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[863, at the age of forty-three, at North
Colebrook. Their children were: Syl-
vester, of whom further; Mary ami
Martha.
(VIII) Sylvester Smith, son of Milton
and Martha (Hall-Smith) Smith, was
horn March '>. 1852, at North Colebrook,
Connecticut, ami died May [I, [882, of
typhoid pneumonia, ..: East Granby, Con-
necticut. lie married, at East Granby,
March (>. [872, Lois Nutlej Work, and
she died April 8, 1905. Their children
Were: 1. Grace M., born Fehrnary 1, 1S73,
married Walter Oatley, and has two
daughters, Josephine and Gynevere. 2.
Milton, horn in December, 1874, married
Mattie Griswold, and has one daughter,
Mildred. 3. Waldo C, of the present bio-
graphical notice. 4. Celia, born July 23,
1885, married Louis J. Pinney, and has
two sons, Lester and Waldo.
(IX) Waldo C. Smith, son of Sylvester
and Lois Xutley (
Work
)
ENCYCL< IPEDIA OE l'.K KiRAI'HY
Smith, was born
April 11. 1882, at East Granby, Connecticut.
His mother, Lois Nutley (Work)
Smith, was the daughter of Hasting
Work, a native of Wilbraham, Massachu-
setts, wdiere he was a farmer all his life.
Waldo C. Smith was educated at the pub-
lic schools of his native region, and con-
tinued on the home farm after his father's
death. He is considered one of the im-
portant and substantial farmers of that
section, making- a specialty of bis tobacco
and his dairy. He has about twelve acres
in tobacco, a large amount of land for
such an intensive crop. He keeps fifty
head o\ cattle and also raises potatoes and
corn. Mr. Smith has always followed the
tradition of bis fathers in being an active
participant in political matters, feeling it
to be the duty of a citizen of a republic
to bear his share of the duties and service
of the common weal. He has represented
40
his district in Coi and held other
public offices.
Mr. Smith married Margaret Jane,
daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Waugh)
( )rr. Samuel ( )rr was born November
15, [850, in * ounty Down, Ireland, and
came to America at the age of en,
locating at West Suffield, where he became
a prosperous tobacco grower. He
married a daughter of Hugh Waugh.
SEYMOUR, William Alfred,
Useful Citizen, Public Official.
Among the oldesl families of Connect-
icut is that of Seymour, identified with the
city of Hartford from its earliest begin-
ning. The family is of great antiquity in
England. On the will of Thomas Sey-
mour, eldest son of Richard Seymour, the
American progenitor, is the seal containing
the device of the England Seymours
from the time of William de St. Maur of
Penhoe. One