Person:Marion Smith (16)

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Marion Dekalb Smith
b.16 Feb 1830 OH
d.7 Aug 1863 Helena, AR
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m. 17 Dec 1851
  1. Mary Elmyra Smith1853 - 1904
  2. Irwin Smith1855 - 1901
  3. Charles Marion Smith1857 - 1905
  4. Evannah Eliza Smith1860 - Aft 1899
  5. Elmer Elsworth Smith1862 - 1886
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Name[1] Marion Dekalb Smith
Gender Male
Birth? 16 Feb 1830 OH
Marriage 17 Dec 1851 Delaware Co., OHto Eliza Angeline Joy
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with Eliza Angeline Joy
Census[3] 1860 Richland Twp, Mahaska, Iowa, USAUS Federal
Occupation? shoemaker
Death[2] 7 Aug 1863 Helena, AR
Burial? Helena, AR, Moved To Memphis Nat. Cem, TN
Other? 33rd Iowa infantry, Co E Military Service

Abstracts from Misc. Delaware Co., OH newspapers 1821-1857: OLENTANGY GAZETTE 1851 December 19 Friday married on the 17th inst. by Rev. Benjamin Olds, Mr. Marion D. Smith to Miss Eliza A. Joy, both of Troy Township

What I remember of my mother telling me is a family story that Marion ran away from home, which was two spinster aunts, and was taken in by a Smith family and he changed his name. After their mother died, "the boys" (Marion and Eliza's sons), discussed going back to the family name (Mom thought it might be DeKalb) but decided if Smith was good enough for their father, it was good enough for them. There was a Revolutionary War hero, Baron Johan de Kalb, but he had only daughters. There are a lot of people of the era with given names Marion DeKalb \endash after Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, hero in the Carolinas, and de Kalb who came over from France like Lafayette. (From Niki Hansen, Jan. 2008)

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  1. ↑ Email.

    Grayson Alexander
    grayglo@hotmail.com

  2. ↑ The History of Mahaska County, Iowa. (Des Moines, Union Historical Co, 1878.)
    pp. 412-420?.
  3. ↑ 1860 Census, Iowa, Mahaska Co.
    Series: M653 Roll: 334 Page: 51-52, 11 Nov 2005.

    Quality: 4 Verified: YES

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