Smeads in Cohoes, NY abt 1850
I believe that Elihu Smead age 50 in 1850 and living in Cohoes, Watervliet Township, Albany County, NY may be my 3rd great grandfather. The other people in the household (all Smeads) were Susan, age 21, Jane, age 20, and Henry, age 18.
Elihu and Henry were listed as being carders (perhaps a connection to the woolen mills). All of them were supposedly born in Vermont.
Does anyone have any information about this family? They may have worked in Troy, Rennselaer County, NY later.
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