Melissa Smith
Melissa Smith (maiden name Woods) was born on June 4, 1801, in Massachusetts. She married Reuben Smith, and they had at least two children: Sarah, born around 1832; and Samuel, born around 1839. They lived in Crown Point, New York, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $4,500 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $4,900 of real estate and $3,030 of personal property, and by 1870, their wealth had grown to $7,500 of real estate and $4,500 of personal property. Her husband died on February 8, 1871. By 1875, she was living in her daughter Sarah’s household in Crown Point. She died in New York on March 5, 1881.
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(2146)Smith, Melissa ~ Woods, Melissa1801-06-041881-03-05
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 14

  • (3496) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 28 August 1861
  • (3497) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 28 February 1864
  • (3498) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 23 May 1861
  • (6732) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 1 October 1861
  • (6733) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 8 April 1862
  • (6736) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 11 April 1862
  • (6739) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 10 May 1863
  • (6740) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 14 June 1863
  • (6741) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 3 November 1863
  • (6742) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 18 November 1863
  • (6743) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 7 December 1863
  • (6744) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 23 January 1864
  • (6745) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 19 March 1864
  • (6746) [recipient] ~ Alfred C. Woods to Melissa Smith, 19 April 1864

People - Records: 1

  • (2146) Smith, Melissa is the [aunt/uncle of] (2145) Woods, Alfred Covell

Places - Records: 2

  • (495) [birth] ~ Massachusetts
  • (67) [death] ~ New York

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855, 1865, and 1875 New York State Censuses, available from Ancestry.com.