Roxana Smith1

F, b. 11 June 1815, d. 11 April 1850
     Roxana was born on Sunday, 11 June 1815 in Tioga, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Ichabod Smith [19 July 1782 Springfield, Mass.-] & Anna May Harkness 22 May 1790 Stamford, Vermont-7 Dec 1837 Elmwood, Illinois] who married 17 April 1809. Maternal grandparents were James Harkness & Elizabeth Edson. Roxana married James McCurdy II, son of James McCurdy I and Elizabeth Taylor, on 8 March 1838 in Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois. James and Roxanna had children: Anna Elizabeth [12/27/1838-4/04/1922] [m. 9/27/1856 Ceburn B. Snodgrass, Sidney Smith [7/12/1841-4/19/1911] [m. 2/20/1868 Anna Elizabeth Clark & 2nd. 7/20/1887 Marla Hamilton], Martha Jane [8/17/1843-9/__/1857], John Charles [4/24/1845-8/08/1925] [m. 12/19/1867 Evaline Cowan] & Nancy P. [8/17/1848-3/28/1897] [m. 9/25/1872 Elias S. Clark]. Roxana departed this life on Thursday, 11 April 1850 in Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois. She was buried at Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, in the Harkness Grove Cemetery. She was buried in section 3.

Family

James McCurdy II b. 1816, d. 20 Sep 1893

Citations

  1. [S208] Henry C. Smith & Amelia Gibbs, Family Record of Ichabod Smith and Descendants from July 19, 1782 to December 25, 1877, pp. 1-13.