Franklin Henry Smead (1842 - 1918)

Born 16 Sep 1842 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Died 26 Mar 1918 at age 75 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Corp Franklin Smead served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 22 Apr 1861
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 19th Ohio Infantry, Company G; 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company B

Franklin was born in 1842 to Timothy H. Smead and Mary E. At the beginning of the Civil War, Franklin enlisted and served 3 months in Company G of the 19th OVI. Franklin then enlisted in Company B of the 103rd OVI on 26 Jul 1862. He mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865 with a rank of Corporal. Franklin married Carrie P. Plummer on 29 Nov 1866 in Cuyahoga County. Carrie passed away before 1880. Franklin was a Printer by trade like his father. He passed away in 1918.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83396410/franklin-h-smead: accessed 16 June 2023), memorial page for Franklin H. Smead (16 Sep 1842–26 Mar 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83396410, citing Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Cleveland Ward 2, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 672; Page: 213a

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Cleveland Ward 6, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_952; Page: 40; Family History Library Film: 803952

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1006; Page: 55D; Enumeration District: 018

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 12, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1253; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0047

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 12, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T624_1170; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0195; FHL microfilm: 1375183

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.

• Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007