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Ellen Sophia <I>Bucknam</I> Smith

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Ellen Sophia Bucknam Smith

Birth
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1 Apr 1915 (aged 69)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
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died aged 69y 9m 17ds; widowed; resident of 57 Cherry st., Northampton, Mass.; died at Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.; fractured femur, prob. pulm. embolism, acc. fall from stairs

dau. of James E Bucknam and Rebecca (Ingraham) Bucknam
father James was b. Boston, mother Rebecca was b. Hatfield

m. William D Smith 10 Sept 1865 in Northampton, Mass.
Married by Rev. Roland Ayers
Wm D Smith 1st marriage, aged 23y resides Nhmpton a carpenter
Wm was b. Dalton, Mass. in 1842 to Asa Smith and Sarah (_____) Smith
Ellen Bucknam 1st marriage age 20 resides Nhmpton
Ellen b. Nhmpton 1845 to James Bucknam and Rebecca Ingraham

Children -
1900 census reads Ellen was mother of 10 children of which 6 were living - 9 children found, all born in Northampton, as follows:
Helen "Nellie" W b. 21 Apr 1866 m. John D. Richardson
Mary Alice b. 13 Jan 1870
Carrie B b. 9 Dec 1871 d. 8 August 1872
Willie A b. 23 Sep 1873 d. 25 Sept 1873
Henry Munroe b. 18 May 1875 m. Bertha L Riedel
Harriet Abbie b. 23 Dec 1876 m. Herbert Walker
Fred Butler b. 03 Sep 1878
Robert Strong b. 02 Apr 1881 m. Annie M. Klein
George A died 15 Oct 1884

Death of Mrs Ellen S Smith
Mrs Ellen S Smith, 69, widow of William D Smith, died yesterday morning at the Boston city hospital, where she had been taken after sustaining a fracture of the hip at the home of her nephew, William Bucknam, in Melrose three weeks ago. Mrs Smith had gone to Melrose to attend the funeral of her brother, George Bucknam. Mrs. Smith was born in Northampton at the house on Cherry street, which was her home at the time of her death and had spent her life in Northampton. She is survived by five children, Mrs John Richardson of Westfield, Henry M., Mary A., Robert S., and Mrs. Herbert E Walker of Northampton. The funeral arrangements are not yet made.
[published Friday, April 2, 1915, Springfield Republican]
died aged 69y 9m 17ds; widowed; resident of 57 Cherry st., Northampton, Mass.; died at Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.; fractured femur, prob. pulm. embolism, acc. fall from stairs

dau. of James E Bucknam and Rebecca (Ingraham) Bucknam
father James was b. Boston, mother Rebecca was b. Hatfield

m. William D Smith 10 Sept 1865 in Northampton, Mass.
Married by Rev. Roland Ayers
Wm D Smith 1st marriage, aged 23y resides Nhmpton a carpenter
Wm was b. Dalton, Mass. in 1842 to Asa Smith and Sarah (_____) Smith
Ellen Bucknam 1st marriage age 20 resides Nhmpton
Ellen b. Nhmpton 1845 to James Bucknam and Rebecca Ingraham

Children -
1900 census reads Ellen was mother of 10 children of which 6 were living - 9 children found, all born in Northampton, as follows:
Helen "Nellie" W b. 21 Apr 1866 m. John D. Richardson
Mary Alice b. 13 Jan 1870
Carrie B b. 9 Dec 1871 d. 8 August 1872
Willie A b. 23 Sep 1873 d. 25 Sept 1873
Henry Munroe b. 18 May 1875 m. Bertha L Riedel
Harriet Abbie b. 23 Dec 1876 m. Herbert Walker
Fred Butler b. 03 Sep 1878
Robert Strong b. 02 Apr 1881 m. Annie M. Klein
George A died 15 Oct 1884

Death of Mrs Ellen S Smith
Mrs Ellen S Smith, 69, widow of William D Smith, died yesterday morning at the Boston city hospital, where she had been taken after sustaining a fracture of the hip at the home of her nephew, William Bucknam, in Melrose three weeks ago. Mrs Smith had gone to Melrose to attend the funeral of her brother, George Bucknam. Mrs. Smith was born in Northampton at the house on Cherry street, which was her home at the time of her death and had spent her life in Northampton. She is survived by five children, Mrs John Richardson of Westfield, Henry M., Mary A., Robert S., and Mrs. Herbert E Walker of Northampton. The funeral arrangements are not yet made.
[published Friday, April 2, 1915, Springfield Republican]

Inscription

MOTHER [on top of stone]
ELLEN S. BUCKNAM
WIFE OF
WM D SMITH
1845-1915
After life's brave endeavor
perfect rest



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  • Maintained by: Susan Coleman Fraser Relative Great-grandparent
  • Originally Created by: Anonymous
  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54328294/ellen_sophia-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Ellen Sophia Bucknam Smith (15 Jun 1845–1 Apr 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54328294, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Susan Coleman Fraser (contributor 49136392).