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  • Name: John Allison SMITH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 5 Sep 1815 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, West Virginia b
  • Death: 16 Jan 1895 in Burlington, Des Moines Co, Iowa d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William C SMITH Birth: 1797 in Virginia (Now West Virginia)
  • Mother:
  • (Unk dau) NEELY Birth: Ireland

Family:
Marriage:
  • Mary Ann BUNCE on 1842 at Washington Co, Pennsylvania .m1
  • Mary Ann BUNCE Birth: Abt 1818 in Oneida Co, New York Death: 2 Jan 1898 in Burlington, Des Moines Co, Iowa
Children:
  1. Frank W SMITH
  2. Lillie SMITH
  3. Clara SMITH
  4. Ella SMITH
  5. William C SMITH
  6. Albert A SMITH

Bibliography
  1. Portrait and biographical album of Des Moines County, Iowa: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Chicago, IL: Acme Pub, 1888. JSMB 977.796 D3p. FHL Film#934937#4. Available at https://archive.org/details/portraitbiographdmc00acme. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p[0-9]*].
  2. Milligan, Glenn, Will of William C Smith. Private email 4/10/2006. Author address: gmilligan at adelphia dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006].
  3. -, "Neely notes", a typed onionskin page, original author unknown, copy obtained from Virginia Edgar Gebhardt, 9/4/94. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: NEELY Family].
  4. Ohio County Virginia Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1778-1901. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1958, Book 40, 1853-1855, LDS Film#0855539#2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008294093 images 378-9. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 40-89].
  5. Sawhill, Donald B, SAWHILL Family, from notes of Benjamin Wesley Sawhill, circulated privately Feb 1964. LDS Film #1454553#10. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008129005, images 802-1013. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p552]
Sep 1815 [Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006],
place:
[Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p552],
parents:
William C SMITH & (Mary?) NEELY [Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p552]
William C SMITH & ___ NEELY [Ref: NEELY Family, SawhillDB SAWHILL p14],
father:
[Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006, OhioCoVA Deeds 40-89]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006],
place:
[Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006, NEELY Family]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary Ann BUNCE
date:
[Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p554],
place:
[Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p554],
names:
John A SMITH & Mary Ann ___ [Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006]
John A SMITH & Mary ___ [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 40-89],
child:
[Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p554]
Research Notes:
executor of father's will [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 40-89]

Apr 19 1854: heirs of William C Smith (John A Smith & Mary, John Hosic & Dorcas, Thomas Todd & Susan, Elizabeth A Smith, William T Smith) sold to James Todd, for $2300, 106 acres of land on waters of Middle Wheeling Creek in Ohio Co VA [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 40-89]

1854: living in Miami Co, Ohio [Ref: Glenn Milligan 4/10/2006]

Captain of Company B, 25th Iowa Infantry [Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p553]

1865: moved to Burlington, Iowa [Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p554]

Principal of the High School of Burlington, Iowa [Ref: DesMoinesCoIowa Biog p552]



Pedigree of John Allison SMITH
          /-----John Allison SMITH
 /-----William C SMITH
|         \-----Martha (SMITH)
John Allison SMITH
|         /-----John NEELY
 \-----(Unk dau) NEELY
          \-----Elizabeth WIGTON



Descendants of John Allison SMITH
1. John Allison SMITH m. Mary Ann BUNCE
m. Mary Ann BUNCE