Smith F. Coffing ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: 27SH-DMP.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN, USA. ⁵ The 1860 census recorded William Brown, farmer, 45, living with wife Mary, 40; Manerva, 18; Jasper, 16; Matilda, 14; Samuel, 11; Benjamin, 9; Beeker, 7; and Mary, 1. Everyone was born in Indiana except William in Pennsylvania and his wife Mary in Virginia. William's real estate was valued at $10,000 and personal estate $2500. The post office was Robroay & Portland.
Next door is William and Mary's daughter, Louisa, 19, living with her husband Smith Coffing, farmer, 23, and their son Jasper M., 4 months old. They were born in Indiana. Smith's real estate is $1800 and personal estate $250.
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2. Census in 1870 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN, USA. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded Smith Coffin [sic], 33, living with wife Louisa, 29; Josper M. 10; William B., 7; Mary O., 4; and Leona, 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. Smith's real estate was valued at $5000 and personal estate $2000. The post office was Attica.

3. Census in 1880 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN, USA. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Smith Coffing, farmer, 43, living with wife Louisa, 40; Jasper M., laborer, 20; William D., laborer, 17; Mary O., 14; Leona, 11, Thomas M., 8; Allen S., 5; and Carrie L, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana, except Smith's parents and Louisa's father were born in Pennsylvania. On the same census page is Louisa's parents, Wm. Brown and wife Mary.
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4. Census in 1900 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN, USA. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded Smith Coffing, divorced, day laborer, 69, born Feb 1837, living in the household of Bennet Crook, farmer, 69, Jan 1831, and his wife Emla, 63, Aug 1837. Smith was born in Indiana, his father in Pennsylvania and mother in Ohio.

5. Cause of Death: intenstitial nephritis, 26 Aug 1909, Troy Township, Fountain, IN, USA. ³

Smith married Louisa Beeker Brown, daughter of William Brown and Mary "Jenny" Beeker, on 8 May 1859 in , Fountain, IN, USA. The marriage ended in divorce. (Louisa Beeker Brown was born on 16 Oct 1840 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN, USA,^{2 4 9 10} died on 6 May 1934 in Covington, Fountain, IN, USA ^{2 9 10 11} and was buried on 9 May 1934 in Covington: Mount Hope Cemetery, Fountain, IN, USA ^{2 9 10 11}.)