NellieSmith circa 1894

circa 1940

circa 1945

Nellie Maria (Curtis) Smith was born at Stratford, New Hampshire on June 4, 1861, the daughter of Freeman B. and Ellen E. Curtis.
They moved to Littleton, New Hampshire in 1882.  She attended local schools and then was a successful teacher until March 30, 1887, when she married Byron R. Smith of Littleton.  The couple moved to Passumpsic, Vermont.   Later they returned to Littleton.
Nellie resided with her daughter, Isabelle in Nashua following the death of her husband Byron in 1928.
Nellie led the strenuous life of a farmer's wife yet she was a gentle soul.
She died in Nashua on December 3, 1945.