Levi Seth Smith
1814 - 1887 (73 years)
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Name Levi Seth Smith Born 1 Mar 1814 Montgomery, North Carolina, USA 
Gender Male Occupation 13 Jan 1837 Henry, Iowa, USA Constable Census 1840 Henry, Iowa, USA Residence 1850 Center, Henry, Iowa, USA Residence 1852 Center, Henry, Iowa, USA Residence 1854 Center, Henry, Iowa, USA Census 1856 Center, Henry, Iowa, USA Residence 1860 Center, Henry, Iowa, USA Census 28 Jul 1870 Center, Henry, Iowa, USA Find-A-Grave 65834817 Reference Number 33421 Residence 1880 Belmont, Warren, Iowa, USA Died 23 Nov 1887 Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA Buried Henry, Iowa, USA - Home Bethel (Bethel-Barton) Cemetery
Person ID I33421 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Phillip Smith, b. Abt 1790, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA , d. 14 Sep 1860, Christian, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 70 years) Relationship natural Mother Nancy Cooper, b. Abt 1794, South Carolina, USA , d. 20 Aug 1854, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 60 years) Relationship natural Married Montgomery, North Carolina, USA Family ID F11001 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Evaline Darneille, b. 2 May 1814, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 15 Jul 1890, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years) Married 15 Sep 1833 Sangamon, Illinois, USA Children 1. Henry Washington Smith, b. 28 Nov 1836, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. 8 Aug 1921, Jefferson, Henry, Iowa, USA (Age 84 years) [natural]2. Jasper Smith, b. 12 Jun 1854, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. 3 Mar 1940, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 85 years) [natural]3. James Oliver Smith, b. 10 Jan 1838, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. 2 Jun 1927, Henry, Iowa, USA (Age 89 years) [natural]4. Eli Smith, b. 15 Apr 1845, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. 6 Dec 1939, Wayne, Iowa, USA (Age 94 years) [natural]5. Amanda Melvina Smith, b. 25 Jan 1840, Iowa, USA , d. 10 Jan 1929 (Age 88 years) [natural]6. Asbury Smith, b. 19 Sep 1842, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. Somme, Picardie, France [natural]7. Martha Ann Smith, b. 30 Sep 1848, Iowa, USA , d. 1938, Oregon, USA (Age 89 years) [natural]8. Nancy Jane Smith, b. 11 Apr 1844, Iowa, USA , d. 15 Sep 1875 (Age 31 years) [natural]9. Albert Smith, b. 20 May 1852, Center, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. Jun 1919 (Age 67 years) [natural]10. Alice Smith, b. 7 Dec 1855, Iowa, USA , d. 19 Jan 1943, Warren, Iowa, USA (Age 87 years) [natural]11. Sarah Smith, b. 28 Sep 1858, Center, Henry, Iowa, USA , d. 24 Apr 1869, Henry, Iowa, USA (Age 10 years) [natural]12. Irving Smith [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F11000 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1 Mar 1814 - Montgomery, North Carolina, USA 
Married - 15 Sep 1833 - Sangamon, Illinois, USA 
Occupation - Constable - 13 Jan 1837 - Henry, Iowa, USA Census - 1840 - Henry, Iowa, USA 
Died - 23 Nov 1887 - Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA Buried - - Henry, Iowa, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Levi Seth Smith 1814-1887
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Notes - Jan 13, 1837 Mt. Pleasant, Iowa:
The FIRST ELECTION for county officers ever held in this county, took place on the 13th day of January, 1837, at which Robert Caulk, Samuel Brazelton and George J. Sharp, were elected county commissioners; Dayton C. Roberts, county treasurer, and John Riddle, coroner. N.M. Scott, H.M. Synder, Richard Childers, Levi Smith and William Stout were elected constables. Sheriffs and justices of the peace were appointed by the Governor. William D. Brown was the first sheriff; and Samuel Nelson, George Moffett and Abraham C. Dover were among the first justices of the peace.
The first District Court in the county was held in a rickety log cabin, on the west side of the public square, in Mt. Pleasant, April 14th, 1837, the Hon. David Irvin, of Wisconsin, presiding, the Hon. W.W. Chapman, acting as the United States District Attorney, and Dr. Jesse D. Payne asking as clerk. A Grand Jury was duly impaneled, composed of the following persons: Claybourne Jones, sen., Samuel Heaton, Marshall Saunders, C.W. Hughes, D.C. Roberts, Wm. W. Morrow, James McCoy, K.T. Maulding, Benjamin F. Hutton, Jacob Burge, Moses Shirley, W.J. Sowell, Thomas Clarke, Wm. King, David Minter, James Williford, sen., G.W. Lewis, Henry Synder, sen., Berry Joines, Little Hughes, John H. Randoplh, Presley Saunders and Warren L. Jenkins - John H. Randolph, acting as foreman.
Taken from "The 100th Anniversary of Mt. Pleasant Lodge No. 8" - Written by C.W. Cruikshank:
In his search for a location in the Black Hawk purchase, Presley Saunders was accompanied by his nephew, Mr. Levi Smith, who was the grandfather of the late Mrs. Henry Traut of this city. From a letter to Mr. Traut, under date of Dec. 17, 1943, from Dr. H.C. Smith, Glendale, Calif., a cousin of Mrs. Henry Traut and likewise a grandson of Levi Smith, I am pleased to submit the following: "In 1833, he (Levi Smith) and Presley Saunders, his uncle, joined a wagon train at Springfield, Ill., for the West. For some reason, Presley Saunders and grandad (Levi) left the wagon train at Farmington, Ia., and started across country looking for land. Presley found the spring in the grove that is now Saunder's Park and staked out his claim. Granddad went on out north (Itbelieve) ?? and settled on some lane -- Scott's land as I remember it. The bleakness of the winter drove him from there down to the timber south of town where he could get shelter, lumber, and firewood.
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