Leetha Caroline (Ferguson) Smith (1866 - 1946)

Born 4 Apr 1866 in Holly Grove, Walker County, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Henry Adams Ferguson and Mary Caroline (Keeton) Ferguson

Wife of Henry Allen Smith MD — married 1883 in Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1946 at age 80 in Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Leetha Caroline Ferguson.

Letha Caroline Ferguson.

Lathy C. Ferguson. ^[1] Found multiple versions of name. Using Leetha Caroline Ferguson.

Born 04 Apr 1866. Holly Grove, Walker County, Alabama, USA. abt 1866. Alabama^[2] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 04 Apr 1866

Died 1 Aug 1946. Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, USA. 01 Aug 1945. Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, USA. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 1 Aug 1946

Residence Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter. 1880 Beat 5, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, USA. ^[3]

File Format: jpg. Smith Family in 1907. Format: jpg. Smiths' fish catch. Format: jpg. Smith Family in 1907. Format: jpg. Smiths' fish catch. Format: jpg. Woodlawn Cemetery.

Marriage Husband Henry Allen Smith. Wife Leetha Caroline Ferguson.

Child: Arthur Henry Smith. Child: Mary Hattie Smith. Child: Jesse Talmage Smith.

Child: Callie Leetha Smith.

Child: Sarah Gladys Smith.

Child: Nellie Pauline Smith. Child: Lloyd William Smith. Child: Robert Kenneth Smith. Child: Charles Currien Smith. Marriage 1883 Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, USA. ^[4]

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Patricia Ferguson and Mack Tyner, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Ferguson and Mary Keeton, the great great grandparents of both Patricia Ferguson and Mack Tyner. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3C, based on sharing 41 cM across 3 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed based on a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 17.6 cM segment on chromosome 8, consisting of Lynn (Tyner) Redmon, GEDmatch kit # UZ8220191, and Kim Keeton, her 4th cousin, GEDmatch kit # AD9633970, and Turner Collins, her 3rd cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # PJ3258463. (Kim and Turner are 3rd cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are William Keeton and Kitty Johnson, the 3x great grandparents of both Lynn (Tyner) Redmon and Kim Keeton and 2x great grandparents of Turner Collins.

• Maternal relationship is also strongly suggested by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 9 cM segment on chromosome 11, consisting of Steve Kelly and Louise (Smith) Oakes, his 1st cousin 1x removed, and Peggy (Hancock) Souza, his 4th cousin. (Louise and Peggy are 3rd cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are William Keeton and Kitty Johnson, the 3x great grandparents of Steve Kelly and 2x great grandparents of Louise (Smith) Oakes and 3x great grandparents of Peggy (Hancock) Souza.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Mack Tyner III, Richard Dowdy, and Beth Doughty, who share a 21.3 cM segment on Chromosome 4. The most recent common ancestors shared by all three are John Henry Sides Jr. and Sarah Susannah (Ashcraft) Sides. This couple is Mack Tyner's, and Beth Doughty's GGGG grandparents, also Richard Dowdy's GGGGG grandparents.

• GEDmatch estimates 4.0, 4.7, and 4.2 generations to MRCA, respectively, based on Tyner and Dowdy sharing 58 cM over 2 segments, Dowdy and Doughty sharing 21.5 cM over 1 segment, and Tyner and Doughty sharing 45.2 cM over 2 segments.

• This Match can be found on 23andME where all 3 tested, or on GEDmatch kits A541884, A473539, and A232716 respectively.

• Paternal relationship is Strongly suggested by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 10.7 cM segment on chromosome 11, consisting of Carter Broach and Louise (Smith) Oakes, his 4th cousin 1x removed, and GF, his 4th cousin 1x removed. (Louise and GF are 3rd cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Adams Ferguson and Elizabeth Finley, the 4x great grandparents of Carter Broach and 3x great grandparents of both Louise (Smith) Oakes and GF. DNA test taker Carter Broach is the 2x great grandson of Mary Ferguson, the daughter of James Ferguson, the son of the common ancestors Adams Ferguson & Elizabeth Finley.

• Paternal relationship is also Strongly suggested by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 13.4 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Mack Tyner, GEDmatch kit # GM7833095, and Nancy (Scott) Broumley, his 4th cousin, GEDmatch kit # A574140, and Louise (Smith) Oakes, his 1st cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # PU6169909. (Nancy and Louise are 3rd cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Samuel Ferguson, the 3x great grandfather of both Mack Tyner and Nancy (Scott) Broumley and 2x great grandfather of Louise (Smith) Oakes.

• Paternal relationship is also strongly suggested by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 14.5 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Mack Tyner, GEDmatch kit # GM7833095, and Steven Elliott, his 4th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # A792361, and Stephanie (Smith) Fowler, his 2nd cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # WR6155369. (Steven and Stephanie are 5th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Samuel Ferguson, the 3x great grandfather of Mack Tyner and 4x great grandfather of both Steven Elliott and Stephanie (Smith) Fowler.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-897217811 Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Tallahatchie, Mississippi; Roll: 665; Family History Film: 1254665; Page: 158A; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 0319
2. ↑ Source: #S-897217811 Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Tallahatchie, Mississippi; Roll: 665; Family History Film: 1254665; Page: 158A; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 0319
3. ↑ Source: #S-897217811 Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 5, Tallahatchie, Mississippi; Roll: 665; Family History Film: 1254665; Page: 158A; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 0319
4. ↑ Source: #S-897170734 Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Brazoria, Texas; Roll: 1614; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1241614

• Source: S-897217811 Repository: #R-1268502216 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Repository: R-1268502216 Ancestry.com
• Source: S-897291650 Repository: #R-1268502216 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=36210976&pid=50