Smith, Henry

Born: 1818-06-XX Pennsylvania

Died: 1873-03-20 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

Henry Smith was a farmer and postmaster in Sangamon County, Illinois. In September 1842, Smith married Sarah (Sally) M. Cartwright, daughter of the Reverend Peter Cartwright, with whom he had ten children. From May 1843 to April 1849, Smith served as postmaster of Pleasant Plains. In 1850, he was farming and owned real property valued at $1,800. From April to June 1853, Smith served another stint as postmaster of Pleasant Plains. In 1860, Smith was a farmer living near Pleasant Plains with his family. He owned real estate worth $8,000 and personal property worth $1,500.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 192; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 1 September 1842, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28, 1845-1855, 18:172; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, from the Thirtieth September, 1841, to the Thirtieth September, 1843 (Washington, DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1843), *553; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1845 (Washington, DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1845), 394*; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1847 (Washington, DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1847), *421; Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 241; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 366; Gravestone, Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, IL.