Individual Details
Ira Edward Smith
(Mar 1831 - 22 May 1901)
Ira Smith appears on 1860 Hazel Green, Grant Co. Wisconsin census in the household of William W. Smith, his wife, two children and six men who are all miners. His brother Jared [Jarrett] is one of the six.
Pvt. 3rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry in Civil War. Also found as a Private, Company B. 3rd Cavalry Reorganized from Fairplay, Wisconsin. Served from Feb. 29, 1864 to M. O. [mustered out] Sept. 8, 1865. From original Co. G Vet. Information from on-line Wisconsin Civil War site.
Appears on 1870 Grant Co., Wisconsin census with parents and siblings.
Appears on 1880 Jamestown Township, Grant Co. Wisconsin in the household of his brother A. E. along with their mother Jane and niece Lena Smith*. Ira states his occupation as engineer, marital status as single. *Should be Elliott.
His pension file shows he lived at Kansas City, Missouri in 1890.
Ira Edward Smith's Pension Certificate No. is 932,177. His pension file shows he lived in Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas City, Missouri. He never married.
He lived at and died at the Old Soldier's Home/Northwestern Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. His death certificate states he was buried at the home's cemetery. A call on Feb. 13, 2006 to the Wood National Cemetery, Wood, Wisconsin, confirmed that he is there, Section 11, plot 216.
Search of The Milwaukee Journal for May 22, 23, and 24 done, no obit. No editions of The Milwaukee Sentinel available for that time frame. Searched using Google News.
Pvt. 3rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry in Civil War. Also found as a Private, Company B. 3rd Cavalry Reorganized from Fairplay, Wisconsin. Served from Feb. 29, 1864 to M. O. [mustered out] Sept. 8, 1865. From original Co. G Vet. Information from on-line Wisconsin Civil War site.
Appears on 1870 Grant Co., Wisconsin census with parents and siblings.
Appears on 1880 Jamestown Township, Grant Co. Wisconsin in the household of his brother A. E. along with their mother Jane and niece Lena Smith*. Ira states his occupation as engineer, marital status as single. *Should be Elliott.
His pension file shows he lived at Kansas City, Missouri in 1890.
Ira Edward Smith's Pension Certificate No. is 932,177. His pension file shows he lived in Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas City, Missouri. He never married.
He lived at and died at the Old Soldier's Home/Northwestern Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. His death certificate states he was buried at the home's cemetery. A call on Feb. 13, 2006 to the Wood National Cemetery, Wood, Wisconsin, confirmed that he is there, Section 11, plot 216.
Search of The Milwaukee Journal for May 22, 23, and 24 done, no obit. No editions of The Milwaukee Sentinel available for that time frame. Searched using Google News.
Events
| Birth | Mar 1831 | Mercer Co., Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Death | 22 May 1901 | Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin | | ||
| Burial | Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin | |
Families
| Father | Edward Smith (1799 - 1870) |
| Mother | Jane Johnson (1804 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Jarrett J. Smith (1833 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Huldah A. Smith (1835 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Ara "Edward" Smith (1835 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane Smith (1837 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Charlotte "Lottie" E. Smith (1839 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Morgan J. Smith (1840 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Almira Smith (1842 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Ruth D. Smith (1843 - 1920) |
| Sibling | John Jasper Smith (1844 - 1931) |
| Sibling | William Wayne Smith (1849 - 1923) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 231.
2. 1900 Census Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.
3. Civil War Pension File.
4. Wisconsin Vital Records, Death Certificate of Ira E. Smith.