Born in Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaac Ricketts
and Mary Jane (Cheezum) Ricketts
Sister of
Sarah Ellen (Ricketts) Truskett, William Francis Ricketts, David Lincoln Ricketts, Nancy Ella (Ricketts) Baldwin, Mary Ricketts, Charles Wesley Ricketts, Mary Ricketts, Josephine (Ricketts) Rabourn and Frederick Albert Arnold Ricketts
Wife of
Benjamin Franklin Smilie
— married
1869 [location unknown]
Mother of
Charles Smilie
Died
at age 45
in Washington Township, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Mar 2011
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Biography
Mary Ellen Smilie nee Ricketts was born 18 Nov 1851 in Indiana. She passed away on 30 Jun 1897 (aged 45) at Crawford County, Kansas. Mary is buried at Smilie Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford County, Kansas.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19005446/mary-ellen-smilie : accessed 03 September 2021), memorial page for Mary Ellen Ricketts Smilie (18 Nov 1851–30 Jun 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19005446, citing Smilie Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by VJS (contributor 47379740) .
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NW-B84 : 18 February 2021), Mary E Ricketts in entry for Isaac Ricketts, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH5-Z3J : 18 February 2021), Mary E Rickets in entry for Isaac Rickets, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPR-9YW : 19 February 2021), Mary E Smiley in household of Benjamin Smiley, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 61, sheet 163B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,378.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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