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<\/a>Sterling Smith 1892 \u2013 1898<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
<\/a>Irving and Annie Smith<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Irving Smith, a farmer, and his wife Anna May “Annie” Edleman married c. 1890. Irving Smith was born 21 Jan 1869, son of Freeman Smith and Margaret E Hermans, daughter of Henry Hermans, my 3rd great-grandfather. Irving\u2019s family also resided in Milan so he was most likely born there. Annie was born 16 Feb 1868 and was probably the daughter of Phillip (a child of German immigrants) and Margaret Edleman of Ancram, Columbia County, just to the north. In 1900, they lived in the area north of what is now Rt 199 in Milan, NY between Red Hook and Pine Plains called Jackson Corner, down the\u00a0road from my grandparent\u2019s farm. Now-a-days, we add an \u201cS\u201d\u00a0and call it Jackson Corners.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Ruth Smith<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
At right is Sterling\u2019s little sister Ruth Smith (later Mrs. Joseph Bruyette) 16 Sep 1893 – 29 May 1976. She would later be a member of the same DAR Chapter that I am regent of, today.<\/p>\n
An online newspaper archive, like Old Fulton Post Cards<\/a> is invaluable for its record of the goings-on in small country communities like the one that the Smiths called home. In these columns, a local \u201creporter\u201d would note who had visited, who was born, married and who was ill, among other important social happenings.<\/p>\n Sterling Smith was \u201con the sick list\u201d as announced in the March 18th 1898 Pine Plains Register which noted that \u201ca number in this place (Jackson Corner) are sick, two of which have the pneumonia.\u201d In the following week\u2019s paper, it is announced that Sterling died Thursday, March 16th. Two weeks later, the local reporter had only one story to report for Jackson Corner. \n Sterling was aged 6 years, 5 months and ten days. This sweet memorial card is the same size as the \u201ccabinet card\u201d photos found in one of our antique family photo albums.<\/p>\n Funeral services were held on Saturday, conducted by Rev. W. W. Wilcox and E. A. Bishop. Rev. Wilcox\u2019s card is found in the same album as the memorial card.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n