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John Green Smithson 1848–1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Mar 1848

Birth Location: Maury, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 31 May 1925

Death Location: Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA

Father: William Smithson

Mother: Nancy Trotter

Spouse(s): Ester Yates, Sarah Blakeney, Hannah Ledford

Children(s): William Smithson, John Smithson, James Smithson, Joseph Smithson, Jasper Sr, Elmer Smithson, Robert Smithson, Mary Smithson, Jason Smithson, Minta Mccarkle

John Green Smithson was born in 1848 in Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Quincy Adams Smithson And Nancy Ann Trotter. John Green Smithson married Ester Josephine Yates, Hannah Rebecca Ledford, Sarah Louisa Blakeney, and had children including Elmer R Smithson, James Arthur Smithson, Jason Alvin Jay Smithson, Jasper Green Smithson Sr, John C Smithson, Joseph Kenny Smithson, Mary Edna Smithson, Minta V Mccarkle, Robert Eaton Smithson, William Tyrie Smithson. John Green Smithson passed away in 1925 in Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • John Green Smithson was born in 1848 in Maury, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Quincy Adams Smithson And Nancy Ann Trotter.
  • John Green Smithson married Ester Josephine Yates, Hannah Rebecca Ledford, Sarah Louisa Blakeney, and had children including Elmer R Smithson, James Arthur Smithson, Jason Alvin Jay Smithson, Jasper Green Smithson Sr, John C Smithson, Joseph Kenny Smithson, Mary Edna Smithson, Minta V Mccarkle, Robert Eaton Smithson, William Tyrie Smithson.
  • John Green Smithson passed away in 1925 in Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Smithson
1823–1877
Birth Location: Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
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Nancy Trotter
1827–1884
Birth Location: Maury, Tennessee, United States
NT

Spouses(s)

Ester Yates
1847–1877
Birth Location: of,Maury,Tennessee
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Sarah Blakeney
1853–
Birth Location: Mississippi
SB
Hannah Ledford
1857–1935
Birth Location: Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

William Smithson
1869–1954
Birth Location: Giles County, Tennessee
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John Smithson
1878–
Birth Location: Tennessee
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James Smithson
1887–1979
Birth Location: Kansas
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Joseph Smithson
1889–1976
Birth Location: Clifton Wayn, Tennessee
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Jasper Sr
1892–1963
Birth Location: Saltillo, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
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Elmer Smithson
1895–1968
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Robert Smithson
1897–1975
Birth Location: Tennessee
RS
Mary Smithson
1899–1991
Birth Location: Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America
MS
Jason Smithson
1893–1970
Birth Location: Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Minta Mccarkle
1882–
Birth Location: Tennessee
MM

John Smithson's Ancestors

Self
John Smithson
1848–1925
Birth Place: Maury, Tennessee, USA
Parents
William Quincy Adams Smithson
1823–1877
Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Nancy (Ann) Trotter
1827–1884
Maury, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
Hezekiah (Powell Smithson) Sr.
1791–1871
Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Henrietta Carter
1795–1872
Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Francis Smithson
1765–1853
Lucretia Powell
1760–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Smithson
1739–1782
Drusilla Walker
1744–1811

John Smithson's Descendants

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John (Green) Smithson (10 Mar 1848–31 May 1925) m. Ester (Josephine) Yates (ABT 1847–Bef. 1877) m. Sarah (Louisa) Blakeney (1853–) m. Hannah (Rebecca) Ledford (23 Apr 1857–19 July 1935)
  1. 1. William (Tyrie) Smithson 1869–1954
  2. 2. John (C.) Smithson 1878–
  3. 3. James (Arthur) Smithson 1887–1979
  4. 4. Joseph (Kenny) Smithson 1889–1976
  5. 5. Jasper (Green Smithson) Sr 1892–1963
  6. 6. Elmer (R.) Smithson 1895–1968
  7. 7. Robert (Eaton) Smithson 1897–1975
  8. 8. Mary (Edna) Smithson 1899–1991
  9. 9. Jason (Alvin "Jay") Smithson 1893–1970 m. Ella (Sue) Arendall 1896–1992
    1. 1. Gertie (Mae) Smithson 1915–1983
    2. 2. Hazel Smithson 1917–2007
    3. 3. Robert (Green) Smithson 1920–1994
    4. 4. Mary (Sue) Smithson 1922–2007
    5. 5. Jay (W) Smithson 1931–2008
  10. 10. Minta (V) Mccarkle 1882–

John Smithson's Timeline

2 Records

1848
10 Mar 1848
Birth of John Green Smithson in Maury, Tennessee, USA
Maury, Tennessee, USA
1925
31 May 1925
Age 77
Death of John Green Smithson in Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA
Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1848
    Event Place: Maury, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1925
    Event Place: Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA
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