James
O.
Smelser
Born about in Hart, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John S. Smelser
and Anna E (Logsdon) Smelser
Brother of
Isaiah Smelcher, Thomas Smelser, Sarah E Smelser, Uriah S Smelcher, George Smelser, Irene Smelser, John Smelser, Jane Smelser, Ann Smelser, Laura Eliza Smelser and Joseph Smelser
Husband of
Melissa Jane (Robertson) Smelser
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ira Daniel Smelser and Frank Monroe Smelser
Died
at about age 81
in California, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jan 2014
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Biography
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65W-JXM : 12 April 2016), Sarah E Smelser in household of James S Smelser, Hart county, Hart, Kentucky, United States; citing family 964, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Descendants of Jacob Smelzer submitted by Kathleen R. Minion Wonderful descendant chart for five generations. No sources are presented but it looks very good. It's on the Smelser/Smeltzer Descendants Genealogy Group site which lends it credence.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- John Smeltzer
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I1-Z140*, FTDNA kit #56528 - John Smeltzer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I1-Z140*, FTDNA kit #196685
- Thomas Smelser :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I1-Z140*
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~1.17%
Lisa Day :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Joan (Watts) Carter :
23andMe, GEDmatch LJ5474141 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WC6025247 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mary (Huntley) Conly :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Craig Logsdon :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Rhonda Lowe :
23andMe, GEDmatch CS7228254 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch cs722854 [compare], Ancestry member Lowerocks
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~0.78%
Randi Zurcher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QQ1726678 [compare], yourDNAportal RANf559F088, Ancestry member rzurcher52
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~0.78%
Russell Beach :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Russell_Beach
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~0.39%
John Smeltzer :
23andMe, GEDmatch A903922 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A903922 [compare], Ancestry member JohnFSmeltzer
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John Smeltzer Jr.
John Smeltzer Jr.
John Smeltzer Jr.
John Smeltzer Jr.
James O. SMELSER is James Oliver SMELSER.
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by John Smeltzer Jr.
John Smeltzer Jr.
SMELSER is the most frequently used spelling for the surname.
posted
by John Smeltzer Jr.
John Smeltzer Jr.
Another family member ... descendant of Jacob (Unsourced) SMELSER b. abt 1760 .... part of my line.
posted
by John Smeltzer Jr.
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