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John Henry SMITH375 was born 1803 in of Flemming Co., Kentucky, and died Bef. 1856 in Decatur County, Iowa.He married Dililah ZORNES SMITH on June 15, 1820 in Flemming Co., Kentucky375.
 Includes NotesNotes for John Henry SMITH:
Age 55
Mahaska Co. Iowa Federal Census #187, P180 Henry may have had at
least two brothers, Francis and Thomas Smith. Federal Census
1860 #318, Center Twn., p-159. Also land deeded to them, deed
book 37, p-283.
Living in Mangunney (?) County Indiana when he purchased 160
acres in Mahaska County Iowa
Mahaska Co. Iowa Federal Census #187, P180 Henry may have had at least two brothers, Francis and Thomas Smith. Federal Census 1860 #318, Center Twn., p-159. Also land deeded to them, deed book 37, p-283. The family is found in the 1850 census of Mahaska Co. Iowa. and the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census of Decatur Co. Iowa Land sale from Henry Smith of this county to ? at this time.
More About John Henry SMITH:
Burial: Bef. 1856, Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand River Twn., Decatur, Iowa.
Census: 1860, Mahaska, Iowa.376
Died 2: Abt. 1856, of Mahaska Co., Iowa.
Occupation: 1850, Farmer.377
Residence: January 23, 1854, Mahaska, Iowa.
More About John Henry SMITH and Dililah ZORNES SMITH:
Marriage: June 15, 1820, Flemming Co., Kentucky.378
Children of John Henry SMITH and Dililah ZORNES SMITH are:
  1. Mary J. SMITH Noe, b. 1822, Flemming Co., Kentucky, d. date unknown.
  2. Christine SMITH, b. 1825, Flemming Co., Kentucky, d. Abt. 1880.
  3. +Margaret Ann SMITH Metts, b. 1828, Flemming Co., Kentucky, d. 1928, Decatur, Iowa.
  4. +Uriah Washington SMITH, b. October 06, 1829, Indiana, d. September 1892, Clarke Co., Iowa.
  5. +Francis M. SMITH, b. 1832, Indiana, d. date unknown.
  6. John W. SMITH, b. 1835, Indiana, d. date unknown.
  7. +James Thomas SMITH, b. September 04, 1838, Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana379, d. April 08, 1921, Thayer, Decatur, Iowa380.
  8. Delila Ellen SMITH Slayden, b. October 27, 1842, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana, d. July 28, 1921, Bevington, Madison Co., Iowa.
  9. Susanah C. SMITH, b. 1846, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana, d. date unknown.