of Cattaraugus County, New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Orrin B. Smith b. 1816
Orrin B. Smith⚭ Celia Bragg, Genevieve Bower
childrenLovisa Smith · Geraldine Smith · Castana (Celia) Smith · Helen J. Smith · Chloe T. Smith · Orrin E. Smith · Celia Smith · Frank T. Smith · Patience Smith · Hugh Smith · Washington Smith · Alice Smith
Their story
What the record says
Founder of Smithland and its first postmaster.
Pioneer of Woodbury County.
Of Irish, Welsh and Dutch descent.
Married Celia Bragg in New York in 1840 (3 children).
Second wife Genevieve Bower (9 children).
Married twice more after her death with no further children.
Lived in Lake County, Illinois, then Council Bluffs (spring 1852) before settling at Smithland.
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