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THADDEUS SMITH
Port Colborne News
[Welland Tribune, 26 March 1897]
Edwin Smith last week received the sad news of the death of his eldest and only brother, Thaddeus Smith, whose demise took place at Bay City, Mich., on 12th inst. deceased was the eldest of his father’s family, and Edwin of this place is now the only surviving member of that family. The following from the Bay City Times-Press of March 13th gives a reliable account of the life of deceased, which will be read with great interest by the friends of the deceased.
“GOOD OLD MAN GONE-It was with great regret, and with some degree of surprise, that the people of Bay City learned of the death of Thaddeus Smith of 614 Seventh street. The dissolution occurred at 3.30 yesterday afternoon, after a short illness of pneumonia, of which he suffered a relapse. Thaddeus Smith was born on Niagara river, June 30, 1811, and at the time of the construction of Welland canal, he assisted in the work, being bookkeeper for the Canadian government. He opened a general store near Brantford, Ont., and was a buyer of grain and a timber speculator. He was caught in the panic of 1857 and lost his fortune. He came to Saginaw 33 years ago, and removed to Bay City in 1864, where he continued to reside, and gained the confidence and esteem of the community for his honesty, uprightness and general worth as a good citizen. Until recent years he followed the business of lumber inspection and shipping. He was always an active member of Trinity church, seldom a Sunday passing but what he was to be found in the family pew. He was treasurer of the Bay county bible society and found his greatest pleasure in church and temperance. He was identified with the prohibition party. He was united in marriage to Catherin Felton at York, Ont., in 1851.There were four children; Mrs. Maria Thomas (deceased), Randall F., of Chicago, Douglass F., of Menominee and Theodore, of Ashland, Wis. D.F. smith was present during the last illness.
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