66810.Catherine Smith. Born ca 1827 in Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York.
66811.Charity Smith. Born ca 1829 in Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York. Charity died in Copake, Columbia County, New York on 12 Jan 1890. Buried in North Copake Cemetery, Craryville.
On 27 Sep 1866 Charity married Norman Niver. Born ca 1826. Norman died in Copake, Columbia County, New York on 18 Dec 1910. Buried in North Copake Cemetery, Craryville.
Norman first married Catherine Lampman, second Charity Smith.
North Copake Cemetery, Craryville, Columbia County, also called Niver Cemetery
Norman Niver, d. 18 Dec 1910 æ. 84
Catherine Lampman Niver, d. 8 Jan 1865
Charity Smith Niver, d. 12 Jan 1890
66812.Hannah Smith. Born on 22 Apr 1831 in Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York.
Hannah married John Bain. Born ca 1831 in New York.
66813.Maria C. Smith. Born ca Jul 1833 in Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York. Maria C. died in Columbia County, New York on 13 Dec 1884. Buried in North Copake Cemetery, Craryville.
North Copake Cemetery, Craryville, Columbia County, also called Niver Cemetery
Maria C. Smith, wife of Peter C. Niver, d. 13 Dec 1884 æ. 51 years 5 months
Maria C. married Peter C. Niver.
66814.John L. Smith. Born on 12 Jan 1837 in Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York. John L. died in 1904. Buried in North Copake Cemetery, Craryville.
Biography from Columbia County at the End of the Century, volume II. Hudson, NY, 1900.
SMITH, John L., of Taghkanic, was born on the farm where he now resides in the town of Taghkanic, January 12, 1837, son of Killian and Polly (Lampman) Smith, who had five children, as follows: Catherine, Charity, Hannah, Maria and John L., all born on the homestead where John L. now resides. Killian was a son of Adam K. and Charity (Dinehart) Smith, who had three children: Jacob, Killian, and Hannah. Jacob had one son, Jacob. Adam K. Smith was a son of John, who was of German descent and was the first of the family to come to Columbia county. He took up the farm now occupied by John L., which has been in possession of the family up to the present time. John L. Smith was educated in the schools of Taghkanic and Claverack Academy. He was associated with his father on the home farm until the latter's death in 1881, at the age of eighty-two years, when he came into possession of the homestead, which contains 260 acres; he has added more to the farm and now carries on general farming on a farm of 460 acres. In 1864 Mr. Smith married Annie, daughter of Edward and Hannah Culver; they have two children: Killian, who married Grace, daughter of Daniel Van Deusen; they have two children, John L. and Russell; and Annie, wife of Lewis Smith; they have two children, Lewis, Jr., and Thelma. The family are liberal contributing and supporting members to the different denominations.
1900 Federal Census. Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York Roll 1020, page 1A, family 1
John L. Smith, head, b. Jan 1837, 63, m. 21 years, farmer
Anna C. Smith, wife, b. Nov 1839, 60, m. 21 years, no children Both were born in New York as were their parents. Next door is the family of Kilian A. & Grace M. Smith. Killian was also the census enumerator which explains how his father’s family got to be first on the census record.
North Copake Cemetery, Craryville, Columbia County
John L. Smith, 1837–1904
Anna E. Culver Smith, d. 20 Feb 1875 æ. 33 yrs 10 mos 5 days
John L. married Anna E. Culver, daughter of Edward Culver & Hannah. Born ca 15 Dec 1841. Anna E. died on 20 Feb 1875. Buried in North Copake Cemetery, Craryville.