Barbara Christman

1847 - 1908  (61 years)

• Name	Barbara Christman
  Born	14 Feb 1847	Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Jul 1908	South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I89211	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Georges Jacques Christmann,   b. 29 Aug 1799, Obersteinbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 1890, Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Eve Rosine Uhlmann,   b. 3 Apr 1803, Windstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 18 Jan 1892, Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	12 May 1825	Obersteinbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Family ID	F19713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philip Smith,   b. 1845
  Married	28 Mar 1866
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F39904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Barbara Smith, (nee Christman) [Source: The Spirit of Democracy Issue: Woodsfield, Ohio, Thurs., Aug. 6, 1908] Barbara Christman Smith was born in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, on the 14th day of February 1847, the daughter of George Jacob Christman and Eva Ullman, she being a member of a family of ten children, of which three sisters are still living, Mrs. Samuel (Magdalena Christman) Egger, Mrs. Jacob (Eva Christman) Schneider, and Mrs. John (Katherine Christman) Pfalzgraf who live in Monroe County, Ohio. She united with the German Evangelical Church at the age of 14, to which she proved a faithful member till death. She led a consistent Christian life and was prepared to die. She was united in marriage to Philip Smith, March 28th, 1866, at the age of 19 years. To this union was born 11 children. They moved to Woodbury County, Iowa, March 1883, and lived here until about a week before her death, when she took a trip to South Dakota and died at Fort Pierre, July 18, 1908, at the age of 61 years, 5 months, and 4 days. She leaves her husband, Philip, six sons and five daughters: John W., Edward G., Benjamin, Harry, Wesley J., Clem, Mrs. Lewis G. (Lusetta Smith) Rose; Mrs. William (Matilda Smith) Grubb, Mrs. Charles (Mary Smith) Strong, Mrs. Jesse (Lucinda Smith) Smith; and Mrs. Charles (Clara Smith) Link, and a host of friends to mourn her sad departure. The funeral service were held at Climbing Hill, last Monday, the Reverend Metcalf, assisted by the Reverend Bratzel, officiating. All the family including Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rose, and Mr. and Mrs. William Grubb of Nebraska, were present. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved family in their loss of a good mother