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Descendants of Johannes Schmeiss


Generation No. 2


2. JOHN4 SMICE, JR. (JOHANNES3 SCHMEISS, JOHANN MARTIN2, PHILLIP1)5 was born Abt. 1786 in Chanceford Township, York County, PA5, and died Abt. 1830 in Washington County, MD5. He married CATHARINE E. PARKS5 Bet. 1800 - 1810 in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, PA5. She was born Bet. 1789 - 1790 in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, PA5, and died October 26, 1872 in Ogle County, IL5.

Notes for JOHN SMICE, JR.:
      John Smice, Jr. is the son of Johannes and Maria Schmeiss and the brother of Peter Smice. John Smice, Jr. was born about 1786 in Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He married Catharine E. Parks sometime between 1800-1810 in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, PA. John Smice, Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the 11th Division/46th Pennsylvania Regiment.
      It is believed John and Catherine Smice had six children: Mary, John III, Elizabeth, Margaret "Peggy", Nancy, and Catherine Barbara. John Smice, Jr. died about 1830 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. In 1848, John's widow, Catharine, moved her family to the Pine Creek Township area of Ogle County, Illinois. It is thought that Catharine Smice made this trip with her brother-in-law, Peter Smice. In the census records of Ogle County, Illinois during this time period, Catharine Smice is referred to as a "widow". Catharine Parks Smice died October 26, 1872 and is buried in the Grand Detour Cemetery, Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois.




1810 U.S. CENSUS:
Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, PA, written page # 210, printed page # 10
J. Smice

Males Under 10 - one
Males 26-44 - one (John Smice, Jr)

Females Under 10 - one
Females 16-25 - one (Catharine E. Parks)



HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PA notes:
      A son, John Smice Jr., was born to Johannes and Maria Schmeiss circa 1786. John Smice Jr. was present with John Smice Sr. on the 1790 census in Washington County, MD, and on the 1800 census, Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, PA. John Smice Jr. paid taxes as a "single freeman" in 1807, Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, PA. In 1810, Tell Township was formed out of Dublin Township. John Smice Jr. appeared on the 1810 census for Tell Township as head of household and paid taxes on 1 cow for the years 1810, 1811, and 1812.



WAR OF 1812:
      According to the PA Archives, Vol 9, 6th Series, page 23, John Smice Jr. was drafted (age 28) into the 46th Regiment in the War of 1812. On page 645, John Smice Jr. is listed in the 11th Division at Erie, Pennsylvania in March 1813. Volume 8, page 99 lists John Smice Jr. as being discharged about 5 November 1813 from the Company of William Morris of the Pennsylvania Militia. The military records in the National Archives include a note which reads: "Deserted July 9, '13". This may have been a mistake or he may have gone AWOL (UA) and returned, since he was discharged about 5 November 1813.




TAXES:
      In 1813, John Smice Jr. paid taxes on 3 cows. He continued paying taxes through 1816 on one cow. For the year 1817, John Smice Jr. paid taxes on one horse and Traxler's land. In the meanwhile, a daughter was born 28 August 1815. Then, John Smice Jr. appeared for the last time on the 1820 census, living in Hagerstown, MD. John Smice Jr. died between 1820 and 1830, since the 1830 census of Washington County, MD lists a "Widow Smice".

Notes for CATHARINE E. PARKS:
Catherine E. Parks Smice is buried in Grand Detour Cemetery, Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois.

More About CATHARINE E. PARKS:
Burial: Grand Detour Cemetery, Grand Detour, Ogle County, IL
     
Children of JOHN SMICE and CATHARINE PARKS are:
  i.   NANCY5 SMICE, b. Hagerstown, Washington County, MD.
  ii.   MARY SMICE5, b. Aft. 18005.
  iii.   JOHN SMICE III5, b. Abt. 1804, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania5; d. July 02, 18925; m. ELIZABETH ??5; b. Abt. 1809, Ohio5.
  Notes for JOHN SMICE III:
Dixon Evening Telegraph, Tuesday, July 5, 1892:
      "JOHN SMICE, one of the oldest settlers in Grand Detour died in this city Saturday, aged 88 years. Mr. Smice was for years in the employ of the Grand Detour Plow Company when they were obliged to team their goods across the country. The funeral took place this afternoon at one o'clock in Grand Detour."

  More About JOHN SMICE III:
Fact 1: County/State: Ogle Co., IL6,7
Fact 2: Location: Grand Detour8,9
Fact 3: Page #: 74210,11
Fact 4: Year: 186012,13
  iv.   MARGARET "PEGGY" SMICE, b. 1811, Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, PA.
5. v.   ELIZABETH SMICE, b. August 28, 1815, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, PA; d. July 15, 1884, Grand Detour, Ogle County, IL.
6. vi.   CATHARINE BARBARA SMICE, b. October 06, 1816, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, PA; d. December 29, 1897, Maxwell, IA.


3. GEORGE4 SMICE (JOHANNES3 SCHMEISS, JOHANN MARTIN2, PHILLIP1)13 was born Abt. 1790 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland13, and died 1853 in Grandview, Louisa County, Iowa13. He married SUSANNAH A. CREEK13 Abt. 1820. She was born 1802 in Maryland13, and died January 17, 1866 in Iowa13.

Notes for GEORGE SMICE:
George Smice was the son of Johannes and Maria Schmeiss and the brother of Peter Smice. George was born about 1790 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. George Smice was probably the son "under age 16" as listed in the 1790 census concerning the John Smice family. This "John Smice" was the Hessian soldier, Johannes Schmeiss. George Smice was again listed in the 1810 census as being between age 10 and 16. George Smice next appeared as a "single freeman" tax payer in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, PA in 1812, owning one horse.




WAR OF 1812:
      In the Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 9, 6th Series, page 5, at age 23, George Smice is shown as having been drafted into the 46th Pennsylvania Regiment, in March of 1813, for the War with England.






TAXES:
      George Smice also appears as paying taxes on one horse (single freeman) in 1813. George Smice is again listed as a single freeman, paying taxes in 1815. On the 1816 tax duplicate, George Smice's name is "scratched off".




      George Smice moved back to Maryland with his family. George married Susanna Creek and appeared in Washington County, MD on the 1830 census. George Smice then moved to Pickaway County, Ohio; then to Clearfield County, PA; and before 1840, he moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. In the meanwhile, George Smice married Susanna Creek about 1820. Susanna Creek was born about 1802 in Maryland. She died January 17, 1866 in Allamaker County, Iowa. About 1847, George Smice and his family migrated to Grandview, Louisa County, Iowa. George Smice appeared in Louisa County, Iowa on the 1850 census. George Smice died in 1853 at the age of 63 or 64. It is known that George and Susanna raised nine (9) children: Elizabeth Ann, Jacob, Susanna, John, George, William, Harrison, Westley, and David.
     
Children of GEORGE SMICE and SUSANNAH CREEK are:
  i.   ELIZABETH ANN5 SMICE13, b. 1820, Maryland13; d. 1910, Wisconsin13; m. EDWARD FRANKLIN LANKFORD13.
  ii.   JACOB SMICE13, b. 1825, Pennsylvania13; d. 1908, Iowa13.
  iii.   SUSANNA SMICE13, b. 1829, Pennsylvania13; d. 1906, Iowa13; m. JOHN VAUGHN13.
7. iv.   JOHN SMICE, b. February 09, 1832, Janesville, Pennsylvania; d. November 19, 1920, Toolesboro, Louisa County, IA.
  v.   GEORGE SMICE, b. Abt. 1832.
  vi.   WILLIAM SMICE, b. 1838, Ohio.
  vii.   HARRISON SMICE, b. 1840, Ohio.
  viii.   WESTLEY SMICE, b. 1844, Ohio.
  ix.   DAVID SMICE, b. 1847, Iowa.


4. PETER4 SMICE (JOHANNES3 SCHMEISS, JOHANN MARTIN2, PHILLIP1)13 was born March 21, 1801 in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania13, and died January 30, 1884 in Grand Detour, Township, Ogle County, IL13. He married ELIZABETH PARKS13 June 27, 1824 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland13. She was born May 24, 180713, and died October 03, 1849 in Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, IL13.

Notes for PETER SMICE:
      Peter Smice was the father of Nathan Smice. Both were long-time residents of Ogle County, Illinois. Peter Smice was born March 2, 1801 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Peter Smice was the son of Johannes Schmeiss and Maria Elizabeth French. Johannes Schmeiss (John Smice) was a Hessian soldier, captured at the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. Johannes became a P.O.W. and sent to Pennsylvania. Johannes married and settled in Pennsylvania.
      On June 27, 1824, Peter Smice married Elizabeth Parks in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. The ancestors of Elizabeth Parks are unknown at this time. Peter and Elizabeth Smice were probably members of the Lutheran church in Maryland. In 1844, Peter and Elizabeth moved their family to Ohio, possibly Miller Township, Knox County. In 1848, the Peter Smice family migrated to Ogle County, Illinois. Peter and Elizabeth Smice are known to have had ten (10) children: Margaret, Susanna, Elizabeth, Rebecca, John, George, Amelia, Mary L., Nathan, and Alonzo Keith.
      Elizabeth Parks Smice was stricken with "Bilious Cholic" and died on October 3, 1849. Cemetery records state that Elizabeth was "sick one day". Elizabeth's death left Peter with several small children. It is believed that Peter never remarried. Elizabeth Parks Smice is buried in the Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery (Dunkard's Cemetery), Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, Illinois.
      In January of 1851, Peter Smice received a land patent for forty (40) acres in the area of Grand Detour and Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois. Peter Smice was a farmer and became a long-time resident of Grand Detour, Illinois. He died January 30, 1884 in Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois. Peter Smice is buried next to his wife in the Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery.



LAND PATENT:
Certificate # 32000; Land Patent
Patentee Name: SMICE, PETER
Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566)
Signature Date: January 10, 1851
Land Office: Dixon, Lee County, IL
Legal Land Description: 1, SWSW, 34/, 23-N, 9-E, N, 4th Principal Meridian-1815 Illinois, 40 acres,       Ogle County, IL

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Certificate
No. 32000
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS Peter Smice of Ogle County Illinois
has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Dixon whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said
Peter Smice according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section Thirty Four in Township twenty three North of Range nine East, in the
District of Lands Subject to Sale at Dixon Illinois containing Forty acres.
     
according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Smice.

      NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Peter Smice and to his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Peter Smice, and to his heirs and assigns forever.

In Testimony Whereof, I, Millard Fillmore
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the Tenth day of January
in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one and of the
Independence of the United States the Seventy fifth
BY THE PRESIDENT: Millard Fillmore
By Alex. McCormick, asst. Sec'y.
E.S. Terry Recorder of the General Land Office




1830 U.S. CENSUS, Washington County, MD:
      Peter Smice shows up for the first time on the 1830 census, married, and living in District 7 (Boonesboro), Washington County, Maryland.



1850 U.S. CENSUS, Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, Illinois, 18 September 1850, page 003
dwelling # 4/4
Peter Smice 47       M       Farmer       PA cannot read or write
Elizabeth 17       F             MD
John 15       M             IL
George 13       M             IL
Mary 5       F             IL
Nate 2       M             IL
Milly 9/12       F             IL




1860 U.S. CENSUS, Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois, 18 July 1860, page 382
dwelling # 2755/2664
Peter Smice 55       M Farmer 1000 300             PA cannot read & write
Elizabeth 25       F             MD
George 20       M             MD
Milla 18       M (census error, should be female)       Ohio
Nase 13       M             Ohio



1865 State of Illinois, Ogle County Agricultural Census:
      20-30       20-30             40-50
Peter Smice 1 M       1 M 1 F             1 M




1870 U.S. CENSUS, Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois, 3 September 1870, page 17
dwelling # 120/120
Smice, Peter       65 MW Farmer MD
Trump, Amelia       28 FW Keeps House MD
Smice, Nace       23 MW Farm Hand Ohio
Trump, Lydia A.       2 FW IL



The WILL of Peter Smice:

"In the name of God Amen. I Peter
Smice of the town of Grand Detour in the
County of Ogle and State of Illinois of the
age of 73 years and being of sound mind and
memory do make publish and declare
this my last will and testament in manner
following that is to say.
And as to my worldly estate and all the
property real and personal or mixed of
which I shall die seized and possessed
or to which I shall be entitled at the time of
my decease. I devise bequeath and dispose
thereof in the manner following to wit.
First, my will is that all my just debts and
funeral expenses shall by my executive here-in after
named
be paid out of my estate as soon after my
decease as shall by them be found convenient.
Item, I give devise and bequeath unto my daughters
Susanna Keith wife of John Keith one dollar to my
daughter Margaret Nettz wife of Henry Nettz one
dollar to my daughter Elizabeth Welty wife of
John Welty one dollar
All the rest and residue of my estate real personal
and mixed of which I shall die seized and
possessed as to which I shall be entitled at my
decease I give and devise and bequeath to be
equally divided between and among my sons & daughters
John Smice, George Smice, Nace Smice, and
Mary Lawver wife of Andrew J. Lawver also Amelia
Trump widow of Oli Trump deceased
And lastly I do nominate and appoint James
Rogers and John Smice my son to be the executor
of this my last will and testament,
In testimony whereof I the said Peter Smice
have to this my last will and testament
contained on one sheet of paper, Thereof I have
subscribed my name and affixed my seal this
eighth day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven.
Peter Smice his "X" mark

Signed sealed published and declared
by the said Peter Smice as and for his
last will and testament in the presence of us
who at his request and in his presence and
in the presence of each other have subscribed our
names as witnesses Thereto
John D. Wiley witness Grand Detour Ills
Henry Lawver witness Grand Detour Ills
William Jones witness Grand Detour Ills




1880 U.S. CENSUS, Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois, page 34
dwelling # 307/314
Smice, Peter WM 76 Unemployed MD Baden (Germany) MD
Milla WF 36 Daughter Keeping house MD PA MD
Trump, Lydia WF 12 Grand Daughter At School IL Ohio MD





OBITUARY, "Dixon Evening Telegraph", February 7, 1884, page 4 (Lee County, IL):
     
      "Peter Smice died January 30th. He was born in Pennsylvania; went to Maryland and married
      June 27, 1824; moved to Ohio in 1844; emigrated to Ogle County in 1848. His wife died in       1849, leaving him with several small children. Mr. and Mrs. Smice belonged to the Lutheran
      Church in Maryland, but never joined here. Two children died several years ago, and eight
      children, twenty-five grand children and nine great grandchildren await the summons of the
      master."




INVENTORY, State of Illinois, Ogle County

In the Matter of the Estate of Peter Smice Deceased.
The following is a full and perfect Inventory of all the Real and Personal Estate of the said Deceased,
so far as the same has come to the possession or knowledge of the undersigned, executor
of the last will and testament of Peter Smice, deceased.
REAL ESTATE.             VALUE.
                                    Dollars Cts.

Lot 4 Block 5 Grand Detour
Illinois Title fee simple.
Estimated value,             180 00

More About PETER SMICE:
Burial: Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery (Dunkard's Cemetery) Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, IL
Fact 1: County/State: Ogle Co., IL14,15
Fact 2: Location: Grand Detour16,17
Fact 3: Page #: 74218,19
Fact 4: Year: 186020,21

More About ELIZABETH PARKS:
Burial: Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery (Dunkard's Cemetery) Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, IL
     
Children of PETER SMICE and ELIZABETH PARKS are:
  i.   MARGARET5 SMICE21, b. September 01, 182621; d. December 05, 191921; m. HENRY NETTZ21, January 22, 184521; b. 182621; d. 191921.
8. ii.   SUSANNA SMICE, b. February 28, 1829, Boonesboro, Washington County, MD; d. June 27, 1901, Dixon, Lee County, IL.
  iii.   ELIZABETH SMICE21, b. December 27, 183321; d. March 05, 191721; m. JOHN WELTY21, October 09, 1864, Ogle County, IL21.
  Notes for JOHN WELTY:
  iv.   REBECCA SMICE21, b. 183521.
9. v.   JOHN SMICE, b. February 16, 1837; d. November 01, 1904, Ogle County, IL.
10. vi.   GEORGE SMICE, b. April 12, 1837; d. August 24, 1920, Dixon, Lee County, IL.
  vii.   AMELIA SMICE21, b. 184121; m. OLI TRUMP21.
  viii.   MARY L. SMICE21, b. 184521; m. ANDREW JACKSON LAWVER21, February 03, 1864, Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, IL21.
11. ix.   NATHAN SMICE, b. December 1846, MD; d. September 08, 1917, Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, IL.
  x.   ALONZO KEITH SMICE21, b. Abt. 184921; d. September 07, 1854, Ogle County, IL21.

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