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Mimi SMITH (c. 1925- )

1 Mimi SMITH1 (c. 1925- ) [6633]. Born c. 1925, NY.1

2 Harold H. SMITH2 (1890- ) [6627]. Born Apr 1890, NY.2 Marr Bertha H. ? c. 1915.1

From the Middletown Daily Times, May 26, 1891.

"His Little Hands Burned.
Harold Howland, the one year old boy of Mr. Charles H. Smith, of Wickham avenue, yesterday was burned quite badly by putting his little hands upon the top of the hot kitchen stove."

From the Middletown Daily Herald, August 25, 1924.

"Dollar Day Saturday Sept. 13.
At a meeting of merchants held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms this morning at 9:30, it was decided to defer Dollar Day for one week - until Saturday, September 13. It was pointed out that with the streets in their present condition, there was practically no need of advertising in the country because people couldn't get around if they did come to town. By the thirteenth, according to Contractor Harold H. Smith, he will be pretty well cleaned up and conditions will at least be much better.
The meeting was attended by representatives from stores in all sections of the city.".

4 Charles A. SMITH3 (1861- ) [6611]. Born Oct 1861, Howells, Orange Co., NY.2,4 Marr Minnie A. HOLLANDS 1890, Hornellsville, NY.4 Marr ? ? bef 1922.5

From Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York, 1895.

"CHARLES H. SMITH, of Middletown, is a successful architect and civil engineer, and at present is serving in the latter capacity, the duties of which office he has discharged in a manner eminently satisfactory to the people. His office is located in the Trust Building, at No. 75 North Street, and his time is busily occupied in the management of his extensive business and professional interests.
The first representative of this branch of the Smith family in Orange County was our 5ubject's grandfather, Melancton, a native of New York, and a farmer in Chenango County, whence he removed to the town of Wallkill. When advanced in years he came to Middletown and settled at No. 12 William Street, where he lived retired until his death, at the age of seventy-five. Our subject's father, George, was born in Oxford, Chenango County, but was reared in Orange County. Early in life he entered the employ of the Erie Road, and after a time became Roadmaster of the Eastern Division of the Erie. In 1887 he accepted a position as Roadmaster for the New York, Susquehanua & Western Railroad, which position he still holds, with headquarters at Middletown. His wife, Abbie J. Horton. was born in the town of Wallkill, and was the daughter of A. J. Horton, who for many years served as station agent and Postmaster at Howells.
The family of George and Abbie J. Smith consisted of seven children, of whom all but one are living. Charles H., who is next to the eldest, was born in Howells, this county, in 1861, and was reared principally in Paterson. N. J., where he resided from the age of six to sixteen. From that place he came to Middletown, where he has since resided, After graduating from Wallkill Academy, at the age of nineteen, he took up civil engineering, and spent two years in practical work under Chief Engineer 0. Channte, of the Erie Road. He then entered Lehigh University, and for two years was a student in the department of civil-engineering. Later he was Assistant Engineer between Ridgewood and Rutherford. N. J., after which he was promoted to the position of Division Engineer on the Erie, his headquarters being at Elmira for two years. He was then transferred to a similar position on the Western Division, with headquarters at Homellsville, his territory being between that city and Dunkirk, also the Bradford (Pa.) Branch. In that capacity he was employed for two and one half years.
At Homellsville, N. Y., in 1800, Mr. Smith married Miss Minnie A Hollands, whose father, George Hollands, was a prominent business man of that place and at one time Sheriff of Steuben County. In 1890 Mr. Smith was appointed Assistant Chief Engineer of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway, with headquarters at Middletown. For three years he held that position, being under E. Canfield.Chief Engineer, and having charge of the division extending from Oswego to New York City, with all the branches. In 1893 he resigned in order to give his attention wholly to civil-engineering, and in the spring of the following year he opened an office in Middletuwn. About the same time he was appointed City Engineer by the Council, in which capacity he has since served.
A number of new streets in this city have been opened by Mr. Smith, He is Chief Engineer of the Middletown & Goshen Traction Company, of which he was one of the organizers, and in which he is a stockholder and Director. He laid out the Central Park Addition to the city. comprising six hundred acres, also the R. N. Boak tract of forty acres, Columbia Park, Richmond Hill and other portions of the city that are fast growing in popularity. He had the contract for the engineering of water works at various towns in the county, and is now making surveys, and is Chief Engineer, for the Middletown & Bloomingburg Electric Street Railroad, being one of the organizers and Directors of that company. Recently he completed an elegant residence for his family at No. i29 South Street, and in addition to this property he owns nine acres of land in the southern part of the cit
It has been Mr. Smith's custom to attend the annual meetings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of which he is a member. He is connected with the Middletown Club, the Board of Trade, and is an honorary member of the Excel Hook and Ladder Company. In religious belief he is associated with the Second Presbyterian Church of Middletown. He is an enterprising business man, and employs four assistants in his office"

From the Middletown Daily Times.

1891-06-26 - "Civil Engineer Charles H. Smith went to the Willis stock farm this afternoon to make a survey to ascertain weather or not there is room for a mile track."

1891-06-30 - "Civil Engineer Charles H. Smith was in Montgomery yesterday surveying the mill property of T. W. Stratton. Mr. Stratton claims the water in his tail race is impeded by a new dam recently constructed by another party and the survey was made to ascertain how much it does so."

1891-07-02 - "Charles H. Smith is engaged making a survey at Livingston Manor for the new reservoir."

1891-07-10 - "Charles H. Smith will survey the Dolson and Givias farms today to ascertain if a kite track can be made."

1891-08-18 - "Charles H. Smith, the civil engineer, returned from a visit to Hornellsville this morning, where his family is stopping."

1891-09-02 - "H. D. Oliver, who for the past two months has been with Mr. Charles H. Smith, the civil engineer, returned to his home in Easton, Pa., to-day. He is a student at Lafayette College in that place."

1891-12-02 - "Lawyer J. C. R. Taylor and Civil Engineer Charles H. Smith are surveying the lots at this place belonging to the estate of the late A. R. Taylor."

From the Middletown Daily Argus.

1898-04-04 - "Ex-City Engineer Charles Smith went to Staten Island, to-day, to survey the line of a new trolley road."

1898-06-04 - "There is no truth in the report that has been published in nearly every paper in the county to the effect that Charles H. Smith, of Middletown, has been appointed civil engineer of the village of Walden."

1898-06-07 - "Tenth Anniversary - About thirty friends of Ex-City Engineer and Mrs. Charles H. Smith gave them a surprise party at their home on South street, Monday, it being the tenth anniversary of their wedding."

From the Middletown Daily Herald.

1923-07-25 - "County Engineer Charles H. Smith returned from Albany last night where he had been in conference with State Engineer Bond concerning the state roads.".

8 George SMITH4 ( - ) [6623]. Born Oxford, Chenango Co., NY.4

9 Abbie J. HORTON4 ( - ) [6625].

5 Minnie A. HOLLANDS3,4 (1866- ) [6610]. Born Oct 1866, NY.2,6

From the Middletown Daily Times.

1891-08-31 - "Mrs. Charles H. Smith and child Harold, have returned from their visit to Hornellsville."

From the Middletown Daily Herald

1922-12-26 - "Mrs. Minnie Smith of New York city and a former resident, spent Christmas here at the home of her friend Mrs. D. J. Gorman."

From the Middletown Daily Argus.

1894-04-16 - "Mrs. Geo. Hollands, of Bath, N.Y., who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Smith, in this city, for several weeks, returned home, today. She was accompanied by her grandson, Harold."

1896-08-28 - "Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Towner and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Smith drove to Monticello, to-day, to attend the coaching day parade.".

10 George W. HOLLANDS7 (1841-1919) [6590]. Born 9 Jan 1841, Sussex county, England.3 Marr Lydia BAILEY 2 Jan 1866, Richmond Twp., Tioga Co., PA.8 Died 18 Jan 1919, Hornell, Steuben Co., NY.9

From Landmarks of Steuben County.

GEORGE HOLLANDS was born in Sussex county, England, on January 9, 1841. His parents, William and Charlotte Hollands, with a family of six children, came to this country in the year 1850. Soon after their arrival they found their way to Mansfield. Tioga county, Pa.. where they have since resided. Four more children were born to them after their arrival to this country. They are still living and enjoying reasonably good health and are in their eighty-fourth and eighty-first year of age respectively. George Hollands, the subject of this sketch, at the age of eleven years found a home with a respectable farmer, with whom he was to live until he was twenty-one years of age, with the understanding that he was to receive a common school education and when he became of age he was to have a good suit of clothes and $100 in money. Before arriving at the age of maturity, however, the war broke our, and in September, 1861, he left the farm and enlisted in Co. B. 101st Pa. Vols., and served in the army for the period of three years and ten months, during which time he was engaged in many important battles. He was wounded in the battle of Fair Oaks on May 81, 1862. and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Plymouth. N. C.. April 20, 1864 He was an inmate of Andersonville and Florence prisons until the following December, and has never recovered from the exposure and suffering of that terrible
summer. He was shipwrecked in the Potomac River while on his way to join his regiment in April, 1865, and was only saved from a watery grave by clinging to the mast of the ship all night, where he was picked up in an exhausted condition by a United States gunboat, the following morning. He was discharged from the service in July, 1865, having risen from a private to the rank of first lieutenant. Soon after the close of the war he embarked in the grocery business at Hornellsville, under the firm name of Hollands & Fletchcr, occupying what was then known as the old "Mamouth Store, " opposite the Park. On January 2, 1866. he married Lydia Bailey of Mansfield. Pa. Five children were born to them, viz ; Minnie, now the wife of Charles A. Smith of Middletown, N. Y.; Eva and Robert, who died of diphtheria in October, 1876; George Hollands Jr., who was born in November, 1875. and who is now at the age of twenty years, carrying on an extensive grocery business in the village of Bath, under the firm name of Geo. Hollands, Jr., & Co.; and Burr R. Hollands, who was born in June, 1878. and is now being educated as a pharmacist. Mr. Hollands is an enterprising citizen a man of sober and industrious habits and a prominent member of the First M. E. church of Hornellsville. He has always been a prominent and active member of the Republican party and has had the honor of representing his ward as village trustee for six years prior to the organization of the city. In 1879 he was elected to the important office of county superintendent of the poor, in which capacity he served for three years. In 1886 he very ably represented the town of Hornellsville on the Board of Supervisors. He was commander of Doty Post, No. 220. G. A. R.. for two years. 1889 and '90. He was one of the incorporators of the Hornell Sanitarium Co. and for several years a director and treasurer of said company. In the fall of 1881 he was elected sheriff of Steuben county, which office he very satisfactorily filled for the term of three years. A few months after his retirement from the office of sheriff he, in company with Mr. 0. L, Thompson, purchased the interest of J. W. Bachman of Horncllsville. N, Y., in the drug trade, and at the present time are carrying on a very prosperous business under the firm name of Thompson & Hollands.

From a military history of George Hollands in the 101st Veteran Voluntary Infantry website.

"HOLLANDS. George - 1st Sergeant. Co. B Born 9 Jan 1841 in Sussex Co. England, the son of William & Charlotte (Cruttenden) Hollands Enlisted at age 21, a Farmer from Mansfield, Toga Co, PA Mustered in 12 Nov '61 as a Corporal. Wounded in the thigh 31 May '62 at the Battle of Fair Oaks, VA. Reenlisted 1 Jan '64 at Plymouth. NC. Captured 20 April '64 at Plymouth, NC. Held captive at Andersonville, GA. Left Andersonville 11 Sep '64. Held captive at the Charleston Race Course. Charleston, SC and later held captive at Florence Stockade, SC. Paroled 9 Dec '64 at Charleston Sent to Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD. In April 65 he was ordered to Alexandria, VA and boarded the Massachusetts to make the journey. She collided 23 April '65 with the Black Diamond. George survived the accident by floating all night on a spar. Mustered out 25 June '65. Married Lydia Bailey on 2 Jan 1866 in Mansfield, Tioga Co , PA. Commander of Doty Post #266. GAR Senior member of George Hollands & Sons. Died 18 Jan 1919 at Hornell, Steuben Co , N Y."

.First-hand testimony concerning some incidents at Andersonville Prison from George Hollands. From a military history of George Hollands in the 101st Veteran Voluntary Infantry website.

"The National Tribune, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 27, 1906
A'NDERSONVILLE MEMORIES
Hanging of the Raiders - The Bursting Out of Providence Spring
Editor National Tribune: I was much interested in the article written by Comrade John S Howard, Co K 11th Vl.. in your issue of Aug 23, in regard to Andersonvillc Prison I wish to corroborate some of the things he says, but like him. I am .somewhat in the dark concerning some things that have been written in reference to that notable place. I was one of the Plymouth Pilgrims who registered at Hotel Andersonvillc on the 1st day of May 1864, after a week's sojourn on the way from Tarboro, N C . packed in box cars like sardines in a box In regard to the hanging of the six raiders, Comrade Howard is right as regards the man who broke away and ran down the hill and across the swamp in his endeavor to escape I was standing near the edge of the swamp on me north side watching the hanging, and just after the six prisoners were brought in at the south gale and marched up to the gallows, which was erected on the brink of the hill about 20 yards from the entrance, one of the prisoners, a big. stout-looking fellow, after looking at the gallows, and doubtless for the first lime being convinced that those in authority meant business, broke away and ran down the hill and across the swamp. !I was with difficulty that he got through the swamp, the filth being almost knee deep. I remember clearly seeing him pull off his coat as he was plowing his way across the swamp, and when he reached the south side he found a gang of men ready to arrest his further progress, who marched him back to the gallows, in spite of his entreaties to be let go. In the meantime the other five men had been prepared for the gallows by being bound, and sacks put over their heads As he approached the gallows he evidently became convinced that the trial had been a farce, and that they must all pay the penalty for the awful crimes they had committed. When all was completed the six men were marched up an inclined plank on to the platform, the noose adjusted to each; at a given signal the plank on which they stood was knocked from under them, and live of the six men were launched into eternity. The sixth man, whose position was on the east end of the gallows, was Mosby, the leader of the ring, and he being a larger, heavy man, when the drop came his rope broke and he fell to the ground. He was picked up, the rope again adjusted about his neck and he was again pushed off into space. Thus ended the fearful tragedy which brought peace and safety to the balance of the inmate of the prison for some time to come.

Regarding the washing out of the stockade, I find. upon reference to my diary, that on Tuesday afternoon, Aug 9, we had a fearful rain storm, which washed down portions of the stockade in several places on the west side in the vicinity of where the small steam (now augmented to a raging torrent) came through, I remember well seeing some of the boys wading out into this raging stream to grapple some of the stockade timbers as they were floating down the stream, for the purpose of converting them into firewood, but much to their disappointment, the rebel authorities came in and deprived them of their booty by taking the timber from them and placing it back into its original position in the stockade.

I have read much, and heard it proclaimed many times from the platform, that the so-called Providence spring burst forth into existence at this time, but I never could credit the assertion, for I went down past the spot where they say the spring was, almost every day, and some days several limes a day and I never heard of the Providence spring until long after the war was over. I remember the stump that stood between the deadline and stockade about two or three rods up the hill from the creek; also, the .swampy nature of the ground about the stump but no flowing spring existed there that I ever saw or heard of prior to Sept 11, when my detachment was taken out, and we started on our way to the new bull pen (as we called it) at Florence. S C , stopping on our way for a couple of weeks' sojourn at Charleston, S C being confined there within the limits of the old race course, until the stockade at Florence was completed and ready for occupancy. We rather enjoyed this change, because we could hear the sound and see the big shells burst round about us and hear them go crashing through the buildings in the city; they were being thrown from Uncle Sam's guns in Charleston Harbor.

I do not wish to be understood that there was no such thing as the so-called Providence spring but it must have broken out after the big storm of Oct. 3. of which Comrade Howard speaks, and not after the big storm of Aug 9 as many would have us believe If I am not right in which I have said I stand willing to be corrected.

George Hollands. Co K 101st Pa

Homelisville. N.Y."

50th Anniversary announcement in the Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, Monroe, NY), January 4, 1916.

"WERE MARR1LD SOON AFTER CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hollands, of Hornell, Celebrate Their Golden Wedding Hornell, Jan. 3 - Mr. and Mrs. George HOLLANDS (line unreadable) in this city, celebrated their golden wedding Sunday afternoon in their home at No 254 Main street, with a big family dinner at noon and a reception in the afternoon and evening.

Mr. and Mrs. HOLLANDS were married on January 2, 1866, in Mansfield, Pa. where they both lived at that time Mrs. HOLLANDS was formerly Miss Lydia BAlLEY They moved to Hornell a few years after the wedding and have lived here the greater part of the time since. Mr. H0LLANDS is the senior member of the drug firm of George HOLLANDS & Sons, one of the leading mercantile establishments in the city.

Among the guests who attended the dinner from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles FRIENDS, of Troy. Pa, Mr. and Mrs. Myron BAILEY, of-Wellsboro, Pa., Elton BAILEY, Mrs. Carl BAILEY and Gordon BAILEY, of Elkland, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Harold H SMITH, and Miss Mildred SMITH, of Middlelown, N. Y.

Mr. HOLLANDS was born in Sussex, England, January 9, 1841, and is the son of William and Charlotte HOLLANDS, both of whom were natives of England. The family came to America in 1850 and settled in Mansfield, Tioga county, Pa.

In 1861, Mr. HOLLANDS enlisted in Company B, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in which (unreadable) war. The company having taken part in many of the most important of the sanguinary battles of that conflict. At the battle of Fair Oaks, May 30, 1862, he was wounded and on April 20, 1864, he with the entire brigade, was taken prisoner, and at the surrender of Plymouth, N C., he was transferred to the famous Andersonville prison in Georgia Later he was transferred to the Florence prison in South Carolina, where he was held until the following December, when he was exchanged.

In April, 1865, when on his way back to join his regiment, the ship was wrecked in the Potomac river, and he was saved by clinging to the mast all night. In July, 1864, he received an honorable discharge, having risen from the rank of private to that of first lieutenant. He is now a member of Doty Post. G A R., 226, and last year was its commander.

Soon after the close of the war Mr. HOLLANDS became a member of the firm of HOLLANDS & FLFETCHER, of this city. The partnership was later dissolved and Mr. HOLLANDS returned to Pennsylvania and entered business in Fall Brook and Morns Run. In 1871 he again established his home in Hornell, where he has continued to live until the present time.(Submitted by Ralph Weller)"

From the Hornellsville Weekly.

1878-09-06 - "Geo. Hollands & Co. want to purchase a few thousand bushels of nice early rose potatoes, for which they will pay the highest market price."

1879-09-26 - "Geo. Hollands is taking in oats and barley at a lively rate."

1891-11-20 - "Sheriff elect Hollands has retured from Middleton."

1891-12-18 - "Sheriff Hollands has selected Alfred William as his deputy at Canisteo."

1891-08-21 - "George Hollands of Hornellsville, is in the city booming his shrievalty canvass."

1899-12-15 - "George Hollands is selling out his grocery stock and expects to move to Hornellsville."


From the Middletown Daily Times.

1891-10-28 - "Mr. George Hollands, of Hornellsville, father of Mrs. Charles H. Smith, of this city, is the Republican candidate for Sheriff in Steuben County."

1891-11-04 - "George W. Howlands [Hollands], father of Mrs. Charles H. Smith, of this city, was elected Sheriff of Steuben county by the Republicans by the handsome majority of 1,275."

1891-11-10 - ""A Visit From the Sheriff-Elect of Steuben County.
We had a very pleasant call to-day from Mr. George W. Hollands, of Hornellsville, Republican Sheriff-elect of Steuben county, who with his wife, is visiting his son-in-law, Mr. Charles H. Smith, the civil engineer, of Wickham avenue. Mr. Hollands had a very strong opposition in the person of a very popular democrat, who is Chief of Police and and is prominently identified with the Hornellsville Fire Department, but he was elected by nearly a thousand majority. He is a Grand Army man, and a gentleman of excellent standing in his county. Mr. Hollands was formerly in the grain business and is known to some of our merchants in Middletown and others in Orange county with whom he had dealings."

From the Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY)

1897-08-21 - "Major Samuel H. Leavitt, of Bath; N. J. Wagner, of Cohocton, and George Hollands, of Hornellsville, have been appointed aides on the staff of General N. P. Pond, commander of the brigade composed of the counties of Steuben, Monroe, Ontario, Cayuga, Wayne, Yates, Seneca and Livingston.".

11 Lydia BAILEY7 (1834- ) [6589]. Born Nov 1834, PA.6

3 Bertha H. ?1,10 (c. 1888- ) [6632]. Born c. 1888, NY.1,10

Sources

1"1930 NY, Orange, Middletown census.".
2"1900 NY, Orange, Middletown census.".
3"Sketch of George Hollands in Landmarks of Steuben County, New York.".
4"Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York, 1895.".
5"Article in the Middletown Daily Herald, December 26, 1922.".
6"1880 NY, Steuben, Hornellsville census.".
7"History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897".
8"Wedding announcement in the Tioga County Agitator, January 10, 1866.".
9"From a military history of George Hollands on the 101st PA Veteran Voluntary Infantry website.".
10"1920 NY, Orange, Middletown census.".