Cousin Noah Webster

davidsmith208
Oct 29, 2018
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Noah Webster is famous for creating the very popular American Dictionary that was used by Emily Dickinson. Given his proximity to Amherst and Hadley, and the Smith’s intermarriage with the Websters, I figured we could be related. The Smith’s actually married in twice.

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