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The purpose of this page is to share information and photographs with relatives and descendants of Stillman and Margaret Cook. You are welcome to copy and keep any of the photographs we post! If you have any information, corrections or photographs to share, please send them along! |
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| The family name might have been Schmidt or Schmitt at one time. You will also note a John A Smith in much of the information which follows. This was probably the older brother and business partner of Joseph. Leon Hunt Allen is buried in the John A. Smith plot in Riverside. The parents of Joseph and John A. Smith are not identified yet. (TSC) |
Information from Rochester , New York City Directories and Maps
| 1874 Rochester City Directory | -Joseph Smith glazier h. Channing |
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1875-76 Rochester City Directory
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-John A.. Smith, sashmaker 13 warehouse, home at Gates -Joseph Smith glazier, 13 warehouse, home 26 Channing -Charles L. Smith, carpenter 13 warehouse, house Channing near Hudson |
| 1880 Rochester City Directory | -John A Smith,sashmaker, Aqueduct near Canal;, home at Gates -Joseph Smith, glazier ft. row house 22 Channing |
| 1888 Rochester City Directory |
-John A Smith, Door & Sash Manufacturer, 175 Exchange,
home 79 Calm Park Advertisement- John A Smith Sash & Door& Blinds, -13 & 15 Warehouse Str Rochester NY |
| 1888 City Map Ward 13 |
Hudson Park / Channing Str - found house at 25 Hudson Park listed for "Ida & J. Smith" |
| Margaret Cook often talked about the Smith Sash & Door Company. This apparently is the business referred to in the City Directories. There are several items reportedly made at the Company in the family, a stand (currently in possession of Tom Cook), a desk used by Grandma and Grandpa Allen (currently in possession of Larry Cook), and some others. (TSC) |
Information from the 1875 Census of Monroe County (p148)
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| Joseph Smith | 20 | m | Monroe Co | Glazier |
| Ida Smith | 19 | f wife | Monroe Co | |
| Sylvia Smith | 1/12 | f daughter | Monroe Co | |
| Lewis Titenberg | 17 | m bro-in-law | Monroe Co | Cigarmaker |
Inscriptions in plot owned by Joseph and Ida Smith at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester NY
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from the Democrat and Chronicle, June 6, 1903 Rochester, Monroe Co NY "Conspiracy Case Adjourned" John. H. Curran, Ernest C. Orcorr, and and George J. Porter; charged with conspiracy by united to present the SMITH SASH, DOOR AND BLIND COMPANY from carrying on its business, were arraigned in police curt yesterday. The hearing was adjourned to June 19th. There is a strike on at the SMITH factory and the defendants are alleged to be conspiring to prevent the company from securing men." |