Ballard
Sanford
Smith
Born in Griffithsville, Boone County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Smith
and Cynthia (Meadows) Smith
Brother of
Henry Jackson Smith [half], Parker Smith [half], Lewis Smith, Willam Smith, Cumberland Smith, Isaiah Smith, Sarah J. Smith, Mary Ann Smith [half], Floyd Smith and Alstera Smith
Husband of
Mary Angeline (Lambert) Spurlock
— married
23 Dec 1878 (to 5 Jul 1881) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 28
in West Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2016
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Biography
Ballard Sanford Smith was born on January 12, 1853 in Griffithsville, Boone Co, Virginia to parents Henry and Cynthia Meadows Smith.
During the 1870 census he was reported as being 17 years of age and working on the family farm. As of June 1, 1880 Ballard was listed as 25 yr old husband of Mary Angeline Smith and they have two children William H age 3 years old and Nancy W age 1 year old. They were living in the Jefferson District of Lincoln County, West Virginia. Ballard was farming to support the family. On April 28, 1881, his wife Mary gave birth to Andrew Jackson. Ballard was in the process of digging a well when he took pneumonia and died on July 8, 1881 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Sources
- 1860 U.S. Census, Ballardsville, Boone County, Virginia
- 1870 U.S. Census, Griffithsville, Jefferson Twp, Lincoln County, West Virginia
- 1880 U.S. Census, Jefferson Twp, Lincoln County, West Virginia
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ballard 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 Ballard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ballard 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 Ballard:
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~12.50%
Barbara (Pennington) Treichel
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A938670 [compare], Ancestry member btreiche
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~12.50%
Catherine (Arthur) Cordingley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mary Violet (Maynard) Thornsbery :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Tina (Thornsbery) Rice :
23andMe
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