Fisher Family Genealogy
SMITH Thomas Grant
1866 - 1939 (72 years)-
Name SMITH Thomas Grant Birth 21 Jul 1866 Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL [1] CENSUS 29 Jul 1870 Durham Township, Hancock Co., IL [2] Census: 1870 U.S. - Durham Township, Hancock Co., IL, Roll M593_226; Page: 116A; Image: 236; Family History Library Film: 545725 CENSUS 17 Jun 1880 Durham, Hancock Co., IL [3] - Ages for all family members in this census are two to four years off when compared to ages in 1870 census.
Census: 1880 U.S. - Durham, Hancock Co., IL Roll 211; Family History Film: 1254211; Page: 107A; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 0215 CENSUS 09 Jun 1900 Fountain Green Township, Hancock Co., IL [4] - Years married: 9
States 3 children, two living (an infant death?)
Occupation: Farmer
Renting farm
Census: 1900 U.S. - Fountain Green, Hancock Co., IL Roll T623_304; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19 CENSUS 10 Jun 1910 LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL [5] - Address: Center St.
Age at first marriage: 18 (should be 25 based on marriage date)
Occupation: Laborer, railroad
Can read/write
Renting current home, not on a farm
Census-taker errors: Cora should read Carrie and "Julia, Daughter" should read "Julian, Son."
Census: 1910 U.S. - LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL Roll: T624_290; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 266 CENSUS Apr 1930 Sciota Township, McDonough Co., IL [6] - Living with family of daughter Edith and son-in-law Truman Fisher
Married at age 24
Can read/write
Occupation: Foreman, railroad
Veteran: No
Census: 1930 U.S. - Sciota Township, McDonough Co., IL Roll: 533; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 509.0. Death 20 May 1939 El Paso, Woodford Co., IL [1, 7] - Residence: El Paso, Woodford co., IL; no street address given
Occupation: Sexton hand, IP&W Railroad
Cause of death: Apoplexy
Informant: Albert Smith (son) - From obituary:
Died at home of son Albert Dewey Fisher. "Mr. Smith came from Good Hope
and for the last four year had been living with his son and family."
Cause: "stroke which he suffered on Monday (19 May 1939) complicated with pneumonia"
Visitation held at Ficken Memorial Home in El Paso, IL
Death Certificate: Thomas Grant Smith Obituary: Thomas G. Smith 1939 Burial 22 May 1939 Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL [1, 8] - Plot: Section 3
Headstone: Smith, Thomas Grant (1866-1939)
Plot: Section 3Person ID I170 Main Last Modified 30 Sep 2022
Father SMITH, Abram, b. 25 Oct 1828, Burlington Co., NJ d. 25 Aug 1902, LaHarpe, Hancock Co., IL (Age 73 years) Relationship Birth Mother PARKER, Edith Ann, b. Jan 1830, New Jersey bur. LaHarpe Cemetery, LaHarpe, Hancock Co., IL Relationship Birth Marriage Before 1850 Family ID F332 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MILTON Cordelia Jane, b. 24 Sep 1875, Ferris, Hancock Co., IL d. 9 Dec 1922, Good Hope, McDonough Co., IL (Age 47 years) Marriage 28 Nov 1891 Disco, Hancock Co., IL [9, 10] - Thomas place of residence: Disco, IL
Cordelia place of residence: Ferris, IL
I. T Haverfield, Minister officiating
Witnesses: Eli J. Milton and W. H. Butler
Marriage License: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton Marriage Return: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton - 1891 Children + 1. SMITH, Orville Elwood, b. 10 Sep 1892, Disco, Hancock Co., IL d. 1954 (Age 61 years) [Birth] + 2. SMITH, Albert Dewey, b. 20 Jun 1899, Illinois d. 26 Dec 1973 (Age 74 years) [Birth] + 3. SMITH Carrie Mae, b. 16 Mar 1901 d. 26 Aug 1967, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL (Age 66 years) [Birth] + 4. SMITH Edith Jane, b. 29 Mar 1903, LaHarpe, Hancock Co., IL d. 19 Aug 1972, McDonough Co. District Hospital, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL (Age 69 years) [Birth] + 5. SMITH Julian Francis, b. 29 Jan 1906, LaHarpe, Hancock Co., IL d. 17 Dec 1935, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 29 years) [Birth] + 6. SMITH Anna Mae, b. 12 May 1909, LaHarpe, Hancock Co., IL d. 1958, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 48 years) [Birth] Family ID F58 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Sep 2022
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Sources - [S472] Illinois Death Certificates, (State of Illinois, Dept. of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics), 20 May 1939, File No. 22939 (Reliability: 3).
- [S109] Census: 1870 U.S. - Durham Township, Hancock Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 29 Jul 1870, Roll M593_226; Page: 116A; Image: 236; Family History Library Film: 545725 (Reliability: 3).
- [S108] Census: 1880 U.S. - Durham, Hancock Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 17 Jun 1880, Roll 211; Family History Film: 1254211; Page: 107A; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 0215 (Reliability: 3).
- [S94] Census: 1900 U.S. - Fountain Green, Hancock Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 09 Jun 1900, Roll T623_304; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 19 (Reliability: 3).
- [S95] Census: 1910 U.S. - LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 10 Jun 1910, Roll: T624_290; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 266 (Reliability: 3).
- [S97] Census: 1930 U.S. - Sciota Township, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), Apr 1930, Roll: 533; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 509.0. (Reliability: 3).
- [S541] Obituary: Thomas G. Smith 1939, (The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL: 21 May 1939, p 2), 21 May 1939, 2 (Reliability: 3).
- [S452] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, (Ancestry.com), online search (Reliability: 2).
- [SR24] Marriage Return: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton, (Illinois State Board of Health), 28 Nov 1891, License No. 270. (Reliability: 3).
- [S47] Marriage License: Smith, Thomas and Cordelia Jane Milton, (State of Illinois), 29 Feb 1936, License No. 270. (Reliability: 3).
- [S472] Illinois Death Certificates, (State of Illinois, Dept. of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics), 20 May 1939, File No. 22939 (Reliability: 3).