Cora Anna Smith ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Another name for Cora was Anna Smith.⁸

  General Notes:

NOTE - There is a problem with the indexing and numbering of the enumeration sheets for Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio for the 1920 US Census. Emma Dodd, the widowed sister was listed on the bottom of Sheet 5B while Cora Smith was listed at the very top line of Sheet 6B with no house or family number and a relationship of "Sister" instead of the expected Self or Head if Cora actually was living alone. This method of data entry would seem to indicate that it was a continuation from the previous sheet. Moving back to Sheet 6A the last person listed was an Alexander Christian, age 50, who was listed as the head of the household. However, his birth location was West Virginia as was the birth location for both his mother and father. This does not match the birth locations of Cora's parents which was Ohio and Pennsylvania. Cora did not have a brother that was 9 years older. It is my belief that these pages have been mixed up with other locations in Wayne County, Ohio.

It is interesting to note that her only sister, Emma, was listed as the last entry on Sheet 5B of Congress Township and that she was noted as living in household 81. The entry following Cora Smith on sheet 6B was household 81. Its almost as if the entire sheet 6A is out of place and that the true sequence goes from sheet 5B to 6B. In fact, the probable misplaced sheet 6A is for a different location, Burbank Village, whereas sheets 5B and 6B are for the rural areas of Congress Township in Wayne County.

It is my belief that sheets 5B and 6B are sequential and continuous which would mean that Cora was living in the same household with her old widowed sister, Emma Dodd.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States on 6 June 1860. ¹

1860 US Census
Page 180, Family 122, Roll 105
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
Coony (?) (Anna) Smith..8m..OH

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - The handwriting is very difficult to read on this name but it appears to begin with the letter C followed by three or four indistinguishable letters. Later documents show her preference for the name of Cora.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1868 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 62 on the 1930 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States on September 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 4, Family 28
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
Anna Smith..11..OH

(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Sep 1859, then her age should have been 10 instead of 11.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 408A, District 240, Family 126, Roll 1077
Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Bruce J. Wilson..Self..40..Ohio, United States
Margaret Wilson..Wife..30..Ohio, United States
Helen WilsonDaughter..8..Ohio, United States
Frank Wilson..Son..6..Ohio, United States
Harry Wilson..Son..2..Ohio, United States
Cora Smith..Servant..20..Ohio, United States

(Cora was living with the Bruce and Margaret Wilson family.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Congress Township, Wayne, OH on 28 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 197, Family 80, Roll 1448
Congress Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Middle Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Alexander Christian..Head..50..West Virginia..Laborer, Section Hand, RR
Cora Smith..Sister..59..Ohio

(Cora was actually living with her widowed sister, Emma Dodd.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Sep 1859, then her age should have been 60 instead of 59.

*** See note about Alexander Christian living in this household and how the enumeration sheets are mismarked making it appear as if he was living in the same household with Cora Smith.

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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Congress Township, Wayne, OH on 15 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 16, Family 106, Roll 1888
Congress Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Home owned, $1200
Cora A. Smith..Sister..62..Ohio

(Living with widowed sister.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Sep 1859, then her age should have been 69 instead of 62.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Congress Township, Wayne, OH on 6 June 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 85-20, Family 256, Roll 3167
Congress Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Home owned, $550
Cora A. Smith..Self..80..Ohio
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• Death Image: Image, on 12 June 1945, in Creston, OH. ⁶

• She was buried on 14 June 1945 in the Wooster Cemetery in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States.

Section 4, Lot #970. This lot contains the graves of:
...Smith, Charlotte: 17 December 1824 - 15 July 1887
...Smith, Cora: 9 September 1859 - 7 June 1945
...Smith, Daniel S.: 3 November 1887 - 3 March 1888
...Smith, John Lightfoot: 24 July 1856 - 22 June 1932

Find A Grave Memorial #97806392
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