The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — Kristin's 3rd-great-grandparents

Jeremiah Smith

Father of Victoria Janette Smith

Jeremiah Smith

Probable

Father of Victoria Janette Smith

Born
Not found
Died
Not found
Married
Patience Kittle
Children
Victoria Janette Smith, Lucien B. Smith
Sources
8

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — the printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland, p.1939, no. 11632, names Victoria Janette Smith (born 19 March 1844, Ohio) as the daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kittle S467. A compiled genealogy; the 1860 Leroy census has a V., 16, born in Ohio, in his home (below), but it gives initials only and states no relationships

Evidence: The printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland (p.1939), which names Victoria Janette Smith as his daughter; a Jeremiah Smith in Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio, in the 1840 census and the 1850 agriculture schedule; his son Lucien B. Smith's 1913 marriage return and 1922 death certificate (Jeremiah born New York); the 1860 Leroy, Michigan census with a V., 16, born Ohio, in his home, and the 1870 census with Lucien. Weak or missing: Only the compiled genealogy names Victoria as his daughter; the 1860 census gives initials only and states no relationships, and the Ohio records are a common name. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth
Birth, marriage and death dates not yet found
Census1840
🆕 In 1840 a Jeremiah Smith, 30 to 39, with a woman in her twenties and a girl under 5, lived in Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio S651. In 1850 he farmed there, 55 acres improved and 25 unimproved, beside the same neighbours S652. Victoria was born in Wood County about 1844, so this fits. Probable confirm or correct → What is weak: Jeremiah Smith is a common name and neither record names a wife or child. If you know more, use “Add to this record”. added 26 September 2026.
Census1860
🆕 In 1860 J. Smith, 54, born in New York, lived at Leroy, Ingham County, Michigan, with V., 16, a girl born in Ohio, and L., 18, L., 13, and E., 4; no wife was in the house S713. In 1870 Jeremiah, 64, born in New York and blind, was still at Leroy, with Lucien B., 24, a farmer born in Ohio, Nancy M., 20, the baby Della A., and Edmund D., 15 S714. V. fits Victoria, born in Ohio in March 1844, and L., 13, fits Lucien Probable confirm or correct →. The 1860 census gives initials only and states no relationships. added 26 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Father of Victoria Janette Smith; husband of Patience Kittle
Children1846
🆕 His son Lucien B. Smith was born in Ohio on 30 September 1846 and died in Leroy Township, Ingham County, Michigan, on 2 April 1922. The death certificate says Jeremiah was born in New York S700. Lucien's 1913 marriage return names his parents as Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kettle S699, and a daughter, Louisa Hiscock, died in 1883 with the same parents named S701. added 26 September 2026.

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Jeremiah Smith · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

8 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S467Descendants of Moses Cleveland (printed genealogy), p. 1939, no. 11632: Charles Edgar Cleveland. Ancestry record 3845121. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable Charles Edgar Cleveland, son of Solomon, married 11 April 1866 at Rives, Michigan, Victoria Janette Smith, born 19 March 1844 in Ohio, daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kittle. In Placer County, California, 1883. Children Anna Jane (1869), Milton (15 July 1873) and Ella. A derivative book. The parents' names agree with the marriage register (S463) and the 1880 census (S465); the ancestry back of Charles Edgar rests on the book alone.
  2. S6511840 U.S. census — Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio. Ancestry record 3352229. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Jeremiah Smith, head: a man 30–39, a woman 20–29 and a girl under 5. Neighbours Mathew Hatfield, Samuel Solomon, James and John Chilcoat and the Clarks. A tally census: only the head is named.
  3. S6521850 U.S. census, agriculture schedule — Perry Township [Wood County, Ohio], line 19. Ancestry record 6036412. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Jeremiah Smith: 55 acres improved and 25 unimproved, worth $1,100; 2 milch cows, 7 sheep, 11 swine; 65 bushels of wheat, 250 of Indian corn, 150 of oats. The same neighbours as in 1840 (Hatfield, Solomon, Chilcoat, Clark). The county is not written on the sheet; the index gives Wood County.
  4. S699Michigan return of marriages, Ingham County, 1913, no. 6433. Ancestry record 1202370508. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Lucien B. Smith, 66, born Ohio, son of Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kettle, married Mary Galusha, 59, born Canada, at Webberville.
  5. S700Michigan death certificate, 1922, Ingham County. Ancestry record 602468909. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Lucien B. Smith, born 30 September 1846, Ohio; died 2 April 1922, Leroy Township; buried Webberville; father Jeremiah Smith, born New York; mother “Mary Kettel”, born New York. His own 1913 marriage return (S699) calls his mother Patience.
  6. S701Michigan death return, Genesee County, 1883, no. 58. Ancestry record 750605953. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Louisa Hiscock, 42 years 6 months, died 2 July 1883 at Rose, born Ohio; parents Jeremiah Smith and Patience Smith, both dead.
  7. S7131860 U.S. census, Leroy, Ingham County, Michigan, p. 57, dwelling 389. Ancestry record 44727900. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed J. Smith, 54, born New York; L., female, 18; V., 16, female; L., male, 13; and E., 4; the children born Ohio. No wife in the house. Initials only; the 1860 census states no relationships.
  8. S7141870 U.S. census, Leroy, Ingham County, Michigan (P.O. Webberville), p. 13. Ancestry record 26312427. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Jeremiah Smith, 64, born New York, blind; Lucien B., 24, farmer, born Ohio; Nancy M., 20; Della A., under a year; Edmund D., 15.

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