Need an Ancestry lookup for Clarence Ballard Smith

Question

Hi all!

I am looking for the parents of Clarence Ballard Smith, born in Henry County, Kentucky and died in Michigan.  I want to see if the middle entry on this link says who his parents were:  https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=FLH_FAMILY&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Clarence&gsln=Ballard&msdpn__ftp=MI&so=2&gsfn_x=1&gsln_x=1&msdpn__ftp_x=1  It says,

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Clarence Ballard Smith Sr life info ATTACHED TO:  Clarence Ballard Smith (1897-1962)

Thanks for any help.  Kitty 

Answer 1

The link didn’t work. I did find an Ancestry tree that had his parents as Ballard F Smith and Mary W. Unfortunately the only source that had was a 1900 census...still looking 

United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H1-JV6 : accessed 17 November 2017), Clarence Smith in household of Ballard F Smith, Shelbyville South District (excl. Shelbyville city), Shelby, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 2A, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,551.

 

Comments

If that is the correct Clarence, this is probably Ballard 

Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Name:	Ballard Frances Smith
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Death Age:	62
Birth Date:	29 Jul 1865
Birth Place:	Henry, Kentucky
Death Date:	27 Aug 1927
Death Place:	Shelby, Kentucky, USA
Father:	J B Smith
Mother:	Ruth Tolbert
Spouse:	Mary Schramme And https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102528228/Ballard-Frank-Smith

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Thanks, Kay!  This should shake some stuff loose.  There are a lot of Ballard Smiths in Henry County, Kentucky in the late 1800s.  Thanks again!

Oh and a bio on Clarence said he graduated high school from Shelbyville, Kentucky, so this has to be him.   Kitty

Answer 2

Name:	Clarence Smith
Age:	3
Birth Date:	May 1897
Birthplace:	Kentucky
Home in 1900:	South Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky
Sheet Number:	2A
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:	26
Family Number:	26
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
Relation to Head of House:	Son
Marital Status:	Single
Father's name:	Ballard F Smith
Father's Birthplace:	Kentucky
Mother's name:	Mary W Smith
Mother's Birthplace:	Kentucky
Naturalization:	Na
Neighbors:	View others on page
Household Members:	Name Age Ballard F Smith 34 Mary W Smith 32 James B Smith 6 Mary E Smith 4 Clarence Smith 3 Irene Smith 11/12 Prentice Kinser 24

 

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Source Citation

Year: 1900; Census Place: South Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky; Roll: 551; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1240551

Answer 3

Parents

Name:	Ballard F. Smith
Gender:	Male
Spouse:	Mary W. Schramme
Spouse Gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	25 Nov 1890
County:	Henry
State:	Kentucky

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Source Information

Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900. See extended description for original data sources listed by county.

Comments

Thanks for your help, Doug.  I got this Smith line connected to this early Smyth line now:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smyth-713