William and his wife Amanda are named in an 1871 Frederick County equity court case over a piece of land that had been left to Amanda and her siblings by their mother Mary A. Smith, who died on 31 March 1871 in Frederick County; William was a minor at the time of the case.[1]
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↑ Lawson H. Smith and wife, Daniel W. Riffle and wife, et al., vs George W. Smith, Daniel W. D. Smith, and William H. Poffenburger & wife. Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, Liber CM-4. No. 3712, pp. 61-76. Viewable at Maryland State Archives.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSP-VKB : 9 September 2017), Wm Poffinbarger, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 61, sheet 66A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0320; FHL microfilm 1,254,320.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M99J-K5Q : accessed 7 July 2019), William Poffenbarger, Washington Township Williamsport city Ward 1-3, Warren, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 14A, family 342, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,411.
"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFQ2-Y2P : 10 February 2018), William Paffenbarger in entry for Lorenzo Paffenbarger and Eliza Fultz, 1905; citing reference Vol 8 p 8, b 10 p 24; FHL microfilm 1,976,652.
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