Born in Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Eathel Eldridge Smith
and Matilda (McDowell) Smith
Sister of
Elizabeth Betsie Smith, William Bratch Smith, Fanny Jane (Smith) Crawford, John Polk Smith, Benjamin Franklin Smith, Nancy A (Smith) Blaylock and Matilda N Smith
Wife of
William B. McDowell
— married
about 1856 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 40
in Bledsoe, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Oct 2016
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Biography
Margaret Smith is the daughter of Eathel Eldridge Smith and Matilda McDowell.
Margaret Smith married William B. McDowell about 1856.
Margaret Smith is buried at the Brushy Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA next to her husband William B. McDowell.
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
Sources
- 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.).
- 1860
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T7-J88 : 30 December 2015), Etheldrd Smith, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Margaret:
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~6.25%
Robin Smith
:
23andMe
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~6.25%
Latisha Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TF7829880 [compare], Ancestry member lrstupka
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Rejected matches › Margaret Smith (abt.1860-) › Margaret J. (McDowell) Doherty (abt.1837-1915) › Margaret Smith (1838-) › Margaret M. Smith (1835-) › Margaret Rivers (Smith) Whitworth (1835-1910)
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