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Smith Family Bible
Collection Summary
Title
Smith Family Bible
Date
1770s-1950s
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1084-SFB
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2016; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Name of Creator
Smith, Benjamin Howland
Biographical History
Benjamin Howland Smith was born on January 17, 1772 in Massachusetts. He married Silvia Howland on
November 18, 1794 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Together they had eight children,
seven of whom survived. Around 1810, the Smith family moved from Massachusetts to Erie County,
New York. Silvia Smith died and was buried Erie County in 1812. Benjamin died on June 20, 1831 and
was also buried in Erie County.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the family Bible for the Benjamin Howland Smith family. This Bible contains
family records for births, marriages, and deaths for Benjamin, his wife Silvia Slocum, and their children.
The records also contain information on Benjamin’s second wife, Rebecca Kirby. Also included in this
collection are the scanned family record pages, a pamphlet found in the Bible dated 1959, and a family
unit chart.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Smith Family Genealogy
Folder 1, Family Unit Chart
Series 2, Bible
Folder 1, Family Record sheets [scanned]
Folder 2, Pamphlet found in Bible, 1959
Folder 3, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within file folders. The Bible is secured with cotton typing tape
and wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
FindAGrave.com. “Ahijah Smith.” Accessed June 5, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Smith&GSiman=1&GScid=1464516&GRid=64126649&
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FindAGrave.com. “Elihl S. Smith.” Accessed June 5, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=SMIT&GSfn=E&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=
1761&GRid=43625246&
FindAGrave.com. “Mehittable Smith Hoyt.” Accessed June 5, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59657272&ref=acom
FindAGrave.com. “Sylvia H. Goodrich.” Accessed Juen 5, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=goodrich&GSfn=s&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScnty=1992&
GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=43792583&df=all&
Reamy, Bill and Martha, comp. Erie County, New York Obituaries: As Found in the Files of the
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000.
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