Hannah Smith

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Birth: Apr. 23, 1833 New York, USA Death: Mar. 15, 1902 Portland Ionia County Michigan, USA

Hannah was a daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Bachus Gillette. Hannah married Laban Atwater Smith November 17, 1852. In 1857 they moved to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1865 to White Pigeon, Michigan, and in 1866 to Portland, Michigan where they remained the rest of their lives. Mr and Mrs. Smith were members of the Baptist Church and a Republican in politics.

Grand Rapids Press; March 17, 1902. Hannah Smith, widow of Laban A. Smith who was one of the largest farmers and most prominent Republican politicians in Ionia county is dead at her home in Portland, age 68 years. She came to Michigan with her husband in the early fifties and settled in White Pigeon coming to Portland forty years ago.

Portland Observer, March 19, 1902: Another Gone. Mrs. Laban A. Smith Died Suddenly Saturday Morning. Hannah, relic of the late Laban A. Smith, died at her home in this village early Saturday morning, in the 69th year of her age, she having been born in Monroe county, N. Y., August 30, 1833. The immediate cause of her death was heart failure, accelerated by pneumonia of the lungs. Her death was rather sudden and unexpected, for she had been confined to the bed but two or three days and did not really give up her hold on life until a few hours before her death. She died surrounded by her children. Mrs. Smith, whose maiden name was Gillett, became the wife of Laban A. Smith, November 17, 1852. In 1857 the couple removed to a farm near Elkhart, Ind., going from there to a farm near White Pigeon, Mich., in 1865 and in 1866 settling off the farm north of town where they resided until a few years before Mr. Smith's death in 1897. Mrs. Smith was an indulgent mother and a kind neighbor and friend. All her family of children, highly respected and among Portland's best known citizens, reside in Portland and are Leonard, Benjamin, Harriet (wife of Charles A. Frost) William, Daniel and George. Funeral services over her remains were conducted from the Baptist church Tuesday afternoon by the pastor, assisted by Rev. Millard, who also performed the last sad rites for her husband. Research of Marilynn Johnson

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Parents:

 Daniel Gillett (1794 - 1862)

 Elizabeth Bachus Gillett (1794 - 1844)

Spouse:

 Laban Atwater Smith (1828 - 1897)*

Children:

 Leonard Laban Smith (1854 - 1926)*

 Benjamin Marvin Smith (1857 - 1929)*

 Harriet Maria Smith Frost (1860 - 1918)*

 William Gillette Smith (1863 - 1903)*

 Henry Davis Smith (1865 - 1882)*

 Morton John Smith (1867 - 1872)*

 Daniel Gilette Smith (1871 - 1957)*

 George Thompson Smith (1873 - 1960)*

Siblings:

 Harriet Gillett Goff (1817 - 1849)*

 John Gillett (1820 - 1868)*

 Eliza Jane Gillett Smalley (1826 - 1848)*

 Catharine Gillett Peck (1829 - 1856)*

 Daniel Gillett (1831 - 1894)*

 Hannah Gilette Smith (1833 - 1902)

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Burial: Portland Cemetery Portland Ionia County Michigan, USA Plot: Section EMD 204 27