The Smith Family

of Woodbury County, Iowa · from Cattaraugus County, New York · documented from the public record

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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

Source: Past and Present of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa

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According to Past and Present of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa, 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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