK claphoards and the roof. with
split cedar shingles. while q large
brick chimney with huge freplaces
opening into the rooms on either side,
reared itself IN the middle. Samuel
Smith, the son Of Robert. and the an
cestor Of the Prophet Joseph. seems
TO have been the moving genius in the
erection Of this home for. on one Of
the chimney bricks. still preserved
among the antiquities OF Topsheld. the
Young man. before the mud was yet
dry inscribed his name. The family
IN Utah preserve one OF these relics.
and though over two centuries old j
still rings true as silver dollar
REMAINDER or HIS DAYS
I'm this home Robert Smith spent the
remainder Of his DAYS Though short
distance over the line into Bedford.
and generally known as. Robert
smith Of Bedford" be claimed mis-
church membership in Topsfield and
there his children were baptized into
The AN prevailing Congregauonalist
church Here from the soil, the sea,
Ike animals and the woods about him
he Wrested AN the necessaries Of life
for himself and family
OF the character Of Robert Smith, Of
the striking incidents Of his life If
there were any. we know but very lit
ne. In his forest retreat he grew into
the esteem OF his neignbors for his
honesty and industry and was known
according TO the local historian. as a
quiet. unassuming man. devoted 20 his
family and 10 the welfare Of the VII
lage ever ready TO lend a helping hand
TO the needy But the highest encoml-
um that can be passed upon the char
acter Of any man. is unwittingly paid
him by those who knew him best. lis
own sons
AN HONORED FATHER.
After the death OF their father IN
order 10 clear the title to their posses
sions. the several sons among them
selves and with their neignhors, eN-
changed a number OF quit-cldm deeds
10 the land formerly owned by hiin.
and I'm each Of these conveyance, iol-
lowing the name Of Robert Smith
the makers have Insisted upon placing
on the records OF Essex county the
clause "our honored father These
words bear 10 the heart OF the reader
an echo Of the kindly counsels ana
wise paternal admonitions OF that
"honored father" In comparison with
which the adulation OF the world Is
as sounding brass.
Robert and Mary Smith had children
as follows
l. Thomas smith. who was born
about 1851, in Ipswich. Massa chuselts.
The early town records were very poor
Ia kent and neither the exact date OF
the birth Of Thomas. nor OF the mar
rage of Robert and Mary Smith, can
be found. Thomas married and Is
known Is the "Innkeeper
II. Mary Smith, who vas born Oe-
tober Is. 1855. at Ipswich and who mar
RED John Towne. Of Topsield.
III. Phebe Smith, who was born Aug
ust G. 1861, az the new home In Box
ford, then Rowley. She married Jacob
Towne, OF Topsneld.
~. Erhraim Smith, who was born
october %. 1858. IN Bedford, married
Mary Ramsdell. Of Topsfeld
Y Samuel Smith. who was born
January % 1866 in Bedford, married
Rebecca Curtis. OF Topsfeld.
VI. Amye Smith. who was born Au-
gust &c. 1868. and who married Joseph
ToWne.
VII Sarah Smith. who was born
June %. 1870. and who died August %,
WI Nathaniel Smith who was
born Scot. :. 1872, and who also died
young.
uary %. 1914
y. Marah Smith. who Was born
Dec. T. 1871. and who married Peter
SUBWAY.