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Harry Arthur Smiley
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1. Harry Arthur Smiley was born on 14 Apr 1892 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (son of Frank A. Smiley and Georgianna C. Beck); died on 9 Apr 1972 in Miami, Dade Co, Florida, USA.
2. Frank A. Smiley was born on Mar 26, 1861/2 in Harmony, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (son of Freeborn Lewis Smiley and Ann Brown); died on 20 Jun 1943 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
SOURCE: History Of Chautauqua County And Its People - 1921
FRANK A. SMILEY -- The Smiley family, of which today Frank A. Smiley, of Ellery
township, is one of the representatives, is an old one in Chautauqua County, its members
having played conspicuous parts in many different departments of the community?s life
during several generations and are now numerous in the region. Mr. Smiley was born in
the town of Harmony, March 26, 1862, a son of Freeborn L. and Anna (Brown) Smiley,
the former a prominent member of the community where he was engaged for many years
in business as a manufacturer of wagons.
Frank A,. Smiley spent his childhood in his native region, dividing his time between
attending the local district schools and the wholesome sports and pastimes of country
boys. Early in life he began to display that peculiar talent for doing all things well that is
so characteristic of the sturdy, self-reliant youth of America, a talent which may be seen at
present in the various pursuits and enterprises in which he is engaged and in all of which
he has succeeded equally. Upon completing his studies at the local schools, Mr. Smiley
took up the lumber business as an occupation and continued therein for fourteen years,
and later became the owner of a well equipped mill. He also entered the mercantile realm,
and for a time maintained successful stores at Bemus Point and Lakewood. In all his
ventures Mr. Smiley met with the well merited success of his industry and intelligence,
gradually becoming one of the best known and most highly respected figures of the
community and an influential factor in the general business life. Mr. Smiley is a
Republican in politics and although his many and various activities prevent him from
taking that part in public affairs for which his abilities fit him, keeps himself abreast of all
the vital issues of the day, and is a staunch supporter of policies of his party. He is an
active and valued member of Centralia Grange.
Frank A. Smiley married (first) Georgie C. Beck, whose death occurred June 16, 1906 and
by whom he had four children, as follows: George, born Dec. 5, 1890; Harry A., born
April 14, 1892; Raymond F., born Dec. 11, 1899; and Agnes A., born Jan. 13, 1902. He
married (second) July 15, 1909, Louise F. Smith, of Jamestown, N.Y., a daughter of
Charles W. and Delia G. (Stickland) Smith.
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=smiley&GSfn=frank&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=82262685&df=all&
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Obituary:
Frank A. Smiley, 88, of 866 North
Main Street, a retired merchant, died at his home at 8:05 a.m. today. Mr.
Smiley was born in the Town of Harmony, March 26, 1861 the son of Freeburn
and Ann Brown Smiley. He owned and operated a lumber mill in Ellery, several
large farms in this area, and grocery stores in Ellery, Bemus Point and
Lakewood. He was affiliated for several years with the Jamestown Electrical
Mills. He resided in this city four years prior to his death. He is survived
by his wife, Louise Smith Smiley; two sons, Raymond F. and Harry E. Smiley
of Jamestown; a daughter, Mrs. Erskine Roberts of St. Petersburg, Fla., a
brother, Clyde Smiley, Ellery and a granddaughter, Emma Lou Roberts of St.
Petersburg, Fla. The remains are at the Powers Funeral Home where funeral
arrangements are being completed.Frank married Georgianna C. Beck about 1888. Georgianna (daughter of George C. Beck and Anna M. Granberg) was born in Jul 1866 in Denmark; died on 16 Jun 1906; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). [Group Sheet]
3. Georgianna C. Beck was born in Jul 1866 in Denmark (daughter of George C. Beck and Anna M. Granberg); died on 16 Jun 1906; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=smiley&GSiman=1&GScid=740157&GRid=110600053&
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Daughter of George C. and Anna M (Granberg) Beck:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/smiley/messages/947.html
Daughter of Charles W. and Delia G. (Strickland) Beck:Children:
- George Allan Smiley was born on 5 Dec 1890 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- 1. Harry Arthur Smiley was born on 14 Apr 1892 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 9 Apr 1972 in Miami, Dade Co, Florida, USA.
- Raymond F. Smiley was born on 11 Dec 1899 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 16 Dec 1979 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- Agnes A. Smiley was born on 13 Jan 1902 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 5 Oct 1989 in Miami, Dade Co, Florida, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Freeborn Lewis Smiley was born about 1834 in New York, USA (son of Asel Smiley and Charlotte Johnson); died in 1908; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11074523Freeborn married Ann Brown. Ann (daughter of Alexander Brown, Jr. and Lucy Hoard) was born on 7 May 1836 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1927; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). [Group Sheet]
5. Ann Brown was born on 7 May 1836 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (daughter of Alexander Brown, Jr. and Lucy Hoard); died in 1927; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11074530Children:
- 2. Frank A. Smiley was born on Mar 26, 1861/2 in Harmony, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 20 Jun 1943 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Charles Clyde Smiley was born on 13 Nov 1878 in Ellery Center, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 3 Jul 1968 in Ellery Center, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Ida Bell Smiley was born about 1863 in New York, USA; died in in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
6. George C. Beck was born on 9 Jan 1841 in Denmark; died on 17 Feb 1888 in Ellery, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=beck&GSiman=1&GScid=740157&GRid=103229846&George married Anna M. Granberg. Anna was born about 1854 in Denmark; died in 1917; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). [Group Sheet]
7. Anna M. Granberg was born about 1854 in Denmark; died in 1917; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
Cemetery: http://www.paintedhills.org/CHAUTAUQUA/FluvannaCem/FluvannaA-F.html
Children:
- 3. Georgianna C. Beck was born in Jul 1866 in Denmark; died on 16 Jun 1906; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Julius Beck was born on 3 Jul 1872 in Illinois, USA; died on 5 Nov 1926 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- Louis Beck was born on 10 Nov 1877 in New York, USA.
- William L. Beck was born on 20 Nov 1881 in Ellery Center, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 26 Dec 1962; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
Generation: 4
8. Asel Smiley Asel married Charlotte Johnson. [Group Sheet]
9. Charlotte Johnson Children:
- 4. Freeborn Lewis Smiley was born about 1834 in New York, USA; died in 1908; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
10. Alexander Brown, Jr. was born on 16 May 1802 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA (son of Alexander Brown, Sr. and Abigail (Unknown)); died on 13 May 1849 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
Source:
http://wesvangraafeiland.com/getperson.php?personID=I34&tree=tree1
Cemetery:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Fluvanna.htm
Brown, Alexander S. b. ?. d. May 13, 1849. Age 47. s/o Alexander Brown I.
w/ Lucy Hoard.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOARD/2003-06/1055903432
Article taken from "The Early History of Fluvanna Chautauqua County,
N.Y. with numerous biographical and family sketches by Betty Sherwin" .
Alexander Brown, Jr. and Lucy Hoard I his wife, and two children, came to
Fluvanna between Dec. 25, 1825 and October 1827. He built a shingled house
opposite Minor Shaw near the lake shore in 1828. Mr. Brown also built a
tannery near the western part of where the "Johnson Ice House" stood. It
was operated by him for a number of years. At that time tanbark cost $1.50
per cord and was ground under a large stone. As all tanneries at that time
used this method for grinding bark, a description would be of interest.
These stories were circular, about eight inches thick and about seven feet
across. This was set on edge with a horizontal shaft attached to a
revolving center post; a horse was hitched to this shaft and the stone was
rolled in a circle on the bark placed on the floor. Some times water power
was used for this purpose. In 1845 or 1850 steam came into use for
propelling machinery for the larger tanneries. This small tannery was a
convenience to the early settlers, as nearly all farmers at that early
period had leather made for their family boots and shoes, and also for other
purposes.
Mr. Brown conducted this tannery until about 1846. Mr. Brown died May
l3,1849. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of ten children. Lorenzo
and Harry came with their parents; Samuel, Almon, Abagail, Alexander,
George, Jane and Sarah, were born in Fluvanna. Lorenzo, unmarried, for
many years, lived in the house now the home of James L. Brown (a nephew).
Samuel Brown married Abagail Gates; Abagail married Isaac Sherman; both of
these families lived in Fluvanna until their death. Sarah Brown lived with
Mrs. Sherman until her death in 1917. Almon Brown lives at Chautauqua;
George and Jane went west to Kansas. Alexander Brown enlisted and served
during the Civil War. At the close of the war he returned and married
Sarah Hudson, March 1866. They were the parents of five children.
Hudson, married Eva Rhodes, lives in Harmony; Minnie married George Fargo,
also lives in Harmony; James, married Grace Stephenson. He is a prominent
citizen of Fluvanna. He owns and operates a saw mill and cider mill. He
was elected school trustee at different times, was elected Highway
Superintendent for the Town of Ellicott 1919, and is prominent in other
activities. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of five children.
After Alexander Brown and Sarah Hudson were married, he bought the house
which stood across from the old homestead of the Bentleys and moved it down
to his farm, corner of the Strunk road where it now is. This house was
built on land owned by Walter Simmons and was moved to the corner opposite
the Bentley house sometime about 1832. Warner Shaw and his mother lived
there until after he was married in 1836. Mrs. Shaw then lived alone until
the farm was sold to Mr. Bentley in 1846. Mr. Bentley sold the corner
where the house stood to George Chase soon after they purchased the farm in
1849.Alexander married Lucy Hoard. Lucy (daughter of Samuel Hoard and Lucy Gates) was born about 1801 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA; died on 17 Apr 1890 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). [Group Sheet]
11. Lucy Hoard was born about 1801 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA (daughter of Samuel Hoard and Lucy Gates); died on 17 Apr 1890 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery). Notes:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Fluvanna.htm
Brown, Lucy (Hoard) b. ?. d. Apr. 17, 1890. Age 86/9/16. d/o Samuel & Lucy
(Gates) Hoard Sr. w/o Alexander S. Brown II.
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81550990
Cemetery:
http://www.paintedhills.org/CHAUTAUQUA/FluvannaCem/FluvannaA-F.html
BROWN, Lucy Hoard spouse of Alexander Jr born 1807 died 9-5-1890 Age 86y 9m 16d - Dau. of Samuel & Lucy Gates Hoard Sr Section Old lot 195 gr 2
Note: Her age at death needs further research. She and her sister, Delia (Hoard) Bonsteel, died at exactly the same age, (86y 9m 16d ) according to cemetery records.Children:
- Lorenzo W. Brown was born on 28 Dec 1823 in New York, USA.
- Henry Rathburn Brown was born on 25 Dec 1825 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA; died on 23 May 1896 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio, USA.
- Samuel H. Brown was born on 16 Oct 1827 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- Abigail S. Brown was born on 14 Jun 1829 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in Dec 1918 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Jane Brown was born on 8 Oct 1832 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1903.
- Alexander Sherman Brown, 3rd was born on 5 Feb 1835 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 2 May 1922 in , Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Almon Marion Brown was born on 7 May 1836 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 21 Apr 1934 in Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- 5. Ann Brown was born on 7 May 1836 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1927; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Malvina Brown was born on 1 Nov 1838 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- Sarah Brown was born on 13 Apr 1840 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.
- George Washington Brown was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 28 Aug 1926 in
; was buried in Burdett, Pawnee Co, Kansas, USA (Browns Grove Cemetery). - Sarah M. Brown was born on 21 Sep 1844 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died in 1919; was buried in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA (Fluvanna Cemetery).
- Francis M. Brown was born on 11 Apr 1848 in Fluvanna, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA.