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William Smithson

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William Smithson

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
12 May 1879 (aged 90–91)
Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Age 90 Yr 11 Mo 28 Da

William and Milley were born in Virginia. They moved to Highland County Ohio shortly after their marriage. About 1836 they moved to Indiana and stayed there for about 4 years and then moved back to Ohio, this time to Clinton County. His parents and a couple of brothers had moved to Indiana. One of his daughters, Mary Ann, married in Randolph County, Indiana and stayed.

Some sources say they had 12 children. Nine were listed in his Dec 30, 1881 Clinton County Probate Record plus the daughter of a tenth. His known children are:

Mahala Smithson Rooks (moved west and probably died in Oregon)
Mary Ann Smithson Thornburg (Randolph & Delaware Co IN)
Elizabeth C. Smithson Jones
John M. Smithson (Champaign County, Illinois)
Jemima Jamima Smithson Hubbard
Jemiah Juriah Smithson Trenary
Charles Wesley E. Smithson
Nancy Smithson
Emily Smithson Trenary
Evaline Smithson Thurman

In the 1860 census, he and Milley lived with their son Charles in Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
Age 90 Yr 11 Mo 28 Da

William and Milley were born in Virginia. They moved to Highland County Ohio shortly after their marriage. About 1836 they moved to Indiana and stayed there for about 4 years and then moved back to Ohio, this time to Clinton County. His parents and a couple of brothers had moved to Indiana. One of his daughters, Mary Ann, married in Randolph County, Indiana and stayed.

Some sources say they had 12 children. Nine were listed in his Dec 30, 1881 Clinton County Probate Record plus the daughter of a tenth. His known children are:

Mahala Smithson Rooks (moved west and probably died in Oregon)
Mary Ann Smithson Thornburg (Randolph & Delaware Co IN)
Elizabeth C. Smithson Jones
John M. Smithson (Champaign County, Illinois)
Jemima Jamima Smithson Hubbard
Jemiah Juriah Smithson Trenary
Charles Wesley E. Smithson
Nancy Smithson
Emily Smithson Trenary
Evaline Smithson Thurman

In the 1860 census, he and Milley lived with their son Charles in Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio.


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