Elisha Galusha SMITH
Abby CARPENTER

Husband:  Elisha Galusha SMITH
Birth:  26 Apr 1788, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 
Death:  5 Sep 1844, Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
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Father:  Constant SMITH
Mother:   Martha GALUSHA

Marriage:  20 Jul 1817, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 

Wife:  Abby CARPENTER
Birth:   23 Jul 1795, Warren, Bristol Co., Rhode Island 
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Children:
1. Eliza M. SMITH, b: 30 Jun 1819, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
2. George L. SMITH, b: 24 Nov 1823, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
3. Peter SMITH, b: Bristol Co., Massachusetts
4. Charles Sidney SMITH, b: Bristol Co., Massachusetts
5. Patience SMITH, b: 1830, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
6. Henry DeWitt SMITH, b: 2 Mar 1835, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
7. John D. SMITH, b: 12 Feb 1840, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
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Notes:
Elisha and Abby resided in Dighton, Massachusetts  He was prominently connected with the Dorrite or Peoples' Constitutional party in the state in 1842.  He was an early and persistent petitioner of the Legislature for a change in the government from the old King Charles charter to that of a constitution.  He was a member of the Legislature that met in the "Old Foundry" building, which adopted the "People's Constitution".  When martial law was proclaimed, he was compelled to leave the state to avoid imprisonment.

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Sources:
1) Biography: A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, 1898