Joseph Smith Genealogy

Joseph Smith Genealogy

compiled by Stephenie Flora
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Joseph F. Smith
b. 1804 England
d. aft 1880 OR

m1. c 1830 Unknown
b. probably c1807 England
d. probably c1845 Illinois

m2. c 1845 Hannah "Anna" E. Shambrook
b. 31 Oct 1824 Cambridge, England
d. aft 1880
d/o John Shambrook and Mary Titmous

Notes:

1847 Joseph Smith with his wife and five children traveled west from IL, stopping at the Whitman Mission to rest and obtain supplies. They became involved in the Whitman Massacre. After being rescued they stayed for a time in Oregon City, OR; c.1849 Joseph went to CA seeking gold. He reportedly obtained enough funds to send for his family and start a hotel in San Francisco . They remained there until the gold fever started to abate and then they returned to their old home in IL where they stayed for a few years before returning to CA and then, finally, to Oregon; it appears that Joseph was married first to an unknown woman who would have been the mother of his four or five oldest children; he then married Hannah Shambrook sometime right before heading west.

1850 Jersey Co., IL: Joseph Smith, 42, farmer, Eng; Anna E., age 32, Eng; F.H. Hathaway, 31, farmer, Mass; Mary E Hathaway, 18, NY; Wm H, 15, farmer, NY; Edwin R, 13 NY; Charles L, 11, NY; Nelson R, 8, NY; Mortimer R., 6, NY; Wealthy R, 2, OR

1860 Montgomery Co, IL; J.F. Smith, 52, farmer, $9600 $2400, Eng; Anna, 36, Eng; Edwin, 23, NY; Chas, 20, NY; Nelson, 17, NY; Mortimer, 14, IL; Isabel, 8, IL; Fred’k, 5, IL; Mary Bell, 3, IL; Cass, 5/12, IL; Theodore Arkbury, 19, farm laborer, Germany; Charlotte Womick, 17, servant, NY

1870: Pajaro, Santa Cruz Co, CA, July 21, 1870; Joseph F. Smith, 59, lumberman, Eng; Anna, 42, keeping house, Eng; Edwin, 30, lumberman, NY; Mortimer, 25, farm hand, IL; Frederic, 16, at home, IL; Mabel, 13, at home, IL; Cass, 10, at home, IL; Douglas, 7, at home, IL

1880: Dist 32, Halls Prairie, Coos Co, OR, June 22, 1880; Joseph Smith, 75, farmer, Eng Eng Eng; Anna, 55, wife, keeping house, Eng Eng Eng; Nelson, 36, son, laborer, Can Eng Eng; Mortimer, 34, son, laborer, IL Eng Eng; Frederick, 26, son, works on farm, IL Eng Eng; Cass, 19, son, works on farm, IL Eng Eng; Douglas, 18, son, farm hand, IL Eng Eng

Notes: On Hannah "Anna" E. Shambrook at bottom

Children:

(m1)1. Mary E. Smith
b. 1832 Ontario, Canada
d.
d/o Joseph and Unknown Smith

(m1) 2. William H. Smith
b. 1835
d.
s/o Joseph and Unknown Smith

(m1) 3. Edwin Smith
b. 1837 NY
d. Mar 1876 Coles Valley, Douglas Co, OR
s/o Joseph and Unknown Smith

"Tuesday of last week, as Edwin Smith and a son of George Shambrook, of Cole's valley, were crossing the river at that place in a skiff, it floated against the ferry rope and was thrown over. Mr. Smith drowned, and the boy only saved his life by the utmost presence of mind." [Oregon Journal March 18, 1876 p.2]

(m1) 4. Charles Smith
b. 1840 NY
d.
s/o Joseph and Unknown Smith

(m1) 5. Mortimer K. Smith
b. Jan 1843 IL
d. 18 Dec 1916 Crook Co, OR
s/o Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith or Joseph and Unknown Smith

1900: Enchanted Prairie, Crook Co, OR; Mort K. Smith, head, Jan 1843, 57, s, IL Eng Eng, farmer

1910: Ireland, Crook Co, OR; James Black, 57, head, PA PA PA, stockman; Fred J. Smith, 42, CA Eng Eng, Stockman; Mark K. (Mortimer), brother, 63, IL Eng Eng, laborer

“Mortimer Smith, who died recently at LaPine, Oregon was a former Coos county resident. He was about 72 years old and moved from the Coquille valley to LaPine about 10 years ago. Mrs. P.E. Crane of Coquille and Mrs. Nelson Smith and Cass A. Smith are relatives of the deceased.” [Bandon Western World- no date] [contributed by Jennifer Shank]

Oregon Death Certificate, Crook Co, OR #71 Mortimer K. Smith, male, white, single, b. 11 Jan 1844 IL; s/o Joseph F. Smith b. England and Hanna Shambrook b. England; d. 18 Dec 1916 Lapine, OR of cerebral apoplexy; found dead in his chair; bur 20 Dec 1916 Lapine, Crook Co, OR

(m1) 6. Nelson R. Smith
b. Apr 1844 NY
d. 31 Jul 1925 Coos Co, OR
buried GAR Cemetery, Bandon, Coos Co, OR
Pvt G. 122^nd IL Inf 12 Aug 1862 – 11 Aug 1865
s/o Joseph and Unknown Smith
m’d 1893 Minnie Wilkins (Apr 1866-1940)
resided in Coos Co, OR

1900 Dist 15, Norway, Coos Co, OR; Nelson Smith, head, Apr 1844, 56, m-7, Can Eng Eng, emigrated 1844, farmer; Minnie, wife, Apr 1866, 34, m-7, 1-1, WA IL IL; Leon, son, Feb 1894, 6, s, OR Can WA

1910 Dist 68, West Coquille Pct, Coos Co, OR, April 22, 1910; Nelson Smith, head, 65, m-17, Can Eng Eng, teamster – draying; Minnie, wife, 43, m-17, 1-1, WA IL IL; Leon, son, 16, s, OR Can WA, farm laborer – general farm

1920 Dist 124, Bandon, Coos Co, OR, January 6, 1920; Nelson Smith, head, 75, m, arrive US 1845, naturalized by fathers papers, Can Eng Eng, milkman-general trade; Minnie, wife, 53, WA IL IL

Oregon Death Certificate, Coos Co, OR #205 Nelson R. Smith, male, while, m’d to Minnie Smith; farmer-retired 12 yrs; born CN, s/o Joseph Smith b. England and Hanah Shambrook b. England; d. 31 Jul 1925 Bandon, Coos Co, OR of chronic nephritis.

“Nelson R. Smith, a former resident of Myrtle Point died Friday at the family home in Coquille, age 81 years. He had lived in Coos county 40 years, locating first at Arago, later here (Myrtle Point), then Coquille and at Bandon the last 15 years. He was married a Coquille 32 years ago to Miss Winnie Wilkins. He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving 3 years with the 122^nd Illinois Infantry. He was originally from Illinois. Survived by his widow and 1 son, Leon of Bandon; 2 sisters: Mrs. Mabel Flanders of Bandon; Mrs. Belle Drane of Coquille and 2 brothers: Clarence Smith of Bandon and Fred Smith of Bend. Buried GAR cemetery.” [Southern Coos County American Aug 6, 1925]

7. Wealthy R. Smith
b. 1848 OR
d.

8. Isabelle W. Smith
b. 1851 IL
d. Coos Co, OR
buried Masonic Cemetery, Coquille, Coos Co, OR
d/o Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith
lived at Bandon, OR1925
m1. c1867 John Russell Pike
m2. c1877 Phillip E. Drane (m2. Ada E. Unknown;b. 1854 d. 26 Oct 1931 Coos Co, OR; buried Masonic Cemetery, Coquille, Coos Co, OR)

1870: Newport, Sullivan Co, NH, June 21, 1870: Abial S. Pike, 50, farmer, $1500 $1200, NH; Mary R., 52, keeping house, NH; John R., 31, farm laborer, NH; Isabelle, 19, keeping house, IL; George E., 1, CA; Charles W., 18, farm laborer, NH; Emma A., 12, at home, NH; Freddie E., 8, at home, NH

1880: Dist 32, Halls Prairie, Coos Co, OR, June 22, 1880; Phillip E. Drain, 25, farmer, KY KY KY; Issabel W., wife, 28, keeping house, IL Eng Eng; George E. Pike, 11, stepson, works on farm, CA NH IL; Mary F. Drain, 1, dau, OR KY IL

1900 Dist 12, Coquille, Coos Co, OR, June 14, 1900; Phillip Drain, head, Oct 1854, m-22, KY KY KY; Isabell, wife, Aug 1858, 47, m-22, 4-3, IL IL IA; Julia, dau, Oct 1880, 9, s, OR KY IL

1910: Dist 155, East Coquille, Coos Co, OR, April 15, 1910; Phillip E. Drane, head, 55, m1-33yrs, KY VA VA; retail merchant-dry goods grocer; Bell, 58, m2-33yrs, 4-3, IL Eng Eng

1920 Dist 126 Coquille, Coos Co, OR, Jan 6, 1920; Phillip E. Drane, head, 65, m, KY US US, Superintendent Wood Yard; Belle, wife, 67, m, IL Eng Eng

PHILLIP E. DRANE has been engaged in the general merchandise business in Coquille for eleven years and during that time has built up a prosperous and rapidly increasing trade which is evidence of his ability and of the straightforward and honorable methods by which his enterprise is conducted. He has been a resident of Oregon since 1873 and has been engaged in various business enterprises in Coos county since that time. He was born in Kentucky in 1854 and is a son of Thomas and Mary Drane. natives of Virginia. His father died when our subject was eleven years of age and his mother made her home with her children for a number of years. She moved from Kentucky to Kansas and then to Texas and finally to Oklahoma where she died at the age of ninety years. Later he was adopted by Mordica Day with whom he lived until he was sixteen. In that year he went to Kansas and after three years in that state came to Coos county, settling on the Coquille river where he took up a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres near Arago. Upon this he carried on general farming, operating and improving his property for seven years, abandoning agricultural pursuits at the end of that time in order to engage in business. He went to Coquille and operated a hotel, working in a sawmill during the same period. For ten years he conducted a butcher shop in the city and in 1901 erected his present building and established himself in the general merchandise business which he has followed since that time. He has sought success by straightforward and worthy means and has proven capable and reliable, his industry and well directed activity bringing him a gratifying measure of prosperity. He has invested his money judiciously in local enterprises being a stockholder in two sawmills near Coquille and also in a creamery. He owns his store building and other town property and resides in an attractive and pleasant home.
In 1877 Mr. Drane was united in marriage in Coos county to Mrs. Belle Pike the widow of Russell Pike of New Hampshire and a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith, natives of England. Her parents died in Douglas county, Mr. and Mrs. Drane became the parents of two children. Mary, who was born in February 1878, is the wife of B. F. Lawrence, of Indianapolis, Indiana . He is editor of the Indianapolis star, the Terre Haute Star, and also of the Muncie star papers. Julia, whose birth occurred in October 1880, became the wife of E. E. Johnson of Coquille. He is manager of the Randolph Lumber Company on the Coquille river, and is also interested in the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Coquille and is president of the Bandon Water Company. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Mr. Drane gives his allegiance generally to the democratic party but often reserves independence of judgment in regard to political issues. He has never sought public office, being a practical business man interested in the growth of his enterprise and capable of promoting it. He has been quick to perceive opportunities for advancement and in this way has made his business prosperous. The straightforward and upright qualities which are the foundation of his commercial prosperity are elements in his character and have made him successful in business and important in citizenship. [The Centennial History of Oregon Vol 4 p.518-519]

9. Frederick J. Smith
b. 1854 IL
d. 06 Jun 1936 Bend, Deschutes Co, OR
buried Greenwood Cemetery, Bend, Deschutes Co, OR
s/o Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith

1925 living at Bend, OR

Oregon Death Certificate, Deschutes Co, OR #82 Frederick J. Smith, about 80, male, white, unknown if he is married; b. Coloras Co, CA; father J.F. Smith, cotton laborer, d. of cerebral hemmohrage 03 Jun 1936 at 265 Franklin St., Bend, OR (appears lady where he was boarding gave information)

10. Clarence Smith
b. c1856 IL
d.
1925 living at Coquille, OR

11. May Belle/Maybelle/Mabel Smith
b. May 1858 IL
d.
d/o Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith
m’d Alfred J. Flanders (d. Jun 14, 1925 Coos Co)
lived at Coquille, OR

1880: Dist 32, Halls Prairie, Coos Co, OR, June 22, 1880; Alfred Flanders, 32, farmer, NY VT NY; Maybell, 22, wife, IL Can Can; Harry O., 10/12 (Aug), son, OR NY IL

1900: Dist 12, Coquille, Coos Co, OR June 9, 1900; Alfred Flanders, head, Mar 1849, 50, m-23, NY VT NY, farmer; Mable, wife, May 1858, 42, m-23yrs, 9-9, IL Eng Eng; Harry, son, Aug 1879, 20, s, OR NY IL; Maud, dau, Apr 1881, 19, s, OR NY IL; Ray, son, Dec 1883, 16, s, OR NY IL; Elmer, son, Oct 1886, s, OR NY IL; Charles, son, Feb 1890, 10, s, OR NY IL; Grace, dau, June 1892, 8, s, OR NY IL; Ellen, dau, Sep 1895, 4, OR NY IL; Edna, dau, Mar 1897, 3, s, OR NY IL; Grant, son, Feb 1899, 1, OR NY IL

12. Cass Smith
b. Jan 1861 IL
d. 01 Nov 1943 Coos Co, OR (I don’t believe this is the correct individual)
s/o Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith

1900: Dist 251, Chicago Ward 10, Cook Co, IL June 2, 1900; Anna Bacheldor, head, May 1850, 40, w-m30, 1-1, NY Eng Eng; Cass Smith, boarder, Jan 1861, s, IL Eng Eng, police city

1910 Dist 50, Bandon, Coos Co, OR; Cass Smith, head, 52, s, IL Eng Eng, engineer-lumber camp

1920: Dist 120, Two Mile, Coos Co, OR January 19, 1920; Cass Smith, boarder, 56, s, CA US US, laborer – stock farm

Oregon Death Certificate, Coos Co, OR #307 Cass Smith, male, white, single, b. 21 Jan 1861 Springfield, IL, logger, age 82-9-11, s/o Joseph Smith and Anna Shambrook, d. 01 Nov 1943 Rural Coquille of heart failure and senility; buried 06 Nov 1943 Bandon, OR

13. Douglas Smith
b. Oct 1870 IL
d. aft 1930
s/o Joseph and Hannah (Shambrook) Smith

1900 Dist 66 Roseburg, Douglas Co, OR, June 12, 1900; Douglas Smith, head, Oct 1870, 29, m-2yrs, IL Eng Eng, farm laborer; Belle H., wife, Aug 1876, 23, m-2yrs, 0-0, CA VA TX

1910: Dist 59 Twp 6, Fresno Co, CA; Douglass Smith, 42, m-13yrs, IL Eng Eng, laborer-oil co; Belle, wife, 33, m-13yrs, 0-0, CA VA TX; Waldo Smith, 16, (relationship to head listed as none-probably adopted), OR IL CA

1920: Dist 57 Twp 6, Fresno Co, CA; Douglas Smith, 49, IL Eng Eng, fireman-boiler plant; Isabel, 31, CA VA TX; Waldo, 16, son, (same age as listing for 1910?), OR IL CA

1930: Dist 33, Fullerton, Orange Co, CA; Douglas A. Smith, head, rents for $22.50 mo, 59, m-at age 39, IL Eng Eng, oil worker-oil field; Helen I., wife, 48, m-at age 20, CA VA TX; Waldo M. Smith, son, 26, OR IL CA; oil worker-oil field; Erma L. Whitsett, niece, 17, s, CA ? CA; Sadie E. Whitsett, sister-in-law, 40, m-age 18, CA VA TX, beauty operator-beauty shop

Anna Shambrook Notes:

Anna's younger brother, George Shambrook also made the journey to Oregon in 1847 (b. 01 Aug 1830 Cambridge, England; m1. 1851 Nancy Fitzhugh; m2. 1855 Lucretia Ridenour.) Hannah and the children do not show up in the 1850 census and it is possible they were already traveling to CA

George Shambrook

GEORGE SHAMBROOK. From 1853, when he first located in Douglas county, until his death, July 12, 1903, Mr. Shambrook was counted one of the county's most valuable residents. Recognizing the excellent quality of the soil here, he determined to make the best use of his farm of nine hundred acres, and besides carrying on general farming and stock-raising, also raised apples and prunes and large quantities of hops. In this section of Oregon the hop gardens are especially thrifty, and are among the best in the world, the yield being two million five hundred thousand pounds yearly. He had forty acres in hops, forty-five acres in apple trees and twenty-five acres in Italian prune trees. He also owned a prune dryer, which greatly facilitated handling the fruit and preparing it for the market.

George Shambrook was born in 1828 at Cambridge, England, and when five years of age was brought to Hamilton, Canada, by his parents, and in that city remained for a period of thirteen years. He started to carve his own fortune when but eighteen years old, journeying first to Illinois, where he was employed at farm work

until March, 1847. Having made up his mind to settle in the west, he crossed the intervening country in that year, stopping a short time at Whitman's Station on the way. He left that place but a few days prior to the Indian massacre there, in which his sister was captured. Oregon City became the place of his abode on reaching the west, and he was employed in a mill until the spring of 1849. Like thousands of others, he became interested in the mining excitement, and accordingly went t to California, but shortly after his arrival he was taken ill, and in the fall of that same year returned to Oregon City. The following year he opened a butcher's shop, which he conducted successfully until 1853. From this time on Mr. Shambrook was a citizen of Douglas county. Of the several farms which he operated there his first was a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres, which later became the property of the county, and was used as a poor farm. By a subsequent purchase, he became owner of one hundred and sixty acres, and until 1880 he made his home there. In that year, however, he took possession of the farm of nine hundred acres on which he resided until his death. His hop gardens were among the largest in the Willamette valley, and the quality and quantity of his hops and fruit were exceptional and were his special pride.

Mr. Shambrook was twice married. His first union was with Nancy Fitzhugh, and was blessed with one child, Austria V., now the wife of Frank Burge. For his second wife Mr. Shambrook married Lucretia Ridenour. a daughter of David Ridenour, who crossed the country in 1853, and settled in Coles Valley, Ore., in 1854, and died in 1897. By the second union there were thirteen children, of whom the following are living: Mary, the wife of F. W. McKechnie, of Portland, Ore.; David R., county clerk of Douglas county, a sketch of whom will be found on another page of this work ; Hannah E., wife of R. W. Evans of Silverton ; Jessie L., at home;

Benjamin F., of Portland; Martha E., wife of W. B. Stewart, of Myrtle Creek ; and Cecil; George is deceased, as is also John, who was a doctor by profession, but died in 1888, when onlv thirty-five years of age.

In religious conviction the family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church and are regular attendants. As a citizen Mr. Shambrook was highly respected by all his fellowmen and held a place of prominence in his adopted county. His death, which occurred July 12, 1903, was a severe blow to the community in which he had resided

for so many years, but although no longer here, his memory lives, while his many deeds of charity and kindness will never be forgotten by those who knew him. [Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon p. 267-268]

George Shambrook: lives in Cole's valley; is a farmer and merchant; was born at Cambridge, England, in 1828; came to state in 1847 and to county in 1852; was married November 5, 1855, to Lucretia Ridenour. Children, John C, Daniel R., Eli (deceased), .Mary J., George H., Hannah E., Jesse, Olive B. (deceased), Benjamin F., Welby A. (deceased), Martha E. and Maud C. [History of Southern Oregon by Walling p515]

David R. Shambrook: lives in Cole's valley about twenty miles west of Roseburg; is a farmer; post-office, Umpqua Ferry; was born in Douglas county, April 19, 1860; was married to Mary King, October 18, 1880. Children, Flossie P. and infant. [History of Southern Oregon by Walling p515]

Dr. J. C. Shambrook: lives in Oakland; is a physician; was born in Douglas county September 3, 1856; graduated in Louisville medical college. February 25, 1881. [History of Southern Oregon by Walling p515]

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