ALDERMAN'S IN AMERICA p 490.
also
Graham, Bernice: "Descendants of Samuel Smith," THE TALLOW LIGHT,
Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121:
Possibly the Smith and Alderman families knew each other and it's even
likely that they emigrated to New York together. ELISHA ALDERMAN was
born in CT abt the same time as SAMUEL SMITH.
1801 Jan 22 VINCENT SMITH the eldest child of James W and Esther
(Alderman) Smith was born in Otsego Co., NY where his parents lived
near the ELISHA ALDERMAN family.
1803 Dec 3 MILTON SMITH was born in Canisteo on the Unadilla River,
Otsego, NY.
1805 ALANSON SMITH was born abt 10 miles from Angelica, nr
Belvidere, on the Genesee River, Alleghany Co. NY where the ELISHA
ALDERMANS & THE JAMES W. SMITH'S had moved.
1807 July HARVEY SMITH born there.
1809 Nov 22 JAMES SMITH was born there.
1812 Aug 6 their 6th child CARMI SMITH was born in OHIO as were 3
succeeding children:
1814 Sept--Talma
1817 Sept--Eli
1821 June--Lucy.
1810 April. "The urge of the pioneer spirit to move westward
culminated in an adventurous voyage down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers
in 1810. Journey began at Olean Point, where they embarked on a raft
with ELISHA ALDERMAN and family, floating down to Point Harmar,
opposite Marietta, Ohio, landing there in April. . . .Picture the trying
time on this raft, especially for the mothers. The children ranked in age
from VINCENT 8, through MILTON 6, ALANSON 4, HARVEY 2 and JAMES
WARD SMITH 6 mo. Imagine that mother's anxiety, lest one of her lads in
his play should fall overboard and drown. They landed at Point Harmar
at the junction of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers. There must have been
a score of passengers on that early fashioned boat and they must have
hailed the day of landing with happy relief. From this place began the
journey by wagon.
"JAMES WARD SMITH & family went 20 miles west and settled in almost
unbroken fores tin what had been the home of Thomas Ewing, early
pioneer and prominent politician of Ohio. Later a small village called
Plymouth grew up at this place. Name has since been changed to Bartlett
and it is located on the state road, half-way between the county seat of
Wash and Athens Counties.
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Lucy Rebecca (Smith) Hobson diary--while visiting in large brick home
at Plymouth (Bartlett) Ohio--Wednesday 13 Jan 1893:
1830 census for James Ward Smith Wesley Twp., Washington Co.
1 m 10-15 (Eli, 13)
1 m 15-20 (Carmi, 18)
1 m 20-30 (James,20)
1 m 50-60 (James Ward Smith, 52)
2 f 5-10 (Lucy, 9 who else?)
1 f 10-15 (Talma, 16)
1 f 40-50 (Esther, 48)
1830 Jul Esther died
1830 Aug 10th James got md (did the new couple live with JW?)
Which left James Ward Smith with Talma 16, Eli 13, and Lucy 9.
1840 LUCY SMITH md DAVID COMLEY, Perry Co. Mg index BooK 2-3 pg 14
1861 TALMA COMLEY md THOMAS WILSON Bk 4 p126: "THOMAS WILSON
md Talma Comley over 21 and over ate 18 yrs. License reurned 11 Dec
1860. Probate Judge William M. Brown.
THEY HAD 9 CHILDREN.
1870 New Lexington Twp, Perry Co. OH pg 16-17 LH.
DAVID COMLEY 57 farmer 5000 900 OH
LUCY 49
JOHN W 22
BENTON 19
EMMA B. 14
CASSIUS M 10 m
CATHERINE 88 PA
WILSON, HARIET B. OH
MARY OH
Carol Minson has a xerox pictures of
1.) "LUCY SMITH COMLEY-1821-1880" ("Grandma Graham thought a lot of
her" said Bernice Graham--whose album CM must have xeroxed.)
2.) "DAVIDCOMLEY- 1813-1880"
3-4.) "TALMA WILSON and THOMAS WILSON (all 4 on same page.)
AND two pictures of "BENTON COMLEY", a picture "Talma Wilson's
daughter" also a picture of "BELLE COMLEY and brother." (all 4 on same
page.)
Another page has 4 pictures of "TALMA WILSON", "MARY GAGE SMITH"
"SELVAN GODDARD-born 10 Oct 1876" and "HARFOR GODDARD b 28 Mar
1878"