LABAN A. SMITH was born at Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, NY, November 14, 1828, son of Lucy Thompson & Marvin Smith, son of Lydia Gates & Benjamin Smith, son of Hannah Atwater & Daniel Smith, son of Anna Morris & Samuel Smith, son of Elizabeth Paterson & Thomas Smith, who were married in New Haven, Connecticutt in 1662.
On his mother, Lucy's side, Laban A. Smith was the grandson of Dorcas Andrews & John Thompson, son of Esther Perkins & Timothy Thompson, son of Sarah Pardee & John Thompson, son of Mercy & John Thompson, son of Priscilla Powell & John Thompson, son of Eleanor & John Thompson, who signed the Connecticut Colony Constitution in June 1639.
Laban was a prominent pioneer farmer in the Township of Portland. He arrived in 1866 and accumulated over 700 acres of land in Sec. 9 &10, 11-17 by the time of his retirement in 1890.
A photo of his homestead in the book, Schenck's History of Ionia and Moncalm Counties, 1881 is recognized as what is now the Portland Country Club on Divine Hwy outside or Portland.
Laban's wife Hannah was a daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Bachus Gillette. Laban & Hannah were married November 17, 1852. In 1857 they moved to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1865 to White Pigeon, Michigan, and in 1866 to Portland, Michigan.
Laban Smith was a member of the Baptist Church and a Republican in politics.
He first voted for General Winfield Scott, a Whig, for President, then John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for President, then Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican to win, and all Republicans thereafter.
He was Portland Township Highway Commissioner for several years, Township Supervisor 1875-1879, and Ionia County Superintendent of the Poor 1880-1890.
Laban & Hannah divided their land among their six living children and retired to the village of Portland in 1890, when he was age 62. They lived on the west side of Smith Street, in the second house south of James Street. He was a Portland Village Trustee, and devoted much of his time to reading in his home library of choice books.
Sources: Chapman's Portait & Biographical Album of Ionia & Montcalm Counties, 1891 and Schenck's History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, 1881.
Death Notice:
The Portland Observer, Wednesday, October 13, 1897
Died at his home in this village on Monday morning last of kidney and bladder and heart trouble, Laban A. Smith. He would have been 69 years of age the 14th of November next.
Source: usgwarchives.net
On his mother, Lucy's side, Laban A. Smith was the grandson of Dorcas Andrews & John Thompson, son of Esther Perkins & Timothy Thompson, son of Sarah Pardee & John Thompson, son of Mercy & John Thompson, son of Priscilla Powell & John Thompson, son of Eleanor & John Thompson, who signed the Connecticut Colony Constitution in June 1639.
Laban was a prominent pioneer farmer in the Township of Portland. He arrived in 1866 and accumulated over 700 acres of land in Sec. 9 &10, 11-17 by the time of his retirement in 1890.
A photo of his homestead in the book, Schenck's History of Ionia and Moncalm Counties, 1881 is recognized as what is now the Portland Country Club on Divine Hwy outside or Portland.
Laban's wife Hannah was a daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Bachus Gillette. Laban & Hannah were married November 17, 1852. In 1857 they moved to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1865 to White Pigeon, Michigan, and in 1866 to Portland, Michigan.
Laban Smith was a member of the Baptist Church and a Republican in politics.
He first voted for General Winfield Scott, a Whig, for President, then John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for President, then Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican to win, and all Republicans thereafter.
He was Portland Township Highway Commissioner for several years, Township Supervisor 1875-1879, and Ionia County Superintendent of the Poor 1880-1890.
Laban & Hannah divided their land among their six living children and retired to the village of Portland in 1890, when he was age 62. They lived on the west side of Smith Street, in the second house south of James Street. He was a Portland Village Trustee, and devoted much of his time to reading in his home library of choice books.
Sources: Chapman's Portait & Biographical Album of Ionia & Montcalm Counties, 1891 and Schenck's History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, 1881.
Death Notice:
The Portland Observer, Wednesday, October 13, 1897
Died at his home in this village on Monday morning last of kidney and bladder and heart trouble, Laban A. Smith. He would have been 69 years of age the 14th of November next.
Source: usgwarchives.net
LABAN A. SMITH was born at Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, NY, November 14, 1828, son of Lucy Thompson & Marvin Smith, son of Lydia Gates & Benjamin Smith, son of Hannah Atwater & Daniel Smith, son of Anna Morris & Samuel Smith, son of Elizabeth Paterson & Thomas Smith, who were married in New Haven, Connecticutt in 1662.
On his mother, Lucy's side, Laban A. Smith was the grandson of Dorcas Andrews & John Thompson, son of Esther Perkins & Timothy Thompson, son of Sarah Pardee & John Thompson, son of Mercy & John Thompson, son of Priscilla Powell & John Thompson, son of Eleanor & John Thompson, who signed the Connecticut Colony Constitution in June 1639.
Laban was a prominent pioneer farmer in the Township of Portland. He arrived in 1866 and accumulated over 700 acres of land in Sec. 9 &10, 11-17 by the time of his retirement in 1890.
A photo of his homestead in the book, Schenck's History of Ionia and Moncalm Counties, 1881 is recognized as what is now the Portland Country Club on Divine Hwy outside or Portland.
Laban's wife Hannah was a daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Bachus Gillette. Laban & Hannah were married November 17, 1852. In 1857 they moved to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1865 to White Pigeon, Michigan, and in 1866 to Portland, Michigan.
Laban Smith was a member of the Baptist Church and a Republican in politics.
He first voted for General Winfield Scott, a Whig, for President, then John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for President, then Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican to win, and all Republicans thereafter.
He was Portland Township Highway Commissioner for several years, Township Supervisor 1875-1879, and Ionia County Superintendent of the Poor 1880-1890.
Laban & Hannah divided their land among their six living children and retired to the village of Portland in 1890, when he was age 62. They lived on the west side of Smith Street, in the second house south of James Street. He was a Portland Village Trustee, and devoted much of his time to reading in his home library of choice books.
Sources: Chapman's Portait & Biographical Album of Ionia & Montcalm Counties, 1891 and Schenck's History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, 1881.
Death Notice:
The Portland Observer, Wednesday, October 13, 1897
Died at his home in this village on Monday morning last of kidney and bladder and heart trouble, Laban A. Smith. He would have been 69 years of age the 14th of November next.
Source: usgwarchives.net
On his mother, Lucy's side, Laban A. Smith was the grandson of Dorcas Andrews & John Thompson, son of Esther Perkins & Timothy Thompson, son of Sarah Pardee & John Thompson, son of Mercy & John Thompson, son of Priscilla Powell & John Thompson, son of Eleanor & John Thompson, who signed the Connecticut Colony Constitution in June 1639.
Laban was a prominent pioneer farmer in the Township of Portland. He arrived in 1866 and accumulated over 700 acres of land in Sec. 9 &10, 11-17 by the time of his retirement in 1890.
A photo of his homestead in the book, Schenck's History of Ionia and Moncalm Counties, 1881 is recognized as what is now the Portland Country Club on Divine Hwy outside or Portland.
Laban's wife Hannah was a daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Bachus Gillette. Laban & Hannah were married November 17, 1852. In 1857 they moved to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1865 to White Pigeon, Michigan, and in 1866 to Portland, Michigan.
Laban Smith was a member of the Baptist Church and a Republican in politics.
He first voted for General Winfield Scott, a Whig, for President, then John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for President, then Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican to win, and all Republicans thereafter.
He was Portland Township Highway Commissioner for several years, Township Supervisor 1875-1879, and Ionia County Superintendent of the Poor 1880-1890.
Laban & Hannah divided their land among their six living children and retired to the village of Portland in 1890, when he was age 62. They lived on the west side of Smith Street, in the second house south of James Street. He was a Portland Village Trustee, and devoted much of his time to reading in his home library of choice books.
Sources: Chapman's Portait & Biographical Album of Ionia & Montcalm Counties, 1891 and Schenck's History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, 1881.
Death Notice:
The Portland Observer, Wednesday, October 13, 1897
Died at his home in this village on Monday morning last of kidney and bladder and heart trouble, Laban A. Smith. He would have been 69 years of age the 14th of November next.
Source: usgwarchives.net
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