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Oliver Cromwell Smith[1]

Male 1838 - 1897  (59 years)

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  • Name Oliver Cromwell Smith  [2]
    Birth 2 Apr 1838  , Seneca, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • According to his gravestone, Oliver was born on 20 April, 1838.
    Gender Male
    Occupation Builder 
    Census 28 Jul 1870  Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 16 Jun 1880  Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 6 Jun 1885  Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 8 May 1897  Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Oliver Smith Memorial    		 Oliver Smith Memorial
    Posted at findagrave.com by Tony and Cindy Lloyd
    Person ID I2686  Bisbee
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2011

    Father Ruben Skinner Smith,   b. 11 Mar 1809, Covert, Seneca, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1886, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Mother Eliza,   b. 4 Aug 1808, Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1879, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 30 Dec 1827 
    Family ID F11554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances Adelaide Bisbee,   b. 26 Jan 1842, Pavilion, Genesee, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1921, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 18 Feb 1864  Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Arthur Clifford Smith,   b. 9 Mar 1867, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1936, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. Emma May Smith,   b. 14 May 1868, , , Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Hubert Benjamin Smith,   b. 3 May 1871, , , Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1946 (Age 74 years)
     4. William Earhart Smith,   b. 9 Aug 1873, , , Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2011

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Apr 1838 - , Seneca, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Feb 1864 - Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 28 Jul 1870 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 16 Jun 1880 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jun 1885 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 May 1897 - Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Information provided by John Arthur Smith Barron, great grandson of Oliver Cromwell and Frances Bisbee Smith.
      References: family records; family Bible; cemetery records, Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, NE; information from early residents of Fremont, NE; Mayflower Society.
    • Oliver Cromwell Smith enlisted from Warsaw, NY in the 9th New York Cavalry for the Civil War. On furlough he married Frances Bisbee, daughter of Benjamin Bisbee. On a scouting action to collect horses and food for the army, he was captured in the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, VA. He spent 19 months in Libby Prison. He developed a heart condition that caused his death at age 59 years. As a builder in Fremont, NE, he built many buildings including the Post Office. After the depression of 1892, he removed his family to Omaha, NE.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3121] Elizabeth Adelaide Smith (Mrs. James Sexton Ainscow), My Family Batcheller -- Marcy.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 69.

    3. [S2923] Smith, Oliver Cromwell (i2886): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 828; enumerated page 14, master page 318B, line 8, dwelling 148, family 136; image accessed 4/18/2010.), 1870.NE.Dodge.Fremont.27.

    4. [S2924] Smith, Oliver Cromwell (i2686): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 746; enumeration district (ED) 45, enumerated page 22, master page 432B, line 30, dwelling 190, family 197; image accessed 4/18/2010.), 1880.NE.Dodge.Fremont.45.22.

    5. [S2925] Smith, Oliver Cromwell (i2686): 1885 NE Census, (Ancestry.com: NARA micropublication M352, Enumeration District (ED) 228, page 18, line 25, dwelling 132, family 136; image accessed 4/18/2010.).