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Robert McDowell Smith 1845 – 1922 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 October 1845

Birth Location: Raphine, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 24 November 1922

Death Location: Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, USA

Father: James Smith

Mother: Elizabeth Wells

Spouse(s): Nancy Smith

Children(s): Curtis Smith, Lewis Smith, James Smith, Hannah Smith, John Smith, Hannah Smith, Benson Smith, Ira Smith

Robert McDowell Smith was born in 1845 in Raphine, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA, the child of James Smith and Elizabeth Wells. Robert McDowell Smith later married Nancy Armilda Smith, and together they raised children including Curtis Elmer Smith, Lewis F Smith, James W Smith, Hannah Jane Smith, John Harrison Smith, Hannah Jane Smith, Benson Robert Smith and Ira Russell Smith. In 1922, Robert McDowell Smith passed away in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, USA.

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Parents

James Smith
1809 –
Birth Location: Virginia
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Elizabeth Wells
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Smith
1846 – 1911
Birth Location: Gallia Co, Ohio, USA
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Children(s)

Curtis Smith
1871 –
Birth Location: Ohio
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Lewis Smith
1872 –
Birth Location: Ohio
LS
James Smith
1874 –
Birth Location: Ohio
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Hannah Smith
1876 – 1962
Birth Location: –
HS
John Smith
1876 – 1948
Birth Location: Covington, Miami, Ohio, USA
JS
Hannah Smith
1878 – 1962
Birth Location: Ohio
HS
Benson Smith
1888 – 1949
Birth Location: Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America
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Ira Smith
1880 – 1936
Birth Location: Champaign County, Ohio, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 23 October 1845
    Event Place: Raphine, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1880; Census Place: Brown, Miami, Ohio; Roll: 1049; Family History Film: 1255049; Page: 29B; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 0108, Year: 1900; Census Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio; Roll: 1245; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1241245, Year: 1910; Census Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio; Roll: T624_1159; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1375172

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Brown, Miami, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Brown, Miami, Ohio; Roll: 1049; Family History Film: 1255049; Page: 29B; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 0108

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio; Roll: 1245; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1241245

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio; Roll: T624_1159; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1375172

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 24 November 1922
    Event Place: Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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