William Joseph SMITH
Elizabeth M. MAXWELL

Husband:  William Joseph SMITH
Birth:  22 Dec 1854, Charleston, Montgomery Co., New York 
Death: 4 Jun 1886, Oregon
Cause of Death:  Drowning
Burial:  Jun 1886, York Prairie Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa
Father:  John Henry SMITH
Mother:  Sarah Marie MCDUFFEE

Marriage:   Abt 1879, Charleston, Montgomery Co., New York 

Wife:  Elizabeth M. MAXWELL
Birth:  Jan 1860, Charleston, Montgomery Co., New York 
Death:  Aft 1930, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma  
Burial:  
Father:  Joseph MAXWELL  
Mother:  Reba UNKNOWN 

Children:
1. Samuel Maxwell SMITH, b: 13 Jun 1880, Charleston, Montgomery Co., New York
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Notes:
William attended Cornell University from 1875-1879 and graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering.  He borrowed from his father for his education.  He drown in Oregon while surveying for the Union Pacific Railroad at age 32, leaving some of these debts unpaid.  John Henry acknowledged these debts as William's inheritance and William's wife and son received nothing in John Henry's will.

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0865, Page 184A), Charleston, Montgomery Co., New York,
                                                                                  Enumeration Dist: 49, Enumeration Date: 12-Jun-1880, Family #190

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0431, Page 298B), Epworth, Taylor Twp., Dubuque Co., Iowa,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 127, Enumeration Date: 7-Jun-1900, Family #136

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