Oliver Cromwell Smith^[1]

1838 - 1897  (59 years)

• Name	Oliver Cromwell Smith  [2]
  Birth	2 Apr 1838	, Seneca, New York, USA   [3]
  	According to his gravestone, Oliver was born on 20 April, 1838.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Builder
  Census	28 Jul 1870	Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA   [3]
  Census	16 Jun 1880	Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA   [4]
  Census	6 Jun 1885	Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA   [5]
  Death	8 May 1897	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
  Burial	Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA
  		Oliver Smith Memorial Posted at findagrave.com by Tony and Cindy Lloyd
  Person ID	I2686	Bisbee
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Ruben Skinner Smith,   b. 11 Mar 1809, Covert, Seneca, New York, USA d. 16 Apr 1886, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Eliza,   b. 4 Aug 1808, Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey, USA d. 9 Jun 1879, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1827
  Family ID	F11554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Frances Adelaide Bisbee,   b. 26 Jan 1842, Pavilion, Genesee, New York, USA d. 17 Jan 1921, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1864	Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Arthur Clifford Smith,   b. 9 Mar 1867, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA d. 3 Jul 1936, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA (Age 69 years)   2. Emma May Smith,   b. 14 May 1868, , , Nebraska, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Hubert Benjamin Smith,   b. 3 May 1871, , , Nebraska, USA d. 25 Jan 1946 (Age 74 years)   4. William Earhart Smith,   b. 9 Aug 1873, , , Nebraska, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Apr 1838 - , Seneca, New York, USA Marriage - 18 Feb 1864 - Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA Census - 28 Jul 1870 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Census - 16 Jun 1880 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Census - 6 Jun 1885 - Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA Death - 8 May 1897 - Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Burial - - Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Information provided by John Arthur Smith Barron, great grandson of Oliver Cromwell and Frances Bisbee Smith. References: family records; family Bible; cemetery records, Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, NE; information from early residents of Fremont, NE; Mayflower Society. Oliver Cromwell Smith enlisted from Warsaw, NY in the 9th New York Cavalry for the Civil War. On furlough he married Frances Bisbee, daughter of Benjamin Bisbee. On a scouting action to collect horses and food for the army, he was captured in the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, VA. He spent 19 months in Libby Prison. He developed a heart condition that caused his death at age 59 years. As a builder in Fremont, NE, he built many buildings including the Post Office. After the depression of 1892, he removed his family to Omaha, NE.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3121] Elizabeth Adelaide Smith (Mrs. James Sexton Ainscow), My Family Batcheller -- Marcy. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 69. [S2923] Smith, Oliver Cromwell (i2886): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 828; enumerated page 14, master page 318B, line 8, dwelling 148, family 136; image accessed 4/18/2010.), 1870.NE.Dodge.Fremont.27. [S2924] Smith, Oliver Cromwell (i2686): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 746; enumeration district (ED) 45, enumerated page 22, master page 432B, line 30, dwelling 190, family 197; image accessed 4/18/2010.), 1880.NE.Dodge.Fremont.45.22. [S2925] Smith, Oliver Cromwell (i2686): 1885 NE Census, (Ancestry.com: NARA micropublication M352, Enumeration District (ED) 228, page 18, line 25, dwelling 132, family 136; image accessed 4/18/2010.).