Harriet M. (Angier) Smith (1831 - 1907)

Born 31 Aug 1831 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Henry Smith — married 28 Aug 1899 in Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, United States

Died 10 Sep 1907 at age 76 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Harriet M. Angier was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, on 31 Aug 1831, the daughter of Elisha Angier and Sally (Russell) Angier.^[1]

In 1850, Harriet M. Angier was living at Alstead, New Hampshire, with the family of her brother Silas Angier.^[2]

Harriet Angier married Sylvanus B. Titus on 7 Sep 1858.^[1] In 1870, Sylvanus Titus, 60, painter, and Harriet M. Titus, 38, were living at Keene, New Hampshire.^[3] Sylvanus Titus died at Keene on 11 Oct 1873.^[4]

After more than a quarter-century as a widow, Harriet (Angier) Titus, 67, seamstress of Keene, New Hampshire, married the widower Moses Smith, 66, real estate agent of Loup City, Nebraska,at Westminster, Vermont, on 28 Aug 1899.^[5][6]

In 1900, Moses H. Smith, born in March 1834, retired farmer, was living at Loup City, Nebraska, with Harriette M. Smith, born in August 1839, both born in New Hampshire. The census says they had been married for nine months and that Harriette was the mother of no children.^[7]

Moses Smith died at Loup City, Nebraska, on 17 Mar 1902, widowing Harriet for the second time.^[8]

Harriet (Angier) (Titus) Smith died from uremia at Keene, New Hampshire, on 10 Sep 1907, with her age at her death recorded as 76 years, 9 days.^[9] Her gravestone at the Woodland Cemetery in Keene says that she died on 10 Sep 1907 at the age of 76 years, 9 months.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Martha McDonalds Frizzell, A history of Walpole, New Hampshire (Walpole, N. H., 1963), page 8
2. ↑ Harriet M. Angier in the Silas Angier family, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 74 > family 83 > image 10 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Sylvanus Titus family, in United States Census, 1870,, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Keene > household 765 > family 860 > image 98 of 152; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Death record of Sylvanus Titus, in New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch > FHL film #004244243 > image 3855 of 5059; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
5. ↑ record of Moses henry Smith and Harriette M. Titus, in New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services; Concord, NH, USA; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61836 #204506
6. ↑ FamilySearch abstract of the marriage record of Moses Henry Smith and Harriette M. Tites (sic), in New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, database, FamilySearch
7. ↑ Moses H. Smith family, in United States Census, 1900,, database with images, FamilySearch > Nebraska > Sherman > ED 189 Loup Township Loup city > household 164 > family 164 > image 16 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Burial record of Moses H. Smith, in Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, BurialRecords, 1861-1948, database, FamilySearch > FHL film #4177097 > image 2340 of 2447; citing Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.
9. ↑ Death record of Harriet M. Smith, in New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch > FHL film #004243259 > image 500 of 2838; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #92342314 for Harriette M. (Angier) Titus, with photo of gravestone of "Harriette Angier wife of S. Titus"