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WILLIAM J. SMITH, who is engaged in general farming and dairying on a historic tract of land in the town of
Hamptonburgh, was born January 21, 1851, on the homestead farm about one mile from Neelytown. His father was Foster
and his mother Sarah W. (Waite) Smith. He was married to Miss Lizzie Burns, of Newburgh, December 7, 1876. Two
children were born by this union: Frank W., who married the daughter of John Maryhue, of Ulster County, N. Y.,
and Nellie, who resides at home. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church of Montgomery. In politics
he is a democrat. The home in which Mr. Smith resides is historic from the fact that Washington stopped here on
one occasion in crossing from the Delaware River to his headquarters at Newburgh. Recently it was necessary to
make repairs in the old chimney and a brick with the date 1777 was taken from the fireplace.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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