William Bratch Smith (1838 - aft. 1920)

Born 1838 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1920 after age 82 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States

Biography

William Bratch Smith was born in 1838. He was the son of Eathel Smith and Matilda McDowell. He passed away after 1920.

William Bratch Smith is buried at the Bud Smith Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

1850 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County, Eastern District

Dred Smith, age 40, M, Labourer

Matilda Smith, age 37, F

Elizabeth Smith, age 16, F

Margaret Smith, age 14, F

Bracken Smith, age 12, M

Fanny Smith, age 5, F

John Smith, age 3, M

1870 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County, Second Civil District

Smith, Wm B, age 30, male, farmer

Smith, Nancy, age 28, female, keeping house

Smith, Joanna, age 5, female

Smith, Rebecca A, age 3, female

Smith, Ethel, age 65, male, farmer

Smith, Matilda, age 58, female, keeping house

Smith, John, age 21, male, farm hand

Smith, Nancy A, age 17, female

Smith, Matilda N, age 15, female

NOTE - at the 1870 Census, Eathel Smith and family were living next door to his son William Bratch Smith and family.

1910 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County, District 5

Smith, William, head, age 69, married 1 time 51 years, farmer

Smith, Nancy, wife, age 67, married 1 time 51 years

1920 US Census - Tennessee, Bledsoe County, District 5

Smith, Harmon R, head, age 43, married, farmer

Smith, Martha, wife, age 41, married

Smith, Hattie, daughter, age 15, single

Smith, Edith, daughter, age 12, single

Smith, Clema, daughter, age 7 7/12

Smith, Brack, father, age 79, widowed, occupation none

Sources

• 1850 US Census
• 1870 US Census
• 1910 US Census
• 1920 US Census

1850

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD7-D7D : 9 November 2014), Dred Smith, Bledsoe county, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States; citing family 442, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).