William H. Smith and Mary A. Carbine were married 6 July 1872, less than a year after "The Great Chicago Fire" of 1871. They were married by a Catholic priest P.M. Noonan. The priests name is hard to read because the writing at the bottom of the copy that I printed and then scanned is faint. Also, you will notice that Carbine is spelled Carbiney. A little extra letter to spice it up.
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| Smith and Carbine 1872 Marriage |
Mary and William both lived through the Great Chicago Fire. In fact, the fire went right through where the Carbine's had settled in Chicago, north of the river. So much had been lost to the great fire. There had been a drought that summer with only an 1 1/2 of rain since the 4th of July. There was wood everywhere - 57 miles of wood paved streets and 561 miles of wooden sidewalks. Much of the business district was lost and then rebuilt.
William and Mary lived at 109 3d Av in February 1878 when their son and my great grandfather - Frederick R. Smith was born. 3rd Ave doesn't seem to exist anymore. I can't find it on Google Earth. I can see it on the 1870 Chicago map, running north and south through the 2nd and 3rd Wards.
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| Third Av in 1870 Chicago |
In the 1870 Chicago City Directory, I found W H Smith working as a clerk for the Tribune Office and residing at 48th 4th Av.
I also found a W H Smith living at 139 3d Av in the Chicago City Directory in 1874. He was a carrier for the Post Office.
In the 1877 Chicago City Directory, William H Smith was working as a night clerk for the Tribune and living at 108 3d Av. This is the same address that was listed on his son, Frederick's birth record in February1878. But, later in 1878 in the city directory he and Mary have moved north and are living at 124 Indiana and still working as a clerk for the Tribune.
By 1882, the Smith family is living at 215 Illinois St and William is still working as a clerk for the Tribune. They stay at this residence until 1892 when they move to 263 and 265 Illinois St., where the family lived until William died in September 1903. At the time of William's death the entire family was living together. It states in William's probate record that Mary Hight, their oldest daughter was living with the family on Illinios St but this seems doubtful, as Mary Hight was living with her husband William Hight at 27 Delaware Place Chicago in the 1900 US Census. And Mary and William always lived on their own in each of the following censuses.
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| Smith Family Home 215 Illinois St Chicago |
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| Smith Family Home 263/265 Illinois St Chicago |
Sometime after William's death, Mary decided to move away from the city center to a home at 1262 Glenlake Ave. I am unsure whether Mary had the home built or if she bought it from a previous owner. By 1917, Adelyn Ford - Mary and William's daughter had bought the home and moved in with her husband Zachary Ford and their children. Mary was listed in the 1917 Chicago City Directory as living at 1207 Glenlake Ave with her other daughters, Adele and Roberta.
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| 1262 Glenlake Ave - Mary's home after William died |
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| 1207 Glenlake Ave 1917 Residence Mary, Adele and Roberta Smith |
Mary finished out her life at St. Ann's in Techny, Cook, Illinois - 10 miles north of Chicago. St. Ann's Home for the Aged was run by Sister Missionaries. Mary died 18 December 1918. She was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Cook, Illinois along with William, her daughter Catherine, her "name unknown" child, and all of her Carbine family.
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| St. Ann's Home for the Aged (1919 postcard) - Where Mary died |
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| Calvary Cemetery - William, Mary, Catherine and baby's resting place |
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| Mary's Obituary in the Chicago Daily News Dec 1918 |
Adele and Roberta both married after their mother died. Adele to John J Deegan and Roberta to Clyde Ford, the half brother of Zachary Ford - Adelyn's husband.
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