Christian Smith
1846 - 1924 (77 years)-
Name Christian Smith Birth 18 Jan 1846 Congerville, Woodford Co., IL 
[1, 2] - History of Tazewell Co. gives date as 8 Jan 1846
Gender Male MILF Y Occupation Engaged In Farming With Brother-In-Law, Peter Sweitzer, On Section 2 Of Woodford Co., IL Death 1924 - Date given by Don Bishop Smith
Person ID I2218 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 6 Sep 2020
Father Christian Smith (Schmitt), b. 31 May 1810, Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR d. 2 Aug 1855, Congerville, Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL (Age 45 years) Mother Magdalena Schrock (Schrack), b. 10 Apr 1811, Sarrebourg, Moselle, FR d. 4 Aug 1855, Congerville, Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL (Age 44 years) Marriage Abt 1833 Wayne, Ashtabula Co., OH [1, 3] - Joe Staker - Calculated from birth of children
Family ID F208 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jacobine (Phoebe) Sweitzer, b. 12 Jun 1847 d. 1912 (Age 64 years) Marriage 13 Feb 1873 Tazewell Co., IL Children 1. William Arthur Smith, b. 22 Nov 1873 2. Frederic Albert Smith, b. 21 Feb 1879 Family ID F1583 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2010
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Birth - 18 Jan 1846 - Congerville, Woodford Co., IL 
Marriage - 13 Feb 1873 - Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - In 1879 had post office in Cooper, IL. Later lived in Paxton, IL.
Christian enlisted in the Civil War and was at Memphis. He never united with the church.
History of Tazewell County, p. 542, says Chrisitan “united with the (Omish) Mennonite Church in 1867.” Christian served in the civil War in Co. G, 108th Ill. infantry.
“For some cause or other he apparently was considered a sort of ‘black sheep’ in the family.
Christian remarried in 1914 and lived 10 years more--the longest lived of his parent’s children. [1, 4]
- In 1879 had post office in Cooper, IL. Later lived in Paxton, IL.
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