5993. Ephraim Frederick Curtiss (Ephraim Fitch Curtiss , Laura Sears , Simeon , Joshua , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 23 Mar 1862.
Ephraim married Mary Olive Westcott.
They had the following children:
9045 F i Living
6001. Herbert Smith II Rapp (Sarah Ann Curtiss , Laura Sears , Simeon , Joshua , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 4 Aug 1850 in Pekin, Niagra Co, NY. He died 10 Feb 1925 in Ranger, TX and was buried in Portville, Cattaraugus, NY.
RHSecrist oilman, explosives, captain-Erie Canal boat, farmer
Herbert married Sarah Elizabeth Carr, daughter of Volkert Carr and Sarah Filkins Chamberlain, in Geneseo, NY. Sarah was born 8 Feb 1853 in Geneseo, Livingston co, NY. She died 9 Mar 1931 in Valencia, Butler Co, PA and was buried 12 Mar 1931 in Portville, NY.
They had the following children:
+ 9046 M i Albert Edward Rapp + 9047 M ii Harry Lee "Jim" Rapp 9048 F iii Alice A Rapp was born 20 Jun 1879/1880 in Indian Falls, Genesee, NY. She died in d. young. + 9049 F iv Mabel E Rapp + 9050 M v John Arthur Rapp 9051 M vi Raymond Rapp was born 13 Oct 1888 in Aberdeen, SD. He died in d. young. + 9052 F vii Anna Laura Rapp 9053 F viii Caroline Irene Rapp was born 26 Apr 1894 in Aberdeen, SD. She died 1918 in Influenza Epid, NY and was buried in Portville, NY.
6008. Willard Newton Smith (Obediah Jr Smith , Rhoda (Or Jehodah) Sears , Daniel , Daniel , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 5 Jul 1832 in Youngstown, OH. He died in Chicago, IL.
BIRTH: Letter from Richard Shipps; 1710-1946; Letter dtd 11 Jul 1996; ;
OCCU friend of A. Lincoln & one of his first campaigners in S.IL.
CHAN DATE 5 NOV 1995
CHAN DATE 2 AUG 1995 Says b. Lewiston, NY
Willard married Matilda Jaspersen, daughter of Georg Jaspersen and Anne Madiera. Matilda was born 17 Sep 1832.
BIRTH: Letter from Richard Shipps; 1710-1946; Letter dtd 11 Jul 1996; ;
Line 834 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
CHANLine 835 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
CHAN DATE 2 AUG 1995
Willard and Matilda had the following children:
+ 9054 M i Charles Jasperson Smith 9055 F ii Eleanor Sophia Smith was born 15 Jun 1858 in Atlanta, IL. She died 1 Jul 1942 in Midland, MI.
BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Richard Shipps; 1710-1946; Letter dtd 11 Jul 1996; ;
OCCU Established the Hull House School of Music, Chicago 1892
EDUC Studied in Berlin under Hey & Moszjowski
CHAN DATE 5 NOV 1995
9056 F iii Isabella Smith was born 18 Aug 1860 in Detroit, MI. She died 1885.
BIRTH-DEATH: Letter from Richard Shipps; 1710-1946; Letter dtd 11 Jul 1996; ;
GEDCOM- CHAN DATE 2 AUG 1995
+ 9057 F iv Harriet Smith + 9058 M v Norman Lincoln Smith + 9059 M vi Arthur George Smith 9060 F vii Gertrude Madiera Smith was born 19 Apr 1868 in Chicago, IL.
BIRTH: Letter from Richard Shipps; 1710-1946; Letter dtd 11 Jul 1996; ;
OCCU Music composer, teacher @ Hull House, Chicago
CHAN DATE 2 AUG 1995
6012. Achish H Pool (Irena Smith , Rhoda (Or Jehodah) Sears , Daniel , Daniel , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 3 Mar 1830. He died 23 Mar 1893.
Achish married Gertrude S Tillson on 25 Nov 1859. Gertrude was born 2 Nov 1839. She died 18 Mar 1916.
They had the following children:
+ 9061 F i Susan G Pool
6013. Living (Preserved Smith , Rhoda (Or Jehodah) Sears , Daniel , Daniel , Paul , Paul , Richard )
They had the following children:
+ 9062 F i Living
6014. Harriet Eliza Sears (Nathaniel
, Priscilla
, Daniel
, Daniel
, Paul
, Paul
, Richard
) was born 1826 in
John W Sears Archive: b., m. d. date, probably went by Eliza since that name
was listed first by S P May
They had the following children:
+ 9063 M i Living
6015. Lorenzo Sears Rev (Nathaniel , Priscilla , Daniel , Daniel , Paul , Paul , Richard ) was born 18 Apr 1838 in Hawley, MA. He died 1 Mar 1916 and was buried in , 3347.
BIRTH-FATHER-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: Samuel Pearce May, THE
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES(SEARS) OF YARMOUTH,MASS; 1638-1888; Albany, Joel
Munsell's Sons, 1890; p 550; NEHGS Library, Boston, MA; Was Rector of Grace
Church, Manchester, NH, till 1885, when he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric
and English Literature in Burlington University, VTBIRTH-BIOGRAPHY-DEATH: W J Burke and Will D Howe, Editors, American Authors
and Books; 1640-1940; New York, Gramercy Publishing Co, 1943; pp 674-675; Book
in Duncan Public Library, Duncan, OK; Educator, author. The History of Oratory
(1896); Principles and Methods of Literary Criticism (1898); American
Literature in the Colonial and National Periods (1902); The Makers of AMerican
Literature (1904); Wendell Phillips (1909); John Hancock (1912); John hay
(1914); etc. English dept, Brown University, 1890-1906. They show him born in
Searsville, MA.John W Sears Archive:Notable Americans - Taught at Brown 1895-1906
Biography and Genealogy Master Index, 2d ed, Gale Research, ISBN 0-8103-1094-5,
p140; AmAu&B, ScAmAu, ScNAA, REnAL, TwCBDA, WhAm 1
He had the following children: