Harriet Smith

Harriet Smith (1830-1865) was the daughter of Thomas Smith and Catherine Gibson, the sister of Mary, Joseph, Sarah, and Oliver, the wife of Ephraim Harding, and the mother of William, John, Thomas, Ellen, and Polly.

Biography
Harriet was born in 1830 in Ohio to Thomas Smith and Catherine Gibson. She had two older siblings named Mary and Joseph, as well as two younger siblings named Sarah and Oliver. It is likely that the family moved to Missouri between 1835 and 1844. She married Ephraim Harding at the age of seventeen on September 9, 1847 in Buchanan, Missouri. They had five children, including William (b. 1848), John (b. 1853), Thomas (b. 1855), Ellen (b. 1857), and Polly (b. 1860). Unfortunately, Harriet died around 1865 in Buchanan, Missouri at the age of 36.