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Descendants of James Smith

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES¹ SMITH^1,^2,³ was born Abt. 1817 in New York, and died Bef. 1870 in Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan. He married SABRINA STORMS⁴ Abt. 1837, daughter of ? STORMS. She was born November 22, 1811 in New York, and died January 01, 1887 in Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan.

Notes for JAMES SMITH:
James Smith met and married Sabrina Storms in New York about 1836. It was there that their 1st daughter Martha Ann was born. Shortly after they moved to Madison township, Sandusky County, Ohio. There they had three more daughter's, Ellen Jane, Eliza and Adelia M. In 1854 they moved to Bridgeton township, Newaygo County, Michigan where they made their home.
In 1860 the value of their real estate was $700 and their personal property was $300. Also in 1860 their daughter Adelia (age 14) is recorded as attending school. Furthermore, they had their nephew, Hannible Storms living with them, along with 10 year old Napoleon Jennings, who was born in Ohio. It is not clear why Napoleon was with them, perhaps orphaned?
In 1884 they had a boarder, Thomas Smith, born 1866 in Michigan, who was deaf. His father was born in New York, his mother in Canada. He is no doubt somehow related to this family.
Sabrina lived with here daughter, Eliza and son-in-law Edgar Whitman for a time between 1870 & 1887, after the death of her husband. James died sometime before 1870, while only in his early fifties.

There is an old Indian cemetery on the Storms homestead (Hamilton Storms s/o Richard, section 21, on the north side of the river.) Stories were told by Charles and Sabrina, along with other relatives who lived along the river at the time, of Indian burial ceremonies. They could remember the Indian's howling cries along with the Indians bringing their dead down river to the burial grounds by canoe.

Since the Storms and the Smiths lived on opposite sides of the river they would walk along the banks and yell or whistle until someone from the opposite side of the river heard them and brought the boats over to get them.

More About JAMES SMITH:
Burial: Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan
Occupation: 1860, Lumberman

Notes for SABRINA STORMS:
Sabrina's death certificate, in Newaygo County, recorded her as being born 9 May, 1811 and died 11 July, 1887. However deaths were only filed once a year, so the clerk's office may not be accurate. By the same token her gravestone may not be accurate either. In this case I am using the information obtained from the tombstone as her date of birth and death, until further information becomes available.

More About SABRINA STORMS:
Burial: Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan

Children of JAMES SMITH and SABRINA STORMS are:

	i.	MARTHA ANN² SMITH, b. Abt. 1837, New York; d. Unknown.
2.	ii.	ELLEN J. SMITH, b. Abt. 1840, Ohio; d. June 20, 1895, Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan.
3.	iii.	ELIZA P. SMITH, b. Abt. 1843, Ohio; d. October 13, 1910, Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan.
	iv.	DELIA M. SMITH, b. Abt. 1846, Ohio; d. Unknown.

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