Jesse G. Smith
Born 1890s.
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Jordan Smith
and Catherine Jane (Conley) Smith
Brother of
John Henry Smith, Sallie J (Smith) Williams, George Samuel Smith, William M Smith and Mary Etta (Smith) Howell
Descendants 
Died 1950s.
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Biography
Jesse was born in 1895 in Milan, Georgia, to Henry Smith and Catherine Conley. Jesse attended school through the 3rd grade, after which time he worked on the family farm[1] with his father. After his discharge from the United States Army, he married Bessie Cason, and together they had three children, one of whom died at the age of five. Jesse worked as a miller[2] of corn in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He passed away in 1959 at the age of 64[3].
Military Service
PFC Jesse Smith served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 11 June 1917
Unit(s): 157th Depot Brigade
Service ended: 17 April 1919
Service started: 11 June 1917
Unit(s): 157th Depot Brigade
Service ended: 17 April 1919
PFC Jesse Smith was Wounded in Action at Meuse-Argonne on 6 October 1918 during World War I.
- Enlisted in the United States Army on 11 June 1917 at Fort McPherson, Georgia[4].
- Served overseas from 10 May 1918 - 2 April 1919
- Engagements:
- Offensives
- Aisne-Marne, 18 July – 6 August 1918
- The Battle of Saint-Mihiel, 12–15 September 1918
- Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 September - 11 November 1918
- Wounded in action 6 October 1918
- Defensive
- Vesle
- Toulon
- Offensives
- PFC, 19 Co, 5 Rec Bn, 157th DB
- Honorably discharged 17 April 1919.
- Received a Purple Heart[5].
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Sources
- ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Milan, Telfair, Georgia; Roll: T624_212; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0159; FHL microfilm: 1374225
- ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Milan, Telfair, Georgia; Roll: T627_712; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 134-8
- ↑ Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records; Georgia, USA; Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998; Certificate Number: 17783
- ↑ Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, Ancestry.com, 2013, Provo, UT, USA
- ↑ U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, Ancestry.com, 2012, Provo, UT, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
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~12.50%
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