Lt. James Smith

1802 - 1879  (77 years)

• Name	James Smith  [1]
  Title	Lt.
  Birth	1802	England   [1]
  Born	24 Feb 1802	Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	1837
  	Served as Lt. to Capt. William Taylor for the British Loyalists during the 1837 Rebellion
  Died	2 Aug 1879	Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
  Death	3 Aug 1879	Kent County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	miller, municipal politician
  Buried	Dawn Mills Cemetery, Dawn Mills, Kent County, Ontario
  Person ID	I14552	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth A. Taylor,   b. 11 Mar 1816, New York, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1889, Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Abt 1835	Dawn Mills or Dresden, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Josie Smith,   b. Abt 1835, Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Dec 1900, Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 65 years)  [natural]   2. James Taylor Smith,   b. 11 Feb 1838, Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Aug 1920, Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Helen Smith,   b. 1849, Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  [natural]   4. Susan Jane Smith,   b. 1857, Dresden, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F3919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James was a founding partner with his father-in-law's (William Taylor's) grist mill in Dawn Mills, Upper Canada. James served as a Lieutenant under his father-in-law, Capt. Taylor, fighting for the British Loyalists during the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada. James became reeve of Camden and Zone townships in the new Kent County council. From 1852 to 1862 he was warden of Kent County. He was the longest serving warden in the history of Kent County. Records conflict as to whether there were in fact two James Smiths, senior and junior. The senior who was a founding mill partner with William Taylor and fellow soldier, as well as warden of Kent County. And the Junior who married Taylor's daughter, Elizabeth. The approximate 20 year age difference between this James Smith and Elizabeth Taylor would favour the latter version.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Record for James Smith