Mary Brown (Bellows) Smith (1800 - 1885)

Born 6 Jan 1800 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Crawford — married 21 Apr 1838 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Wife of George K Smith — married 17 Aug 1861 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1885 at age 85 in Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mary first married Pliny Dickinson (1777-1834)

James Crawford and Mary B. Dickenson married in Walpole, New Hampshire in 1838.^[1]

George K. Smith and Mary B. Crawford were married in Dubuque, Iowa in 1861.^[2]

Mary passed away in 1885.^[3]

"Published: The Anamosa Journal, Anamosa, Iowa, Thursday, Feb. 19, 1885, page 4

DEATH OF AN AGED LADY

Mrs. M. B. C. Smith of Monticello, mother of J. L. Dickinson of Manchester, formerly of Dubuque, and aunt to Mrs. F. S. Dunham, of Monticello, died in this city, on Monday at the age of 85 years. She was one of the earliest settlors in Iowa. Settled in the city of Dubuque when it was a mere village, and lived there many years. Latterly she lived in Monticello, with her daughter, Miss Emily Smith. Although she was almost totally blind and could not read a letter or a newspaper, she wrote very entertaining letters to her friends, and with an almost elegant precision in her penmanship. A premonition told her the end was at hand, and for months before her death she worked unremittingly writing farewell letters and making farewell quilts which she sent to her friends as mementos of herself. She was married three times; and eight of her sons are worthy and useful members of society."

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6C-T2Z : 1 August 2022), James Crawford and Mary B. Dickenson, 1838.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKQ-T41 : Wed Dec 06 21:57:17 UTC 2023), Entry for George K. Smith and Mary B. Crawford, 17 Aug 1861.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83311693/mary-brown_c-smith: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for Mary Brown C. Bellows Smith (6 Jan 1800–16 Feb 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83311693, citing Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Cheryl Locher Moonen (contributor 47601076).

• * * Membership Ancestor Chart (The MAC File) #79-653. National Genealogical Society. Submitted 16 January 1980, by W. E. Dickinson, Kansas City, Missouri. Documentation listed: family records, certified death certificate copies, GSA copies of Civil War Service Statements.

• Bellows Genealogy or John Bellows the boy emigrant of 1635 and his decendants, Keene, N. H.; Sentinel Printing Co., 1898, pg 242.