Frances (Judd) Smith (abt. 1806 - 1856)

Born about 1806 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Ambrose Smith — married about 1826 in United States

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1856 at about age 50 in Fonthill, Russell, Kentucky [uncertain]

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Biography

Frances (Judd) Smith lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Frances, aka "Fanny", was born about 1806 in Wilkes County, North Carolina^[1][2] to parents Delphia Shepherd and Nathaniel Jackson Judd Jr.^[3]

She married Ambrose Smith prior to 1847.

24 Feb 1937, their son Nathaniel J Smith died of pneumonia, secondary to influenza.^[4]

In 1850 she and Ambrose were raising nine children: Wm, Deepha, Henry, Margaret, Elizabeth, Phebe, Jane, Miram, and Nathanial. (Spellings may need to be corrected).^[5]

Frances Judd "Fanny" Smith passed away on 18 Nov 1856[1] in Russell County, Kentucky^[6] of unknown cause. The 10 month old child of Permelia Smith died of unknown cause 2 months earlier in the same location. ^[7]Noted in the same death record that many who died in the same year were dying from TB, Pneumonia, Typhoid Fever and Scarlet Fever. Antibiotics came too late for them.^[8]

She was buried at Old Friendship Cemetery in Russell County, Kentucky.^[9]

Sources

• Tami Connell, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Tami and others.

1. ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census
2. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
3. ↑ Kentucky, Death Records,1852-1963
4. ↑ Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 - N J Smith
5. ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census
6. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
7. ↑ Kentucky, Death Records,1852-1963
8. ↑ Kentucky, Death Records,1852-1963
9. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current