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Personal recollection of events witnessed by Mary (Gill) Dykes as remembered 21 Jun 2020.
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMV5-R3B : 5 December 2014), Sam C Smith, enlisted 08 Apr 1943, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHW-8HBH : 10 March 2021), Sam C Smith and Lucile Recton, 15 Dec 1934; citing Smith, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,830.
United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLWX-S59 : 9 January 2021), Sam C Smith, 15 Oct 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sam by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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