Census Data on Dr. A. C. Smith 

1880 United States Federal Census about A. C. Smith

Name: A. C. Smith

Home in 1880:             Tampico, Whiteside, Illinois

Age:     75

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1805

Birthplace:        Kentucky

Relation to Head of Household:           Self (Head)

Spouse's Name:           Rachael

Father's birthplace:       Kentucky

Mother's birthplace:     Kentucky

Occupation:     Physician

Marital Status: Married

Race:   White

Gender:            Male

Household Members: Name            Age

HOH: A. C. Smith       75,

(Wife) Rachael Smith 39, b. NYabt. 1841

Ella Smith         15, b. NY abt. 1865

Emma Smith     13, b. IL abt, 1867

Eva Smith        9, b. IL abt, 1871

Ford Smith       3, b. IL abt 1877

Ermine Smith    5M (Feb.), b. IL 1879 

IL STATE ARCHIVES:

GREENMAN, BURT D                     SMITH, EMMA C                        1886-11-25    /     00006993 WHITESIDE  

JOHNSON, JOHN S                      SMITH, EVA A                         1897-09-15    /     00009807 WHITESIDE           

PAGE, JACOB R                        SMITH, EVA R                         1897-06-03    /     00009747 WHITESIDE          

SMITH, FORDE A                       SMITH, IDA L                         1897-09-22    /     00009811 WHITESIDE   

1900 United States Federal Census about Alexander C Smith

Name:   Alexander C Smith

Home in 1900: 309 6th Ave., Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois

Age:    59

Birth Date:    Jan 1841

Birthplace:    Illinois

Race:   White

Ethnicity:     American

Relationship to head-of-house:        Head

Father's Birthplace:   Virginia

Mother's Birthplace:   Virginia

Marital Status:        Widowed

Residence :    Sterling City, Whiteside, Illinois

Occupation:    Physician/surgeon

Household Members: Name        Age

Alexander C Smith      59

Ermyn Smith    20 (daughter) b. Jan. 1870 IL, IL, NY

Bertha Dutcher  16 (servant)

Alexander’s neighbor was Forde Smith

1900 United States Federal Census about Forde Smith

Name:   Forde Smith

[Forde H Smith] 

Home in 1900: 309 5th Ave., Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois

Age:    23

Birth Date:    Jul 1876

Birthplace:    Illinois

Race:   White

Ethnicity:     American

Relationship to head-of-house:        Head

Father's Birthplace:   Illinois

Mother's Birthplace:   New York

Spouse's Name:  Ida

Marriage Year:  1897

Marital Status:        Married

Years Married:  3

Residence :    Sterling City, Whiteside, Illinois

Occupation:    Mgr. Physician’s office

Household Members: Name        Age

Forde Smith    23, b. IL, IL, NY

Ida Smith      24, (wife) b. Jan. 1876, IL, Wales, IL

Ronald Smith   1, (son) b. IL

1910 United States Federal Census about Alexander C Smith

Name:   Alexander C Smith

Age in 1910:   69

Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1841

Birthplace:    Illinois

Relation to Head of House:     Head

Father's Birth Place:  Virginia

Mother's Birth Place:  Virginia

Spouse's Name:  Georgia

Home in 1910:  309 6th. Ave., Sterling Ward 2, Whiteside, Illinois

Marital Status:        Married

Race:   White

Gender:        Male

Household Members: Name Age

Alexander C Smith      69

(wife 2)Georgia Smith  50

(Daughter)Ella Peumington [sic] 45, b. IL (should read Remmington), wd, one child

(granddaughter) Marie Peumington [sic] 19, single, b. Dakota (surname should read Remmington)

The Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, lists an Alexander C. Smith and Rachel Smith in the same section/lot. Alexander Smith - DOD: May 27, 1910, not DOD for Rachel. Alexander is listed as widower in 1900 census. 

RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

1908 East Third St.

Sterling, Whiteside Co. Illinois

815-625-0708 or email them at - riverside@essex1.com

From Smith Families

FORD SMITH (s/o A. C. Smith)

SMITH, FORDE A                       SMITH, IDA L    1897-09-22    /     00009811 WHITESIDE  

1910 United States Federal Census about Lorel Smith

Name: Lorel Smith [this is how name is transcribed on Ancestry.com]

[Ford Smith]

Age in 1910:    34

Estimated Birth Year:   abt 1876

Birthplace:        Illinois

Relation to Head of House:      Head

Father's Birth Place:     Kentucky

Spouse's Name:           Ida

Home in 1910: 5^th Ave., Sterling Ward 2, Whiteside, Illinois

Marital Status: Married

Race:   White

Gender:            Male

Household Members: Name    Age

Lorel [sic] Smith 34, IL, KY, Unk., Optician/own office

Ida Smith         34, IL, Eng., IL

Ronald Smith   11, IL

Lawrence Smith 6, IL

1920 United States Federal Census about Ford A Smith

Name: Ford A Smith

Home in 1920:             Sterling Precinct 5, Whiteside, Illinois

Age:     43 years

Estimated Birth Year:   abt 1877

Birthplace:        Illinois

Relation to Head of House:      Head

Spouse's Name:           Ida L

Father's Birth Place:     Kentucky

Mother's Birth Place:    Illinois

Marital Status: Married

Race:   White

Sex:     Male

Home owned: Own

Able to read:    Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Image: 468

Household Members: Name    Age

Ford A Smith   43, b. IL, F/KY, M/IL

Ida L Smith      43, b. IL, F/Eng., M/IL

Lawrence Smith 16, b. IL

1930 United States Federal Census about Ford Smith

Name: Ford Smith

Home in 1930:             Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois

Age:     53

Estimated Birth Year:   abt 1877

Birthplace:        Illinois

Relation to Head of House:      Head

Spouse's Name:           Ida

Race:   White

Occupation: Optometrist

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

Household Members: Name    Age

Ford Smith       53, m. @ 21, b. IL, F/KY, M/IL, occupation: Optometrist

Ida Smith         53. m. @ 21, b. IL, F/Eng.,, M/IL

Richard Smith 6, grandson, b. IL

Ethel Smith       57, sister-in-law, b. IL, single

MILITARY

Possible? There were other A. C. Smith’s from KY –some were “black”

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Alexander C. Smith

Name: Alexander C. Smith

Side:    Union

Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky

Regiment Name:          1 Kentucky Cavalry

Regiment Name Expanded:      1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry

COMPANY:   J,B

Rank In:           Private

Rank In Expanded:      Private

Rank Out:        Lieutenant

Rank Out Expanded:    Lieutenant

Film Number:   M386 roll 25

Emma Smith - Burt D. Greenman

In the spring of that year, March 14, 1885, Burt D. Greenman bought a small drug store from E. A. LaDue, which he continued to operate until his death. He was married to Emma C. Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith, Thanksgiving day, Nov. 25, 1886. She passed away April 20, 1927. In the prepared obituary which was left by Mr. Greenman a high tribute was paid to the memory of his wife, referring to her as "loving, kind, faithful and affectionate." No immediate relatives survive Mr. Greenman. Funeral arrangements will be announced following inquest which will be held in Tampico Monday evening.

Contributed by Melva Taylor from The Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois October 20, 1930 - Monday, pg. 10, col. 1

STERLING DAILY GAZETTE

May 28, 1910  5;6

BRIEF STORY OF A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE IN THE OBITUARY OF DR. SMITH

 DEATH OF HIGHLY ESTEEMED PHYSICIAN HAS CAST GLOOM OVER THE COUNTY

Funeral Services Will be Held at the Family Home Monday Morning at 10 O'clock

Dr. Alexander C. Smith, who passed away yesterday afternoon as a result of an attack of heart failure at his home on Sixth Avenue, was born in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14, 1841. His parents moved to Rushville when he was but a youth.

When barely of age he started h is medical career by taking a course in medicine at the Long Island College hospital in New York. Following his graduation he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Carlic.  He started practicing in Tampico in 1871 and resided there until he moved to Sterling in the early part of May, 1895.

His wife died about eight years ago. He was married again to Mrs. Georgia Higley. He is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs. Remington who resides at home; Mrs. J. J. Ludens, of Sterling; Mrs. Greenman of Tampico, and Mrs. Stanley Johnson of Iowa, and one son, Dr. Ford Smith, of this city.

The funeral will be h held from the residence of the deceased, 309 sixth Avenue, Monday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Charles Gorman Richards officiating. Interment will be at Riverside cemetery.

Friends of the family may view the remains at the residence between 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday.

Not in Sterling alone, but all over this part of the county the death of Dr. Smith will be mourned by many friends who have held him in high esteem for years. Before coming to this city he practiced for 24 years at Tampico, and he was known all over the countryside almost as well as he was known in this city. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and a man of high character and many qualities of mind and temperament that endeared him to his associates. The community has suffered a great loss in the death of this able and well-beloved doctor.

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STERLING DAILEY GAZETTE

May 31, 1910

pg. 1;1

FUNERAL OF DR. A. C. SMITH MONDAY

Fellow members of County Medical Society act as pallbearers at services yesterday.

The funeral of the late Dr. A. C. Smith, who died Friday at his home on Sixth Avenue from heart trouble was held yesterday morning at 1 o'clock form the residence with interment at Riverside Cemetery, Rev. Charles Gorman Richards officiated.

The following members of the Whiteside County Medical Sociedty acted as pallbearers: Drs. J. F Keefer, Wm. H. Perry, Frank Anthony, E. L. Dow, C. G. Baird and A. E. Horner of Tampico.

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STERLING EVENING GAZETTE

Tues., May 31, 1910

Pg. 1;3

FUNERAL OF DR. A. C. SMITH

Last Rites Held at Late Home of the Deceased on Monday Morning - Many Friends Present

The last rites over the remains of Dr. A. C. Smith were held on Monday morning at the family home on Sixth Avenue. Rev. Mr. Richards delivered the funeral sermon and there was a large attendance at the obsequies. Many of the friends of the deceased from out of the city, particularly from the southern part of the country, were in attendance. Among the friends of the family from out of the city were Messrs. Thompson of Piper City, nephews of the deceased; Dr. and Mrs. Gowan of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs.  Koozer of New York. Mrs. Koozer is a sister of Mrs. Smith. The folloiwng physicians were the pall bearers; J. F. Keefer, Frank Anthony, Charles G. Beard, W. H. Perry, W. W. Down and Mr. Horner of Tampico. The floral tributes were many and beautiful.