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First location of the Jeremiah Smith family is in the 1850 Census of Lacramie Township in Tippecano County, IN Jeremiah's birthplace is listed as Ohio, and the date of his birth, according to his tombstone inscription, was 19 October, 1808. His occupation is listed as cooper. It is believed his father's name was also Jeremiah, and the elder was born in 1780 and died in 1849. The mother's name was thought to have been Martha Leeta.
Jeremiah was married to Elizabeth Ross and moved his family to Indiana in 1840. His wife, Elizabeth, died there in 1860 and is buried in the Monroe Cemetery in Tippecano County, IN. In the fall of 1870, Jeremiah moved to Jasper County, MO with his sons, Charles Franklin and Albert B.
The History of Jasper County lists son Albert B. as such: " Albert B. Smith, born in Tippecanoe County, IN, March 17, 1849, where he was raised. He came to Jasper County in the fall of 1870, with his father, Jeremiah, who is now a very old man and lives with him. Married August 11, 1872, Cornelia Corkins, who was born in Tippecanoe County, IN, and raised there. The subject of this sketch has a farm of 91 acres, on Spring River, about 60 acres being under the plow; 30 acres the past season averaged 25 1/2 bushels of wheat; and 30 acres of corn, averaged 35 bushels; there is also a good orchard on the farm. Mr. Smith's farm comprised a good share of the tract of land where the recent big mines of blend and lead ore have been discovered. There are already five good shafts, turning out big quantities of ore. Great excitement exists and no doubt there is good reason for it, and which will probably continue to grow. Mr. Smith little though that his farm was to produce ores as well as grain whenhe made his pruchase or that he would reap so handsome a profit. "
