Elizabeth Jerusha Smith1,2

b. Sep 9, 1835, d. May 26, 1910
FatherJames Smith2,3,4,5 b. Jun 1, 1799, d. Apr 1, 1867
MotherElizabeth Ellis2,3,4,5 b. Dec 20, 1802, d. Mar 7, 1877
     Elizabeth Jerusha Smith was born on Sep 9, 1835 in Lincoln Co, MO.6,2,3,7,8,9 Elizabeth Jerusha Smith was also known as Jerusha Green.7
     Elizabeth, Elizabeth, James, Martha and William was listed as a household member living with James Smith on the 1850 Census in Lincoln Co, MO.3
     Elizabeth Jerusha Smith married Taylor Bayse Green, son of Moses Green and Harriett Basye, on Feb 18, 1855 in Lincoln Co, MO.1,2,4,8,9,5
     Jerusha and Anna was listed as a household member living with Taylor Bayse Green in the 1860 Census in Calumet Township, Pike Co, MO; T.B. was a farmer, with real estate valued at $2,000? and personal property worth $400. Jerusha was a domestic (it looks like the enumerator listed all wives as domestics on this page.)7
     Taylor and Elizabeth, along with her parents, James and Elizabeth Smith, were founding members of Smith Chapel. The church was originially organized in a brush arbor near the Smith school. A church building was built in 1871.5
     Jerusha, Anna, Harriet and James was listed as a household member living with Taylor Bayse Green on the 1870 Census in Hurricane Township, Lincoln Co, MO.1
     Elizabeth was listed as Taylor Bayse Green's wife on the 1880 Census in Hurricane Township, Lincoln Co, MO.8
     Elizabeth was listed as Taylor Bayse Green's wife on the 1900 Census in Hurricane Township, Lincoln Co, MO.9
     Jerusha Green died on May 26, 1910 in Elsberry, Lincoln Co, MO, at age 74.2,10 She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lincoln Co, MO.2

Family

Taylor Bayse Green b. December 25, 1828, d. March 15, 1903
Children

Citations

  1. [S961] 1870 U. S. Census, Missouri, Lincoln County, Hurricane Township, page 34/71, line 30, dwelling 256, family 232, Missouri, Lincoln County.
  2. [S1067] Ancestry.com, August 17, 2002.
  3. [S1068] 1850 U. S. Census, Missouri, Lincoln County, District 49, sheet 456, line 26, dwelling 917, family 91, Missouri, Lincoln County.
  4. [S1193] Goodspeed Publishing, History of Lincoln County, Missouri, From the Earliest Time to the Present.
  5. [S1224] Profiles: Dr. Arthur L. Shuck, online http://homepage.interaccess.com/~nealu/shpals00.htm, quoting "The LEVI SHUCK and ELIZA KITSON Family," by Ida Richards Shuck, September 8, 1973.
  6. [S961] 1870 U. S. Census, Missouri, Lincoln County, Hurricane Township, page 34/71, line 30, dwelling 256, family 232, Missouri, Lincoln County, This source suggest 1840.
  7. [S1221] 1860 U. S. Census, Missouri, Pike County, Calumet Township, page 181, line 35, dwelling 1334, family 1330, Missouri, Pike County.
  8. [S1222] 1860 U. S. Census, Missouri, Lincoln County, Hurricane Township, ED 90, sheet 255B, line 13, dwelling 140, family 140, Missouri, Lincoln County.
  9. [S1223] 1900 U. S. Census, Missouri, Lincoln County, Hurricane Township, ED 49, sheet 246A, line 10, dwelling 105, family 105, Missouri, Lincoln County.
  10. [S1224] Profiles: Dr. Arthur L. Shuck, online http://homepage.interaccess.com/~nealu/shpals00.htm
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