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Name Rufus Smead18,9
Birth 27 Oct 1764, Montague, Massachusetts11,9,18
Death 20 Feb 1848, Adrian Twp, Lenawee Co, Michigan18,11
Burial West Adrian Cem, Adrian, Michigan
Father Samuel Smead (1719-1809)
Mother Rebecca Severance (1728-1769)
Spouses
1 Charlotte Bardwell11,9
Birth 28 Mar 17799
Death 25 Sep 1799, Shelburne, Mass11,9
Father Reuben Bardwell (1754-1840)
Mother Susanna Wilson (ca1755-1828)
Marriage 14 Jul 179518
Children Sophia (1797-)
Charlotte (1798-1858)
2 Sarah (Sally) Lothrop11,9
Birth ca 1775
Death 7 Nov 1804, Bolton, NY11,9
Marriage 180311,9
Children Sarah (1804-)
3 Anna Hawks11,9
Birth 13 Sep 1774, Shelburne, Massachusetts9,18
Death 25 Aug 1868, Adrian, Michigan69
Burial West Adrian Cem, Adrian, Michigan
Father Ensign Moses Hawks (1737-1806)
Mother Rhoda Childs (1746-1834)
Marriage 19 Nov 1807, Shelburne, Mass.11,9
Children Moses Hawks (1808-1867)
Anna (1810-1885)
Lovina H. (1812-1898)
Rufus (1814-1887)
Elizabeth (1817-1915)
Samuel (1819-1819)
Notes for Rufus Smead
Other birthdates for Rufus Smead appear as 21 Oct 1756, 27 Oct 1757, and 26 Oct 1756. Need to check sources and identify most probable date.

Rufus settled in Shelburne ca. 1810, moved to Bolton NY, then returned to Shelburne, from which he moved to Adrian, Michigan, in 1834.11

Question: What year did Rufus die, 20 Feb 1848 or 1840?
Notes for Anna (Spouse 3)
Several sources give date of death as 30 Aug 1868, including a newspaper death notice posted on Lenawee Co. GenWeb.11,9,2,4 Death notice says she came to Michigan in 1833.4
Last Modified 28 Nov 1998 Created 9 Dec 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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