Twelfth Generation

1099. Laura Robinson Chatfield was born on 13 May 1813 in Greene Co., New York, USA. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, USA. She died on 25 September 1883 at the age of 70 in Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, USA. Laura was buried in Oak Grove Cmtry., Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, USA. Michigan Deaths and Burials
Laura R. Smith, Female
Died: 25 Sept. 1883
Branch Co., Michigan, 70years
Born: 1813 New York
Housewife, White, Widowed.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 98199257
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1850 U.S. Federal Census Medina, Lenawee Co., MI Dw. 644, Fam. 644
Davis Smith, 42, M, Farmer, 1800, NY
Laura R. Smith, 37, F, NY
Emeline Smith, 13, F, MI
Olive Smith, 10, F, MI
Mary A. Wilber, 20, F, NY
Levi Stockwell, 27, M, Farmer, 500, NY
William H. Blossom, 24, M, Farmer, NY
Christopher Stockwell, 20, M, Laborer, NY
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1860 U.S. Federal Census Coldwater Village, Branch Co., MI Pg. 73, Fam. 563
Davis Smith, 52, 1808, NY, M
Laura R. Smith, 47, 1813, NY, F
Oliver Smith, 19, 1841, MI, F
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1870 U.S. Federal Census Coldwater, Ward 4, Branch Co., Mi Pg. 5, Dw. 36, Fam. 38
Henry C. Bailey, 37, M, W, Leather Dealer, NY
Emma Bailey, 32, F, W, Keeping House, MI
Louis Bailey, 12, M, W, At Home, MI
Willis C. Bailey, 8, M, W, At Home, I
Robert R. Bailey, 4, M, W, MI
Alice E. Bailey, 1, F, W, MI
Laura R. Smith, 57, F, W, At Home, NY
Eliza Rhodes, 21, F, W, Domestic, England
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1880 U.S. Federal census Coldwater, Branch Co., MI Pg. 568A
Robert Watson, M, 39, Married, Butcher, Self, England, 1841, FB & MB England
Olive Watson, F, 39, Married, Wife, MI, 1841, FB & MB NY
Laura L. Watson, F, 11, Single, At School, Daughter, 1869, FB England, MB MI
Lizzie E. Watson, F, 9, Single, At School, Daughter, 1871, FB England, MB MI
Laura R. Smith, F, 67, Widowed, Mother, NY, 1813, FB & MB CT
Edwin Watson, M, 22, Single, Laborer, Cousin, MI, 1858, FB & MB England

Laura Robinson Chatfield and Davis Smith were married on 20 February 1834 in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan, USA. Davis Smith, son of Uriah Platt Smith and Molly Lester, was born on 6 March 1808 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, USA. He died on 26 March 1869 at the age of 61 in Oak Grove Cmtry., Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, USA. He was buried in Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 8561580
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Brigadier General, Politician. Actively involved in the Black Hawk wars both as Adjutant and as a Colonel,he was later comissioned as a Brigadier General by Govener Stevens T. Mason. In 1838 Smith was elected as a Represenative to the State Legislature from Lenawee County.

Laura Robinson Chatfield and Davis Smith had the following children: