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Dr James W Smelser

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Dr James W Smelser

Birth
Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Death
1873 (aged 52–53)
Arkansas, USA
Burial
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.8185774, Longitude: -86.1745226
Plot
Sec: 2, Lot: 21
Memorial ID
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James W. Smelser married 3 times:
1) 1849 Eliza McConnell (she died 1850)
2) 1851 Mary A. McConnell (she died 1856)
3) 1857 Letitia Boone Birkhead (died 1917)

Children:
Eliza had son Marshall born 1850
Mary A. had son Magendie 1852 - 1852
Mary A. had dau Mary born 1854
Letitia had dau Leila 1861 - 1908

James married Eliza and Mary A in Shelby IN.
1850 Census he is DOCTOR in Shelby IN.
1860 Census he is PHYSICIAN in Shelby IN.
1870 Census he is DRUGGIST in Fort Smith (Sebastian Co) AR.

James W Smelser died 1873 of typhoid in AR.
Crown Hill Cemetery records in Indianapolis IN say he was interred there in 1877.

It is noted that James W. Smelser and his 3rd wife Letitia Boone were first cousins. Her father William Boone and his mother Mary Boone were siblings, children of Jonathan and Mary DeHaven Boone.


James W. Smelser married 3 times:
1) 1849 Eliza McConnell (she died 1850)
2) 1851 Mary A. McConnell (she died 1856)
3) 1857 Letitia Boone Birkhead (died 1917)

Children:
Eliza had son Marshall born 1850
Mary A. had son Magendie 1852 - 1852
Mary A. had dau Mary born 1854
Letitia had dau Leila 1861 - 1908

James married Eliza and Mary A in Shelby IN.
1850 Census he is DOCTOR in Shelby IN.
1860 Census he is PHYSICIAN in Shelby IN.
1870 Census he is DRUGGIST in Fort Smith (Sebastian Co) AR.

James W Smelser died 1873 of typhoid in AR.
Crown Hill Cemetery records in Indianapolis IN say he was interred there in 1877.

It is noted that James W. Smelser and his 3rd wife Letitia Boone were first cousins. Her father William Boone and his mother Mary Boone were siblings, children of Jonathan and Mary DeHaven Boone.


Gravesite Details

burial this cemetery: OCT 27,1877



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