↑ McCoy-2542 was created by Patricia Hickin through the import of L_RIELEY-Lucy m LAYMAN-Lewis Gish Ancestors 20141203.ged on Dec 3, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
↑ Source: #S633 Page: 16 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Source: S633 Media: Book Abbreviation: BOOK - GEN - L_Rie_McC_PAYNE Families of Breckinridge Co., Ky. Title: Payne and Associated Families of Breckinridge Co., Ky. Author: Payne, Norman Date: 2006 ?
1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 3, Robertson, Tennessee; Roll: 894; Page: 28a; Line Number: 20 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #6500175 (accessed 25 July 2023) Letha Smelser (47) in District 3, Robertson, Tennessee, USA. Born in Virginia.
Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940" Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 30731 Ancestry Record 60214 #1766181 (accessed 25 July 2023) Letha Mccoy marriage to John Smelser on 8 Dec 1825 in Botetourt, Virginia.
1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census" Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Robertson, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1556; Page: 30A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #10557542 (accessed 25 July 2023) Leathy Smelser (66), Keeping House, in District 3, Robertson, Tennessee. Born in Virginia.
1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census" Year: 1880; Census Place: District 3, Robertson, Tennessee; Roll: 1277; Page: 45D; Enumeration District: 180 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #16569881 (accessed 25 July 2023) Letha Smelser (77), widowed mother, Keeping House, in household of George W. Smelser (48) in District 3, Robertson, Tennessee, USA. Born in Virginia.
Memorial: Find a Grave (no image) Find A Grave: Memorial #29838203 (accessed 25 July 2023) Memorial page for Leatha McCoy Smelser (22 Sep 1803-15 Jun 1899), citing Smelser Cemetery, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Governor Gordon Browning Museum (contributor 50169716).
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