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- Horace seems to have been named after an esteemed lawyer from Philadelphia by the name of Horace Binney (1780-1875).
He appears on the 1830, 1840, and 1850 Mercer Co., New Jersey census.
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Horace appears in Trenton, New Jersey on the 1830 census as follows:
Males:
1 age 10-14
1 age 15-19
2 age 20-29
Females:
1 age 20-29
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Horace appears in Trenton, New Jersey on the 1840 census as follows:
Males:
2 age 0-4
2 age 5-10
2 age 20-29
2 age 30-39
1 age 50-59
Females:
1 age 5-10
1 age 15-19
2 age 20-30
2 age 30-39
1 age 40-49
1 age 50-59
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The 1850 census shows the family as follows;
Horace Smith, 44, M, Boarding House Owner, $700 (real estate), b. PA
Mary W., 40, F, -, -, Born - NJ
Anna W., 17, F, -, -. Born - NJ
Louis H., 15, M, -, -. Born - NJ
Frederick B., M, 10, -, -. Born - NJ
William, 9, M, -, -. Born - NJ
Ellen C., 5, F, -, -. Born - NJ
Craig R., 3, M, -, -. Born - NJ
Euphemia (Ellen?) Wright, 66, F, -, -, New Jersey
(West Ward, Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, P. 201).
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Horace's son Frederick stated in Civil War pension files he had resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1854.
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The 1860 census finds Horace back in Pennsylvania. The family was recorded as follows;
Horace Smith, 56, M, Clerk, $2,000, Penn.
Mary, 50, F, -, -, Penn (actually NJ)
Lewis, 24, M, -, -, Penn (actually NJ)
William, 19, M, -, -, Penn (actually NJ)
Ellen, 15, F, -, -, Penn (actually NJ)
Craig, 13, M, -, -, Penn (actually NJ)
Ellen Wright 74, F, -, $10,000, Penn (actually NJ), Could be Mary's Mother.
(Ward 5, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, P. 139).
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Horace's Obituary appeared in the Trenton Times Newspaper on November 13, 1885, as follows:
Morace Smith, a former resident of Trenton, died in Philadelphia, yesterday, aged 80 years.
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