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Surnames: TAM, TIMMONS, SMITH, SHIVELY,CROMER, WATKINS, CALLAWAY, VAN METER, REID,
CAMPBELL
Classification: Query
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According to the History and Biography, Counties of White and Pulaski Counties, Jacob J.
and Hester H. Timmons Smith were the parents of Rachel A. Smith who married A.C. Tam.
Rachel was said to be born in White Co., IN on 30 March 1844.
According to U.S. Census Records, for White Co., IN, there was in household 692 family 696
a Jacob Smith age 39 a farmer born in DE, whose wife was KATHY age 36 also born in DE,
with children Sarah J. age 14 b. DE; Benjamin S. age 13 b. DE; Mary E. age 10 b. OH;
Rachel age 6 b. IN; John T. age 4 b. IN.
Is this the same family???
If so, is KATHY Jacob's first wife or a second wife? Was Katherine also called
Hester and they are one and the same? Was Kathy's maiden name also Timmons?
Kathy and Jacob Smith lived only four houses away from Mary Ellen Smith Timmons, widow of
the late John E. Timmons b. DE d. OH and her children and three houses away from William
and Sarah E. Downs Timmons and their children John E. and Byard. WILLIAM TIMMONS was the
son of Robert and Marh Fuchs Timmons who I believe to be a brother-in[law to Mary Ellen
Smith Timmons.
I had a theory that Jacob Smith might be an older brother of Mary Ellen Smith Timmons...
considering the facts that he was also born in DE, shares the name of Mary Ellen's
father, and the fact that he named one of his daughters Mary E. and one Rachel, which was
Mary Ellen Smith Timmons' mothers name... Rachel Jones Smith Timmons and a son John T.
(might have stood for Timmons) but just an educated guess.
Also, would like to know Hester's Timmons line as I don't seem to find anyone with
a chld that name in that county...
Thanks,
Carol