Shubel Smith
American, 1775 - 1823
BiographyShubel Smith was born 14 February 1775, the son of Charles of Colchester and Hannah (Stewart) Smith of Waterford. He married Sarah Raymond on 17 April 1796; and they lived in Ledyard at the "Smith Homstead" on Pumpkin Hill Road, which he built in 1807. They had eleven children: Shubel Raymond Smith (1797-1820); Charles Edward Smith (1799-1802); Sally Raymond Smith (b. 1802); Charles Edward Smith (1803-1828); Hannah Emeline Smith (1806-1870); Leonard Christophers Smith (1808-1870); Jared Whitfield Smith (b. 1810); Harriet Lines Smith (1812-1846) (married Noyes P. Denison in 1830); Orlando Smith (1814-1859)(married Emeline Gallup in 1845, daughter of Isaac Gallup, Esq. and Prudence Geer of Ledyard); Eliza Ann Smith (1816-1882); and Julia Abby Smith (1819-1900).
In addition to managing his farm he carried on quite an extensive business of buying and shipping mules to the South and to the West Indies. He died in Groton on 3 March 1823 aged 48.
In addition to managing his farm he carried on quite an extensive business of buying and shipping mules to the South and to the West Indies. He died in Groton on 3 March 1823 aged 48.
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