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Smith, Sr. agreed to pay the Evertson estate between $600 and 700 for the 100-acre (0.4 km 2) farm. [6] In 1825, the family moved into a larger and more comfortable frame home that they had built on the property but were unable to make payments on the land. A carpenter who had completed the house sued the Smiths for his costs in February 1825.
Brentwood Farm, also known as Adams Purchase and Smith's Adventure, is a historic home located at Westover, Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story three-bay Flemish bond brick house built about 1738. The house was enlarged by a well-designed Shingle-style / Colonial Revival addition in 1916. [2]
The Smiths were a middling farm family, but suffered a fateful loss when Smith Sr., after speculating in ginseng and being cheated by a business associate, was financially ruined. After he sold the family farm to pay his debts, the Smiths "crossed the boundary dividing independent ownership from tenancy and day labor."
After Don Carlos died in 1841, Coolbrith married Joseph Smith in 1842, as a Plural Wife. [11] Children: Agnes Charlotte Smith August 1, 1836 Kirtland, Ohio, January 31, 1873 Sophronia C. Smith May 24, 1838 New Portage, Illinois October 3, 1843 Nauvoo, Illinois Ina Coolbrith (born: Josephine D. Smith) March 10, 1841 Nauvoo, Illinois February 29 ...
Four family members whose bodies were found inside their Bay Area apartment this week died in an apparent murder-suicide, ... identified as 36-year-old Vinh Nguyen, killed his wife and two kids ...
In 2011, Nguyen presented a talk at a TEDMED conference titled, "Color-Coded Surgery" that has been viewed over 1.2 million times on Ted.com. [13] In 2014, Nguyen received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Barack Obama for her pioneering work in fluorescence guided surgery. [14]
The family of railroad man C.W. Smith owned the house for more than 60 years. Though Judge Hatch was the original occupant, the house was acquired by Charles Warren Smith in the mid or late 1890s and remained in the Smith family until the early 1960s. For this reason it became known as the Smith Estate.
Brenton Wood, the singer who rose to fame thanks to his 1967 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” has died. He was 83. Wood passed away on Friday at his Moreno Valley, California home, surrounded by ...