Families of Nehemiah Calvin Smith

NEHEMIAH CALVIN SMITH, son of MARY SCOTT and ABRAHAM SMITH, was born in August, 1823 in Rockingham County, Virginia,^{1799, 2198, 2620} and died April 19, 1897 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.²¹⁹⁸ He is buried in Springvale Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.^{456, 2620}

He married (1) NANCY V. B. DEVIER on August 4, 1851 in Rockingham County, Virginia.¹⁷⁹⁹ She was born June 23, 1831,⁴⁵⁶ and died December 3, 1851.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Bridgewater, Rockingham, Virginia.⁴⁵⁶

He married (2) CECILIA B. MCLEOD on August 11, 1861 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia.¹⁷⁹⁹ She was born in 1840 in Nova Scotia, Canada,¹⁷⁹⁹ and died March 31, 1873.

He married (3) RHODA ELIZABETH VERNON on May 18, 1880 in Madison County, Virginia.¹⁷⁹⁹ She was born in 1840.

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Children of CECILIA B. MCLEOD and NEHEMIAH CALVIN SMITH:

1. NELLIE CLARA BELLE SMITH, b. August, 1862, Virginia;²¹⁹⁸ m. CHARLES ANTHONY GRANT on September 7, 1880 in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island²²⁵⁶; d. May 14, 1903, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.²¹⁹⁸
2. VIRGINIA SCOTIA SMITH, b. July 11, 1865, Virginia;²²⁵⁸ m. BENJAMIN RUSSEL STONE on July 12, 1886 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island²²⁵⁶.
3. ROBERT SMITH, b. February 8, 1867, Frederick County, Virginia.²¹⁶⁹
4. ANGUS MCLEOD SMITH, b. 1869, Virginia.

Military Service

Marriage Announcements and News

Rockingham Register and Advertiser, August 16, 1861³²¹⁵

MARRIED.

On the 11th inst., by the Rev. Geo. B. Taylor, at the residence of the bride's father, in Staunton, by the Rev. George Taylor, Mr. N. C. Smith, of Rockingham county, to Miss Cecilia McLeod, formerly of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Obituaries

Providence News, April 20, 1897⁶¹⁹⁰

SMITH—In this city, 19th inst., N. Calvin Smith, aged 73 years, 8 months.

Funeral will take place Wednesday, 21st inst., at 2:30 p. m., at the residence of his son-in-law, Charles A. Grant, 14 Irving avenue. Relatives and friends are invited. Please omit flowers.

Harrisonburg Rockingham Register, May 7, 1897²⁶²⁰

Death of Calvin Smith

N. Calvin Smith, a former citizen of Rockingham, died at Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday, April 19, aged 73 years and 8 months. Mr. Smith was a native of this county, and served for many years as deputy sheriff of Rockingham. His wife was Miss Nancy B. Devier, who died before the war. Until a few years ago he resided in Madison county, but in recent years went to Providence, where the balance of his life was spent with his daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Grant. He was buried there April 21st. He was a veteran of the Mexican war.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 13, 1850719	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Robert Henry Smith Virginia Jane Van Pelt Mary E. Smith Abrametta Virginia Smith Nehemiah Calvin Smith Thomas W. J. Smith
June 1, 1860718	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Robert Henry Smith Mary E. Smith Abrametta Virginia Smith Nehemiah Calvin Smith Sallie Margaret Smith
June 10, 18802335	Locustdale, Madison, Virginia	Nehemiah Calvin Smith Rhoda Elizabeth Vernon