Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

SMITH, Horace Binney

Male Abt 1806 - 1885  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name SMITH, Horace Binney  [1
    Born Abt 1806  Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Nov 1885  Probably Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8874  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father SMITH, Jonathan,   b. 2 Dec 1775, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1822  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother PARKER, Elizabeth 
    Family ID F3132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WRIGHT, Mary H.,   b. Abt 1810, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Probably Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 31 Mar 1829  Hunterdon County (Now Mercer County ), New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. SMITH, Franklin
     2. SMITH, Elizabeth
     3. SMITH, Anna Wood,   b. Abt 1833,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. SMITH, Louis H.,   b. Abt 1835,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. SMITH, Frederick B.,   b. 18 Jun 1839, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1913, National Military Home, Elizabeth City, Chesapeake County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. SMITH, William S.,   b. Abt 1841,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. SMITH, Ellen C.,   b. Abt 1845, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1877, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
     8. SMITH, Craig R.,   b. Abt 1847, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F1028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S349] The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600s-1800s.