Ebenezer Smith was born at York County, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1751.   In 1777, his name appears on the roster of men serving in the Fourth Company of the Eighth Battalion of the York County Militia.  

After the war, Ebenezer Smith married Martha Bentley.  They were the parents of five children:  James, Benjamin, Jedediah, Jane, and Elizabeth.

After the death of Martha, Ebenezer Smith married Mary Robinson.  They were the parents of five children:  Thomas, William, Mary, Samuel, and Eleanor.  All his children were born at Pennsylvania.

For several years after the war, and before relocating to Ohio, Ebenezer Smith and his family lived at Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.  Two of Smith’s brothers and their families accompanied him.  They were among many York County friends and neighbors who had also moved to Washington County.  Many were members and regular congregants of the Cross Creek Presbyterian Church.

Smith bought land at southern Richland County, Ohio, June 6, 1814.  He purchased 146 acres in the southwest quadrant of Section Six of Monroe Township as an assignee of Daniel Dunlavey of Jefferson County, Ohio.  He moved part of his family from Pennsylvania to his new Ohio home in 1816.

Ebenezer Smith died at Richland County, January 14, 1834.  He was likely buried on his farm near Lucas, or in a nearby church cemetery.  His grave and others were moved to the Mansfield Cemetery.

The memory of Ebenezer Smith was strong in his family for decades.  The year 1940 saw the thirty-fourth annual reunion of his descendants that was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Banks, four miles out of town on South Diamond Street Road.