Rufus Smead Jr.

Person Sheet

Name	Rufus Smead Jr.^11,9
Birth	18 May 1814, Bolton, NY^11,18
Death	27 Aug 1887, Blissfield, Mich.¹⁸
Occupation	Farmer⁸
Father	Rufus Smead (1764-1848)
Mother	Anna Hawks (1774-1868)

Spouses

1	Jane Angell¹¹
Birth	ca 1817, Vermont⁸
Death	4 Feb 1897¹⁸

Marriage

27 Feb 1839¹⁸

Children	Melinda Anna (1842-1852)
	John David (1845-1918)
	(George) Adelbert (1847-1911)
	Edgar Herman (Twin) (1853-)
	Edwin Irving (Twin) (1853-)
	Clara Isabel (1856-1879)
	(Frank) Eugene (1861-)

Notes for Rufus Smead Jr.

1870 census has him born in Mass. and living in Rome Twp, Lenawee Co.⁸

1880 census:
Census Place: Rome, Lenawee, Michigan
Source: FHL Film 1254591 National Archives Film T9-0591 Page 438C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Rufus SMEAD Self M M W 66 MA
Occ: Farmer Fa: MA Mo: MA
Jane SMEAD Wife F M W 60 VT
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VT Mo: VT
Adelbert SMEAD Son M S W 30 MI
Occ: Farmer Fa: MA Mo: VT
Eugene SMEAD Son M M W 20 MI
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: MA Mo: VT¹⁵

Notes for Jane (Spouse 1)

Surname spelled Angel in one source¹⁸ and Angle in another. Perhaps a dau. of John & Sarah Angell who lived in Adrian Twp from 1836 to ca. 1846.²

Last Modified 17 Mar 2002

Created 9 Dec 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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