Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
• Census: 1900, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
• Census: 1910, Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Notes:

    According to a copy of the death certificate issued by the State of Nebraska, Henry L. Smith was born in Illinois on 18 Apr 1852 to Robert T. Smith, and Martha Burroughs Smith, both of New Jersey. Henry was the eldest of three known children. The informant for Henry’s death certificate was L. D. Erion, the son-in-law of Henry L. Smith. According to Henrietta Christine Jann Smith’s memoir, she married Henry L. Smith in Des Moines, IA on 1 Jul 1877. Together, Henry and Henrietta had four children, the oldest one being my great grandmother. In the 1880 US Census Henry’s occupation is shown as “bartender” in Des Moines, IA. By the 1885 Iowa State Census Henry has a restaurant. Between 1885 and 1889, the Smith family moves from Des Moines, IA to South Omaha, Nebraska.
 According to Omaha, Nebraska 1889-1890 city directories, Henry L. Smith is listed as working as a barkeeper at the T-Rock, North 27 & L, South Omaha, Nebraska. By 1899 Henry is working as a bartender at Berlin & Healey according to a March 3, 1899 article found in the Omaha World Herald. By 1904 newspaper reports reveal that Henry L. Smith is seriously ill. He recovered and for the next nine years the family moved from Nebraska to Iowa and finally to Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska, where on 7 Oct 1918 at 6 a.m., Henry L. Smith passed away at the age of 66 years, 5 months, and 19 days. The cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis from which he had suffered for at least six years. Henry was buried on 9 Oct 1918 under the direction of G. H. Brewer, undertaker. (Source: Deborah Astley)

Henry married Henrietta Christine JANN on 1 Jul 1877 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Henrietta (daughter of Andreas JANN and Eva Margarethe HORN) was born on 13 Jan 1854 in New York; died on 7 Dec 1939 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha M. SMITH was born in Mar 1878 in Iowa; died on 22 Jan 1962 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska.
2. Carl Andrew SMITH was born on 9 Aug 1879 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died in Aug 1963 in Nebraska; was buried in Saint Johns Cemetery, Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska.
3. Etta SMITH was born in 1881; died in 1888 in Nebraska; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.
4. Nora E. SMITH was born on 11 Aug 1882 in Iowa; died on 13 Mar 1965 in New York; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska.

Robert married Martha BURROUGHS. Martha was born in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]