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Author: jaj523
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Thomas and Jane Smith Cleland had ten children: eight girls and two boys. Two of their
granddaughters (Martha Dowden and Elizabeth Jarboe) married famed Indian fighter and
pioneer Simon Kenton and together are the mothers of ten of his eleven children. (His
eleventh child was illegitimate.) In addition, their daughter, Mary, married Simon's
eldest brother, William; and their daughter, Susannah, married his best friend, William
McGinnis. Simon Kenton led many people, including several of Thomas and Jane's
children, west to Kentucky and Ohio.
Martha Dowden's parents were Thomas and Sally Cleland Dowden. Sarah (or Sally as she
was known) was one of Thomas and Jane's daughters.
I have a bio of Thomas and Jane that I would be glad to forward. Contact me via my
e-mail: jaj523(a)juno.com.
Jane Osborne Jones, Bradenton, FL
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