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James Matthew Smiley 1830–1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 October 1830

Birth Location: Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 11 June 1904

Death Location: Fort Stewart, Long County, Georgia, United States of America

Father: Archibald Smiley

Mother: Sarah Driggers

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James Matthew Smiley was born in 1830 in Georgia, United States of America, the child of Archibald Smiley And Sarah Driggers. James Matthew Smiley passed away in 1904 in Fort Stewart, Long County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Matthew Smiley was born in 1830 in Georgia, United States of America, the child of Archibald Smiley And Sarah Driggers.
  • James Matthew Smiley passed away in 1904 in Fort Stewart, Long County, Georgia, United States of America.

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James Smiley's Ancestors

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James Smiley
1830–1904
Birth Place: Georgia, United States of America
Parents
Archibald Smiley
1806–1839
Georgia, USA
Sarah Driggers
1796–1883
Liberty, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
James Smiley
1780–1826
Harnett, North Carolina, United States
Sarah (Jane Banks or) Fraser
1780–
Liberty, Georgia, United States
Jonas Driggers
1755–1822
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
Eleanor (Millie "Ellen") Lastinger
1756–1860
Effingham County, Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Sr.
1740–1790
Simon Fraser
1760–1812
Sarah Sullivan
1768–1822
William Driggers)
1729–1822
Sarah Kirby
1731–1851
Anna Huber
1744–1830
Johann Lastinger
1740–1803
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Smylie
1710–1763
Nancy Hine
1725–
John Fraser
1720–1787
Mary Gilchattan
1708–1784
Daniel Sullivan
1730–1794
Mary Clubb
1725–1785
Sarah Kirby
1710–1790
Thomas Kirby
1696–1750
Anna Gollmar
1722–1795
Johann Huber
1723–1811

James Smiley's Timeline

2 Records

1830
3 October 1830
Birth of James Matthew Smiley in Georgia, United States of America
Georgia, United States of America
1904
11 June 1904
Age 74
Death of James Matthew Smiley in Liberty County, Georgia, United States of America
Liberty County, Georgia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 October 1830
    Event Place: Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 June 1904
    Event Place: Liberty County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fort Stewart, Long County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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