My Laughlin Line:Information about Adam Walton Smith
Adam Walton Smith (b. 1830, d. 1891)
Adam W. Smith |
Adam Walton Smith was born 1830 in Pa.132, and died 1891 in Allegheny Co., Pa..He married Emily H. Gregg, daughter of Henry Gregg and Annie Carson.
Notes for Adam Walton Smith:
1850 Census Allegheny County Jefferson Township
Adam Smith 21 M born Paliving with Henry Gregg and his family.Their daughter, Emily, is 18 - she became Adam Smith's wife.
1860 Census Allegheny County Jefferson Township
He and Emily are married and he is listed as a farmer.His personal property is valued as 75.He and Emily have 3 children, Siras J. 8, Amelia 5, and Nancy J. 1.Emily's brother, Samuel Gregg is living with them. He is 25 and a miner.
The following story was told to Uncle Bob Laughlin by our grandma Nancy Jane Smith Laughlin. Adam Smith, her father, wanted to join the Army during the Civil War but the government wanted him to keep raising wheat for the soldiers.Nancy Jane said she remembered seeing the soldiers coming over the hills on their horses to cut the wheat and her family sitting up long tables under the trees and filling the tables with food for the soldiers to eat.
[Brøderbund Family Archive #285, Ed. 1, Census Index: Western PA, Allegheny County, 1870, Date of Import: Oct 30, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.285.1.8528.1]1870 Census Allegheny County Jefferson Township
Individual: Smith, Adam
Race: W
Age: 40
Birth place: PA
Township: Jefferson Twp
Microfilm: Roll 1292, Page 235
Smith, Adam 40, Farmer, Emily 36, Syrass 18 Driver in Coal Mine, Amelia 15, Nancy 12, Harvey 8, Adam 4, Nathaniel 1
1880 Census Allegheny County Jefferson Twp., PennsylvaniaSource: FHL Film 1255089 National Archives Film T9-1089 Page 345B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Adam SMITH Self M M W 50 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: ENG
Emily SMITH Wife F M W 48 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: ENG
Harvey D. SMITH Son M S W 16 PA
Occ: Coal Miner Fa: PA Mo: ENG
Danil P. SMITH Son M S W 11 PA
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: ENG
Virginia SMITH Dau F S W 9 PA
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: ENG
Amelia J. SMITH Dau F S W 24 PA
Occ: House Keeper Fa: PA Mo: ENG
More About Adam Walton Smith:
Date born 2: PA.133
Date born 3: Saltsburgh, Pa..134
Burial: Unknown, Lebanon Church Cemetery, West Mifflin, Pa..135
Burial Record: Deed No. 33, Section No. C, Lot No. 21, Plot 1.135
Children of Adam Walton Smith and Emily H. Gregg are:
- +Nancy Jane Smith, b. 01 Sep 1858, Coal Valley, Allegheny Co., Pa, d. 06 Jan 1948, New Kensington, Westmoreland Co., Pa.