FRED'S FAMILY
January 1892 Greeley "Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Smith, parents of Fred E. Smith, formerly of Lovelaud, are now residents of this city."
January 31, 1905
April 25, 1907
MARGARET'S FAMILY
August 1893 Greeley "Dr. Emerson of Snyder is in the city visiting his son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Smith. The doctor appears to be enjoying _^ the best of health."
September 3, 1896 "Dr. Charles Emerson was born at Marietta, Ohio, August 6, 1815, and died at his home in Denver, August 23, 1896, aged 81 years. He was a graduate of the medical college at Athens, Ohio, and was a successful practioneer for a number of years, but early in the 60's engaged in the banking business at Van Wert, Ohio, where for many years he was president of the First National bank, and also a stockholder in the National bank of Delphos, Obio, of which his son-in-law Jno. M. C. Marble was cashier.
He was married twice, first to Mrs. Margaret Grier, who died Feb. 15, 1869, leaving three children: Elizabeth (now Mrs. Jno. M. C. Marble of Los Angeles, California, Mary (widow of Walter Buckingham, Longmont, Colorado); and Minnie, (now Mrs. F. E. Smith of Greeley, Colorado.) His second wife was Mrs. Kate Atkinson, to whom he was united March 16, 1873, and who with three children, Charles William, George Dana and Rose Hill survive him.
Doctor Emerson came to Greeley in July, 1870, intending to engage in the banking business with Charles G. Buckingham (now president of a National bank in Boulder, Colorado) but finding Mr. H. T. West already engaged in the business, they united with him under the name of Emerson, West & Buckingham. He continued in the firm, under different names, until the year 1883 when he sold his interest to Mr. Hunter. He was, during all these years, associated with his son in law, Walter Buckingham, in the banking business at Longmont under the name of Emerson & Buckingham and was for years a stockholder in the bank at Boulder.
His life was a busy one always. After retiring from the firm in Greeley, he made his home in Denver, and has devoted his time to looking after his large landed interests. Though engaged in banking, during the most of his active life he always had great sympathy for the poor and today, there are many well-to-do men in Colorado who received their first start in life from him.
Being a large holder of agricultural land in Colorado, he made it possible for many poor men to secure homes, which without his assistance they could not have done.
The writer was intimately associated with him in business for seven or eight years, during which time he never beard him say a harsh word or do a wrong tbing.
Peace to his ashes.
H. T. West."
FRED
An 1893 Cornell alumni list included "Fred E. Smith, '79, Greeley"
In 1880 Fred E. Smith is in Greeley, teaching, 24, born in New York.
He is in the boarding house of Annie Rea, 51.
July 1880 "Mr. Fred. E. Smith, formerly editor of the Greeley Sun, has received the appointment of principal of the public school at Blackhawk. "
July 1880 Black Hawk, Colorado "The Black Hawk school board has chosen Mr. Fred E. Smith as principal of the publie schools for the ensuing year, Miss Coats, in the intermediate department, and Miss Johnson and Mrs. Lewis in the first and second primary departments."
FRED AND MINNIE
July 1881 Fort Collins "A happy party assembled at the Elkhorn house on the twentieth instant, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Minnie Emerson, daughter of Dr. Emerson, of the firm of Emerson & West, the Greeley bankers, and Prof. Fred E. Smith, of the "Blackard university". Among those present were Dr. Emerson and wife, Hon. W. C. Stover and wife, F. C. Avery and wife, Mr. Smith, father of the bridegroom, Mr. Charles Sheldon, A. A. Mead, of Greeley, and others. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. K. Packard, of Greeley. The presents were elegant and numerous. The newly married pair started for Georgetown the same evening."
November 1882
October 1883 " Mr. Fred E. Smith was over from Greeley Wednesday calling on Longmont friends. "
In 1885 Greeley, Fred Smith is an implement dealter, 29, Minni3 24 born in Ohio, and Margaret 3 in Colorado.
Arthur Smith BIRTH 25 Jan 1881 Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, DEATH 23 May 1885 Greeley, Colorado, BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, PLOT Blk H, lot 18, spc 4 MEMORIAL ID 65308967.
August 1886 Sterling ". Mrs. F. E. Smith came in from the East and joined her husband in Sterling Thursday evening."
June 1887 Sterling "Mrs. N. H. Justus and Mrs. F. E. Smith drove to Denver a few days ago. "
February 1889 " The Beaver Ditch company, composed of Charles Emerson, Fred E. Smith and John M. Wallace, has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $O,OOO, from the purpose of operating ditches drawing their supply from Beaver creek. Greeley, Weld county, will be their headquarters."
August 4, 1889 Greeley "Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Smith were pleasantly surprised on Saturday evening last on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of their wedding day. There were present Mrs. Smith's father and mother from Loveland, Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Miss Williams, Professor and Mrs. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Currier, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haynes, Miss Fortner, Miss Coates, Miss A. E. Hart, Revs. R. W. Savage, E. S. Parsons and A. K. Packard."
May 1891 "Fred E. Smith and eldest daughters, Gretchen and Etella, will start tomorrow night on a tour through California, Oregon and Washington, resting during the journey at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Tacoma. They expect to be absent until the middle of June. During his absence Mr. Smith promises to keep the readers of the Tribune informed of everything of intereat that comes under his observation."
April 1892 Greeley "Fred E. Smith has purchased the brick residence of John M. Wallace-built by W. H. Nice - on Ninth street corner of Eleventh avenue. Mr. Smith and family will occupy the house some time in May."
June 30, 1892 Greeley
" Fred E. Smith is on a business trip in the eastern part of the state.
One more Flemming hay stacker left at F. E. Smith & Company.
Fred E. Smith & Company have a pair of first class young mules for sale. Call and see them."
If you want to treat mother, wife or best girl to a fourth of July ride, get one of those elegant buggies from Fred E. Smith & Company cheaper than ever."
Fred claimed a quarter in section 18, 8N 52W in 1892.
December 1897 Greeley "Mrs. Fred E. Smith, while enjoying a Christmas visit from her sister and niece, Mrs. Buckingham and Miss Buckingham of Longmont, gave a reception in honor of her guests, Thursday last. The house and refreshtment table were tastefully decorated with Cnrietmaa greens and holly."
In 1900 Greeley, Fred Smith is 43, Margueriet E. Smith 39 Wife, Estella C. Smith 13 Daughter, Gretchen Smith 18 Daughter, Hilda Smith 12 Daughter, Isabelle Smith 9 Daughter, and Dana Smith 2 Son.
July 1902 "Fred E. Smith returned to Greeley Friday from his cottage in Estes park, and Sunday started for that resort to enjoy a few more days of comfort and freedom from business cares."
October 5, 1904 Greeley "Dana, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Smith , died this morning after about three weeks' illness from typhoid fever. The little fellow made a heroic struggle against the fever, but was at last compelled to give up. The death causes great sorrow to the parents and sisters, as he was their only son. The funeral will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon."
Dana Lester Smith BIRTH 12 Jun 1897 Greeley, Colorado, DEATH 30 Sep 1904 Greeley, BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, PLOT Blk H, lot 18, spc 2 MEMORIAL ID 65308965
January 1907 Greeley
February 1907 Greeley
March 17, 1909
Gilpin County Observer "Fred E. Smith, some years ago superintendent of the Black Hawk schools, was killed yesterday in a runaway accident in Los Angeles, Cal. Smith went from here to Greeley and taught in the schools of that city, afterward becoming interested in business enterprises. He went to California about three years ago. He is survived by a wife and four daughters. "
Frederic Elias 'Fred' Smith BIRTH 20 Dec 1856 Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, DEATH 18 May 1909 Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, PLOT Blk H, lot 18, spc 5 MEMORIAL ID 65308968 .
In 1910 Los Angeles, Margret S. Smith is 48, Carolin E. Smith 24 Daughter, Hilda Smith 23 Daughter, Isbel F. Smith 19, Daughter, and Margree L. Smith 27 Daughter, a laundress.
In 1930 Los Angeles, Margaret E. Smith is 69, Head Hilda Smith 42 Daughter a public school teacher.
" Ashes of the late Mrs. Margaret E. Smith will be interred in Linn Grove beside those of her husband, Fred E. Smith, at a time to be announced after the arrival Tuesday of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Kelly, from Los Angeles, where she was with her mother at tho time of her death last Thursday. Funeral services were held Friday at the Hollywood crematory. Mrs. Smith was Margaret Emerson, daughter of Dr. Charles Emerson, a pioneer of Greeley, and the first treasurer of tho Union Colony. She was born in Van Wert, Ohio 71 years ago. Most of her schooling was obtained in Ohio. When 18 years old she married Fred E. Smith, a Cornell graduate and then a young school teacher. He became active in business affairs, and in 1904 the family went to Los Angeles, and when Mr. Smith died in 1909 he was secretary of the Union Home Telephone and Telegraph company. Smith in earlier days was prominent in business, civic, and dramatic affairs in Greeley.
Mrs. Smith is survived by four children, Mrs. Gretchen Boyle, Hilda Smith, a high school teacher; Isabelle Smith, dean of Scrlpps College, a girls' school at Claromont, and Mrs. Ettolla Kelly of Greeley. She has a brother, Charles B. Emerson at Brush, and a sister, Rose Hainly, at Coconut Grove, Florida.
GRETCHEN
Margaret L. Smith Age 35 Marriage Date 27 Aug 1917 Marriage Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois Spouse Name Howard L. Boyle Spouse Age 35.
Howard Lee Boyle, born February 01, 1881 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, died July 20, 1919 (age 38) in Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon.
In 1930 Los Angeles, Gretchen S. Boyle is a school librarian, widowed, 47, Margaret L. Boyle 11 Daughter born in Oregon.
May 15, 1940 Oakland, California, "JORGENSEN, William Ernest, 20, 2482 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, marriage license with BOYLE, Margaret Louise 21, Bancroft Way, Berkeley."
Gretchen Smith Boyle BIRTH 12 May 1882 DEATH 23 Jul 1967 BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, PLOT Blk H, lot 18, spc 8 MEMORIAL ID 65216155
ETTELLA
June 15, 1911 " Mrs. Margaret Smith of Los Angeles, Calif., announces the engagement of her daughter, Ettella, to William Robert Kelley of Greeley. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride, 1101 West 46th street, Los Angeles, on the evening of June 29, at 8 o'clock.
Miss Smith is a daughter of the late Fred E. Smith, who resided in Greeley for many years, until recently when the family moved to the coast. He was a well known business man and very prominent in educational circles. z She is also a grand daughter of Charles Emerson, a former pioneer banker In Greeley. Her early education was received in the Greeley schools and after graduating from the State Normal, she attended Leland Stanford university, and her many friends in this city await her homecoming with much pleasure.
Mr. Kelly is the son of David Kelly, a wealthy pioneer farmer, and is one of the leading attorneys of this city. The two were schoolmates in the Greeley high school and the romance may be said to date from their early school days."
In 1920 Greeley, William R. Kelly 36 is an attorney, Ettella Kelly 32 Wife, David Kelly 1 Adopted Son, and Dora Hart 17 Servant.
Ettella S. Kelly BIRTH 31 Aug 1886 DEATH 6 Apr 1972 BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, PLOT Blk 18, lot 62, spc 7 MEMORIAL ID 65225665.
William R. Kelly BIRTH 22 Feb 1883 DEATH 23 Jan 1981 BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, PLOT Blk 18, lot 62, spc 8 MEMORIAL ID 65225666.
ISABEL
Isabel applied for a passport in 1920 Los Angeles, born November 15, 1890 at Greeley, going to France and England to study.
"Isabel Fothergill Smith (November 15, 1890 – September 16, 1990) was a geology professor from Greeley, Colorado. She studied geology at Bryn Mawr College under her mentor Florence Bascom. Smith published various articles as a student and a memoir on Bascom later during her retirement. Beginning her career as an associate professor of geology at Smith College, Isabel later became the first dean of Scripps College, a prestigious women's liberal arts college."
Isabel Fothergill Smith was born in Greeley, Colorado, on November 15, 1890, as the youngest of four daughters. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in her early teens. Her father was a student of Cornell University, and her sisters had attended the University of Colorado, Stanford and Columbia University. In 1909, her father was killed in a horse and buggy accident. After her father's death, Smith's mother would be unable to provide funding for an education similar to her siblings, however a cousin with ties to Bryn Mawr College provided her the chance to pursue a bachelor's degree, guiding her along a path that would begin her mentorship under Professor Florence Bascom.
Given her family's background within education, Isabel thought she would have no issue pursuing her studies at any institute she saw as fit. However, after her father's death in 1909, financial hardships made any such opportunity uncertain. A cousin whose sister studied at Bryn Mawr College funded the opportunity for Isabel to pursue a bachelor's degree at the same institute. For the 1918–19 school year, Isabel Smith is listed as both the recipient of the President's European Fellow award and as a fellow in geology.[3] Isabel Fothergill Smith gained her bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr alongside the help of Florence Bascom, a professor known for her accomplishments as one of the first woman geologists, and the first woman in America to achieve a PhD in geology.[1][4] She continued her studies within this circle and obtained her master's degree, publishing "A columbite crystal from Boothwyn, Pennsylvania." In this research article she studied the relationship between columbite and granitic, pegmatitic and metamorphic rocks. She adds particular attention to a well-developed crystal from Boothwyn, Delaware County, that is held in Bryn Mawr College. The crystal came from Naaman Creek, Southwest of Boothwyn, in a pegmatite mass.
After she received her master's, Bascom recommended an M. Carey Thomas European Fellowship from Bryn Mawr to Smith, enabling her to study mineralogy in Paris for a year (1920–1921). During this time, she was able to work and study with Professor A. Lacroix at the Université de Paris, whilst also finding value in listening to Professor Haüy's lectures.[1] Following this, Smith completed her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr, writing her dissertation: "Anorthosite in the Piedmont province of Pennsylvania." Here Smith pursues towards understanding the origin of anorthosite. She studied a small body of anorthosite in Honeybrook, Pennsylvania, more specifically, in Chester County. The evidence she finds gives support to Bowen's theory of the origin of anorthosite. From the evidence she gathered, she concluded that it was never in the form of a fluid. This was once published in the Pan-American Geologist.
Isabel F. Smith came to Smith college as a geology teacher in 1923 and quickly became a greatly beloved member of Smith College. For the 1924–25 school year, Smith is listed as an instructor, teaching the following courses: general geology, glacial geology, petrology, and special advanced work. For the 1925–26 school year, Smith is listed as an assistant professor, instructing the following courses: general geology, mineralogy, special phases of the quaternary ice age, petrology, and special advanced work. She taught these same courses for the 1926–27 school year. From 1927 to 1928, she again served as an assistant professor, returning to teach general geology, meteorology, mineralogy, petrology special advanced work, and this time, lithology. For the 1928–29 school year, Smith only taught mineralogy, lithology, petrology, and special advanced work. During the 1927–28 school year, Isabel was a member of the summer reading standing committee. During the 1928–29 school year, Isabel Smith served on the Smith College board of Admission, and in February 1929 the school held a board of trustees meeting where Smith received a promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor in the field of geology.
In 1929 Florence Bascom wrote a letter of recommendation for Smith to Scripps College, a private women's liberal arts college. And in the following July edition of Smith College's Alumnae Quarterly, it was announced that after seeing several visitors from other institutions looking to recruit Smith College's, Isabel F. Smith would be departing to join Scripps College of Claremont, California, where she had family members. This came just as Smith was in the hospital recovering from an unknown illness. In her absence, Leona Gabel of the Department of History assumed her responsibilities as Dean of the Class of 1932.
She was interested in Scripps College as she was excited to promote education programs that would go against disciplinary boundaries. As dean, she encouraged a more intellectual agenda that would encourage interdisciplinary programs and student life. Dr. Smith was responsible for students’ well-being, and she often dealt with student misbehaviour, such as staying out too late. Under her deanship, the faculty instituted the "Scripps Humanities Program", similar programs were then adopted by larger institutions like Stanford and the University of Chicago. After six years, Smith resigned from her position and took a year-long sabbatical (1935–1936) studying the History of Science at Columbia University and Harvard University, under Professor George Sarton. Upon her return, she continued teaching at Scripps and began teaching at Pomona College. Smith taught interdisciplinary courses such as the "Progress and Meaning in Science" to "The Natural History of Southern California." She also taught introductory geology courses, historical geology, and her specialty, mineralogy. This continued until her retirement in 1954.
In 1950 Los Angeles County, Isabel F. Smith 59 is professor of geology at a private college, Juanita Lavella Hartwell 49 Lodger.
Isabel Fothergill Smith BIRTH 15 Nov 1890 Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, DEATH 28 Nov 1990 Greeley, BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, PLOT Blk H, lot 18, spc 10 MEMORIAL ID 65308971.
HILDA
In 1940 Hilda is living along in Los Angeles.
Hilda Smith Birth Date 6 Feb 1888 Birth Place Colorado Death Date 4 Nov 1972 in Los Angeles County.
Hilda Irene Smith BIRTH 6 Feb 1888 Greeley, Colorado, DEATH 4 Nov 1972 BURIAL Linn Grove Cemetery Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, PLOT Blk H, lot 18, spc 9 MEMORIAL ID 65308970.