Re: William H.H. SMITH
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Re: William H.H. SMITH
Beryl Burt 4/25/11
Hello,It is ironic that your name is beryl because my gg-uncle George Smith also had a daughter name Beryl. We decend from a William H.Smith b. abt.1828 in KY and died after 1880and Martha Kelly who was born about the same time and died in about the same time frame.No one in our family knows much about our Smith family although there are several of us distant cousins working on this line. In 1880 William H. and Martha Kelly Smith are living in Stampers Creek Twp. in Orange Co. Indiana where my g-grandfather Henry Marion Smith b 1876 and all of his siblings were born there. My g-grandfather is the son of John William (aka Billy) Smith b.1852 and died in the 1930's in Borden, Indiana His wife was Mary Elizabeth Magill also of Orange Co. Billy Smith as he was known to all of his family including my grandmother was as far as I know so far an only child of William H. and Martha Kelly Smith. Circustancial evidence lead me to believe that William H. Smith was one of the sons of Nicholas Smith b about 1798 in KY. I believe that Nicolas was from either Henry or Shelby Co KY and he is possibly a son of Jacob Smith who was born in Germany. I remember very well my Grandmother showing me a new testament that was given to John William Smith which was her grandfather and the testament was printed in German.Here are the name of my g-grandfather and his siblings. I am not sure of the order of their birth but I am old enough to remember them all very well when I was a small boy growing up in Borden Indiana.Henry Marion Smith b.1876 d. 1961.
James H. Smith
George W. Smith
William Ernest Smith
Cynthia Smithm. Archie McKinley
Emma Smith m Charle Buchannon of Orange Co.
Nancy Smith m a Fouts or Buchannon
Martha Smith m either a Fouts or a Buchannon.
There are the brother and sister of my g grand father.
Willam H. Smith and Martha Kelly were married in Clark Co Indiana Charlestown township in 1850 Nicholas Smith who I believe is the father of William lived in Bethleham Twp Clark Co, Indiana. He had sons William, James, George and John. Martha Kelly was a decendant of Giles Kelly of Barren Co. Ky and Martha DeJarnette also of Barren Co. Ky. This is some of what I have learned about my Grandmother Lillian Smiths family. I have more if yor are interested. I have ofter wondered if the Smiths that are your family and mine are connected If they are of German decent then we are probably from the same common ancestor in Germany.
Hope this helps and please keep in touch Tom Alexander New Albany Indiana