SMITH, Patrick

Date of birth:  About 1806 – Ireland
Date of death: 12 Mar 1892 – Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 18, 1892,
Volume XXXII Number 39, page 4 column 2

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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TIMOTHY RIDGE.

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Mrs. Eliza Middleton of Franklin was with her son-in-law, Ben Barnett, the past week, attending at the bedside of Patrick Smith through his illness.

Patrick Smith, the only brother of Mrs. Eliza Middleton of Franklin, died Saturday night of consumption at 10 o’clock at the residence of B. F. Bar­nett. He was 78 [sic] years old.

Mrs. Wm. Musselman and her aunt, Florence Middleton of Franklin, atten­ded the funeral of their uncle, Patrick Smith, Monday.

Link to Patrick Smith’s grave

Notes: Patrick Smith’s grave stone records his death date as 2 Mar 1892 and his age at death as 86.
The 1850 US Federal Census for Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana records that Patrick Smith was born in 1806 in Ireland. The 1870, 1880 and 1900 US Federal Censuses record that Benjamin Barnett’s residence was in Nineveh.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson