ID	First	Middle	Last	DOB	DOD	COD
177	Thomas	S.	Smith	N/A	1/20/1859	N/A

veteran	exhumed	purchaser	cemetery
N/A	FALSE	N/A	Adams Street

lot	plot
N/A	R11 G3 west face

relations

Maria Smith (wife, b. c1814)

comments

Thomas was born c.1790. He is not listed in the Census records. He died before there were local newspapers to report his death. He was married to Maria. Thomas died on 20 January 1859 at the age of 69 years, 11 months, and 28 days. Berea recorded his burial: "1859 Jan. 21 Thomas Smith [age] 70." He shares a tombstone with his wife, Maria. The stone is a white marble obelisk. The inscription was recorded in 1904 and 1934, and still reads legibly: "THO. S. SMITH" in arched relief, then "DIED Jan. 20, 1859. AGED 69 yrs, 11 mo. 28 d".

sources

Gould, Dr. D. T. and E.S. Loomis. "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904; Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society "List of Burials and Names, 1856-1871," City of Berea Records "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 Tho. S. Smith tombstone inscription photograph, Jeremy Feador, 2007.