Born in North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Unthank
and Sarah Panill (Franklin) Unthank
Sister of
Rufus Unthank, Ewell Venable Unthank Sr. [half], Jesse Unthank, Mary Ann (Unthank) Nall, James Hardin Unthank and William Franklin Unthank
Wife of
Samuel Harrison Smith
— married
22 Sep 1851 in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2021
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1821. She was the daughter of Jonathan Unthank and Sarah Franklin. She passed away in 1904.
Resided in DeSoto Co, MS, in 1885.
Sources
- *Family history
- "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS2P-YQ9 : 13 December 2020), Ruth Unthank in entry for Robert F. Smith, 30 Nov 1916; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS3R-25Z : 13 December 2020), Ruth Unthank in entry for Mary Price Stratton., 24 Oct 1918; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GZ-T86 : 11 November 2020), Ruth Smith in entry for S H Smith, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF37-CH2 : 3 January 2021), Maledy Smith in entry for Samuel Smith, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G4-8HL : 13 November 2020), Ruth A. Smith in household of Sam'l H. Smith, Olive Branch, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 50, sheet 421B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,646.
- "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZK-TBG : 14 February 2020), Ruth A. Unthank in entry for Samuel H. Smith, 1851.
- "The Genealogy of Cleveland and Cleaveland Families," p. 2108.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth 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 Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth 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 Ruth:
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~0.78%
L A Banta
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23andMe, GEDmatch TP5130525 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YA1012746 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZT9904203 [compare]
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~0.78%
Michael Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member matelot
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