William
Riley
Smith
Sr.
Born in Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ashville Harvey Smith
and Matilda (Stacy) Smith
Brother of
Irene Smith, Lurana (Smith) Justice, Liza Smith, Marvan Smith, Lewis Harlan Smith, Armeda Smith, Simeon Smith, Samuel M Smith and Patsy Martha Smith
Husband of
Marinda (Yates) Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Riley Smith Jr.
Died
at age 75
in Buchanan, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Feb 2015
This page has been accessed 203 times.
Biography
- Fact: Burial Smith Branch Cemetery , Stacy, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
- Fact: Residence (1860) Buchanan, Virginia, United States
- Fact: Event Registration (14 Nov 1920)
- Fact: Burial Hurley, Buchanan, Virginia
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 August 2021, 01:42), entry for William Riley Smith (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KVL9-DFG ); contributed by various users.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41S-FLF : 30 December 2015), William R Smith in entry for Ashville H Smith, 1860.
- "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZX-1KK : 12 March 2018), William R Smith.
- Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 02 February 2020), memorial page for William Riley Smyth, Sr (6 Jul 1845–11 Nov 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #128586184, citing Smith Branch Cemetery, Stacy, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Cindy Holsapple-Boone (contributor 47068623) .
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.
- William Riley Smith Sr. (1845-1920) on Find A Grave: Memorial #128586184 retrieved 16 May 2021
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~3.12%
Tonda (Matney) Fluke
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
J Kerr :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A504493 [compare], Ancestry member JK_by_KellyK415
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~0.78%
Pamela Kinder :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A011010 [compare], Ancestry member mogal1025
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~0.78%
Deana (Davis) Dougherty :
AncestryDNA
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Mike Crain I
Smith-243011 and Smith-76978 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate.
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by Mike Crain I
Rejected matches › William Caldwell Smith (abt.1833-) › William Franklin Smith (1841-1938) › William F Smith (1847-bef.1860) › William Smith (1843-1918) › William Henry Smith (bef.1847-) › William Smith (abt.1846-) › William D Smith (abt.1844-) › William Turner Smith (1865-abt.1909) › William Lester Smith (1847-) › William Smith (abt.1847-) › William Newton Smith (1844-1919)
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