Nancy (Stephens) Smiley (abt. 1792 - 1856)

Born about 1792 in Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas B. Smiley — married 9 Apr 1806 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States of America

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1856 at about age 64 in Bunceton, Cooper, Missouri,

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Biography

Nancy Stephens was born in Virginia, United States of America,^[1] perhaps in Wythe County where her father was born.^[2] Nancy was aged 58 when the 1850 US Census was taken so she was born in 1791-2.^[3]

Nancy was the daughter of Joseph Stephens and his first wife, Rhoda Cole.^[2][4] Her family lived in Virginia until 1801, when they moved to Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1815 they moved to Tennessee, and in November 1817, they moved to Cooper County, Missouri,^[2] They were the first settlers in that part of Cooper County and the first winter they lived in a half face camp, their house was one-quarter of a mile north of where Bunceton now is.^[4]

Nancy had siblings:^[2]

1. William, born about 1790;
2. Peter;
3. Lawrence Cole, born 3 February 1798;
4. Joseph, living on 5 July 1876;^[4]
5. James Madison, born 13 January 1809,^[2] living on 5 July 1876;^[4]
6. Nelly, married James D Campbell, and was living on 5 July 1876;^[4]
7. Mary, married Archibald Weatherford;^[4]
8. Johanna, married John Kelly;^[4]
9. Frances, born 22 August 1805;
10. Rhoda, born 18 July 1803,^[2] married B W Levens;^[4]
11. Zilpha, born 1811,^[2] married Pemberton Cason and was living on 5 July 1876;^[4]

Nancy's mother died in 1822, and in 1824 her father married Catherine Dickson. From this marriage, Nancy had eleven half-siblings.^{[4] [2]} There were also three children who died in their infancy, who may have been her siblings^[4] or her half-siblings.^[2]

Her father, Joseph, gave all of his children a horse, saddle and bridle, a cow and calf, a sow and prigs, a flock of sheep, and a bed and bedding, and he also gave his daughters a negro slave, with the advice to take care of them as it was all he intended to give them.^[4]

Nancy married Thomas B Smiley,^[4] on 9 April 1806 at Wayne, Kentucky.^[5]

Nancy and Thomas had children:

1. Rhoda Smiley, married William Cole;^[1]
2. Alvira, married John Ingram;^[1]
3. Jerusha, married H Galbraith;
4. S Decatur, married —Price;^[1]
5. Artemisia, married S Peters;^[1]
6. Jugustus;^[1]
7. Peter, married — Ware;^[1]
8. Lawrence;^[1]
9. Lycurgus, married — Martin;^[1]

When the 1850 Census of the United States was taken, Nancy A Smiley, aged 58, born in Virginia was living in the household of Mary Howard, in Cooper county, with Ingasclin Smiley, aged 27, born in Missouri; Decalb Smiley, aged 20, born in Missouri; and Thomas B Smiley, aged 18, born in Missouri.^[3]

Nancy Smiley died on 15 January 1856 at Bunceton,^[6] Cooper, Missouri, USA.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Edward Stephens Clark, The American Genealogical Record, Giving the Genealogy and History of some American Families, tracing their Ancestory in Ante-revolutionary Times, I - The Stephens Family with Collateral Branches, (San Francisco: Jos Winterburn Company, Book and Jb Printers, Electotypers, 1892), 23, (https://archive.org/stream/stephensfamilywi1892clar#page/22/mode/2up : 21 July 2016). Person # 61.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} American Genealogical Record, I, 8, (https://archive.org/stream/stephensfamilywi1892clar#page/8/mode/2up : 21 July 2016). Person # 7.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZW-JTM : 9 November 2014), Nancy A Smiley in household of Mary Howard, Cooper county, part of, Cooper, Missouri, United States; citing family 1272, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12} Henry C Levens and Nathaniel M Drake, A History of Cooper County, Missouri, From the first visit by White Men, in February, 1804, to the 5th day of July, 1876, (St Louis: Perrin & Smith, Steam Book and Job Printers, 1876), 197-8, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/stream/historyofcooperc00leve#page/196/mode/2up : accessed 22 July 2016).
5. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-MWT5 : accessed 21 July 2016), Thomas Smiley and Nancy Stephens, 09 Apr 1806; citing Wayne, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 591,550. Image at FamilySearch.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, : The Generations Network, Inc. Record for Thomas Smiley.

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