Rufus Smith, Jr.

1776 - 1860  (84 years)

• Name	Rufus Smith
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	22 May 1776	Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Oct 1860	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried	Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I18950	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	James Smith,   b. 23 Oct 1752, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. Aft 22 Aug 1835  (Age > 83 years)
  Mother	Drusilla Steere,   b. 10 Oct 1754, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island
  Married	3 Dec 1775	Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F10075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Smith,   b. 30 Jul 1778, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 6 May 1843  (Age 64 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1799	Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island
  Children	1. Clementina Smith,   b. Abt 1799, , , Rhode Island ,   d. 13 Dec 1876, , , Rhode Island  (Age ~ 77 years) + 2. Jervis J. Smith, Dr.,   b. 1801,   d. 10 Mar 1864, Chepachet, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 63 years)   3. S. Sterry Smith,   b. 26 Jan 1804, Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 15 Jul 1864, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 60 years)   4. Elma L. Smith,   b. 1806,   d. 21 Jan 1901, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 95 years) + 5. Melissa Fitzsimmons Smith,   b. 1808, , , Rhode Island ,   d. 14 Apr 1892, , , Rhode Island  (Age 84 years)   6. Mahala Ann Smith,   b. 1814, Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 24 Sep 1869, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York  (Age 55 years)   7. Mary Smith,   b. Abt 1817, , , Rhode Island ,   d. 5 Apr 1890, , , Rhode Island  (Age ~ 73 years)   8. Samuel James Smith,   b. 1819, Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 11 Jan 1892, , , New York  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F10074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 May 1776 - Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island Married - 17 Mar 1799 - Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island Died - 8 Oct 1860 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Buried - - Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in _Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:87, 93. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Rufus Smith," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Nov 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index. !RESIDENCES: "Lived in the earlier years of his marriage in what is known as the Bellows place near the white schoolhouse at Tarkiln, Burrillville [R.I.]. Later he moved to Providence, and it was at his home on Ship Street that he died." --C.W. Farnham, 2:93