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Suddath and Freeman Ancestors

William H Vaden.William married Martha Smithson on 14 Dec 1832 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:

Sources:
1. MARRIAGES FROM EARLY TENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS, 1794-1851 ed. by
Rev. Silas
Emmett Lucas, Jr.: "Western Weekly Review", Franklin, TN.
2. Williamson Co., TN marriage records
Wm. H. Vaden and Martha Smithson, 27 Apr. 1832.

Comments:
Need to find the family in 1850 census.

Martha Smithson [Parents].Martha married William H Vaden on 14 Dec 1832 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

William J Smithson [Parents] was born about 1817 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He died in 1880 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth.

Other marriages:
Gibson, Mary A

!Notes:
W. J. is age 33 in 1850 and is age 43 and living with his brother
Coleman G.
in 1860.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #594/#562.
2. 1860 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #95/#288.
3. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
4. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

Comments:
Did he marry earlier?

Elizabeth.Elizabeth married William J Smithson.

!Notes:

Sources:
1. Court record cited by Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane,
Huntington
Beach, CA

William J Smithson [Parents] was born about 1817 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He died in 1880 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He married Mary A Gibson on 14 Feb 1861 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

Other marriages:
, Elizabeth

!Notes:
W. J. is age 33 in 1850 and is age 43 and living with his brother
Coleman G.
in 1860.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #594/#562.
2. 1860 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #95/#288.
3. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
4. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

Comments:
Did he marry earlier?

Mary A Gibson was born about 1844 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She married William J Smithson on 14 Feb 1861 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:

Sources:
1. James S. Beck, 428 N. 300 E., Kaysville, UT 84037. Ancestral
File
Submission: AF91-107076 (and several other submissions).

Coleman G Smithson [Parents] was born on 26 Mar 1819 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He died on 24 Oct 1888 in , Tennessee. He married Celia Lester on 21 Dec 1843 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

Other marriages:
Creswell, Mary Ann

!C. G. Smithson was age 41 in 1860 and C. Smithson was age 57 in 1870.

Comments:
Joyce provided information on Mary Ann's maiden name, first
marriage and family tree. Did not give sources.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN. #595.
Smithson, Coleman G. family
Knight, Sarah age 76, b. [Sarah Wade Smithson
Knott]
[need to add data]
2. 1860 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #95/#228.
Smithson, C. G. age 41, b. [Coleman G.]
" , S. age 34, b. female [Celia Lester]
" , Jas. B. age 14, b. male
" , M. A. age 12, b. female
" , W. J. age 43, b. male [William J.]
Nevals, V. R. age 18, b. female [Virginia]
3. 1870 Census of Dist. #13, Jordans Store P.O., Williamson Co., TN.
pg. 211
Smithson, C. age 57, b. Farmer $2000/-
" , M. A. age 27/29, b. Keeping House
" , C. L. age 2, b.
" , J. H. age 30, b. male Farmer
4. 1880 Census of Dist. #13, Williamson Co., TN. ED #240, Sheet #20A.
[need to add data]
5. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
Coleman G. Smithson and Celia Lester, 21 Dec. 1843
Coleman G. Smithson and Mary Ann Wilson, 4 March 1866.
6. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.
7. Joyce S. Emilio, 4403 Cambridge St., Montclair, CA 91763

Action:
Where is Coleman in 1850? Need to check other state indexes,
especially VA
and KY.

Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee

pp. 25-28 & 52

Zaccheus M Wilson was aPrivate in the Confederate Army and died at Camp Chase, Ohio in 1865

first marriage for Mary Ann

Coleman Smithson was second marriage for Mary Ann

Celia Lester was born about 1826. She married Coleman G Smithson on 21 Dec 1843 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
John Lester was bondsman for their marriage. What relation?
Celia is age 34 in 1860. Did she have other children?

Sources:
1. 1860 Census of Williamson Co. TN, #95/#228.

They had the following children:

M i James B Smithson

U ii M A Smithson was born about 1848 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
M. A. was age 12 in 1860.

Sources:
1. 1860 Census of Williamson Co. TN, #95/#228.

Comments:
M. A. could be for Mary Ann and there is a Mary A. who marries
Benjamin M.
Woodward 8 Aug. 1872 in Sumner Co. TN.
There is a John Thomas Smithson (RIN: 15390) who has an Oct. 1884
birthdate,
living in Williamson Co. TN in 1900:
2. 1900 Census of 13th Civil Dist., Williamson Co. TN, ED #122,
Sheet #5-B
#97/#102 [family is living next to Celia N. Smithson and
William Meeks]
Smithson, Alice age 30, b. May 1870 TN/TN/TN Widow 2
ch/2 liv
seamstress
" , John age 14?, b. Oct. 1884 TN/TN/TN son farm
hand
" , Minnie age 13, b. Jan. 1887 TN/TN/TN dau att.
school

Action:
Need to look at and census and find if a male or female.

Coleman G Smithson [Parents] was born on 26 Mar 1819 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He died on 24 Oct 1888 in , Tennessee. He married Mary Ann Creswell on 4 Mar 1866 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

Other marriages:
Lester, Celia

!C. G. Smithson was age 41 in 1860 and C. Smithson was age 57 in 1870.

Comments:
Joyce provided information on Mary Ann's maiden name, first
marriage and family tree. Did not give sources.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN. #595.
Smithson, Coleman G. family
Knight, Sarah age 76, b. [Sarah Wade Smithson
Knott]
[need to add data]
2. 1860 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #95/#228.
Smithson, C. G. age 41, b. [Coleman G.]
" , S. age 34, b. female [Celia Lester]
" , Jas. B. age 14, b. male
" , M. A. age 12, b. female
" , W. J. age 43, b. male [William J.]
Nevals, V. R. age 18, b. female [Virginia]
3. 1870 Census of Dist. #13, Jordans Store P.O., Williamson Co., TN.
pg. 211
Smithson, C. age 57, b. Farmer $2000/-
" , M. A. age 27/29, b. Keeping House
" , C. L. age 2, b.
" , J. H. age 30, b. male Farmer
4. 1880 Census of Dist. #13, Williamson Co., TN. ED #240, Sheet #20A.
[need to add data]
5. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
Coleman G. Smithson and Celia Lester, 21 Dec. 1843
Coleman G. Smithson and Mary Ann Wilson, 4 March 1866.
6. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.
7. Joyce S. Emilio, 4403 Cambridge St., Montclair, CA 91763

Action:
Where is Coleman in 1850? Need to check other state indexes,
especially VA
and KY.

Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee

pp. 25-28 & 52

Zaccheus M Wilson was aPrivate in the Confederate Army and died at Camp Chase, Ohio in 1865

first marriage for Mary Ann

Coleman Smithson was second marriage for Mary Ann

Mary Ann Creswell was born in 1841/1843 in Flat Creek, Williamson, Tennessee. She married Coleman G Smithson on 4 Mar 1866 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!M. A. (Cresswell Wilson) Smithson was age 27/29 in 1870.

Sources:
1. Joyce Emilio

Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward 7 Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee

pp. 25-28 & 52

They had the following children:

F i Celia L N Smithson

F ii Sallie L Smithson was born about 1873 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Sallie was age 7 in 1880.

Sources:
1. 1880 Census of Dist #13, Williamson Co., TN. ED #240, Sheet
#20A.

F iii Sallie Smithson was born after 1865 in Flat Creek, Williamson, Tennessee.

Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee

pp. 25-28 & 52 & 53

Conrad Hicks "Coonrod" was born on 6 Mar 1808 in Prussia. He died on 1 Oct 1881. He married Mary Smithson on 15 Feb 1852 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

Notes:
Conrad is age 42 and a widower with two children in 1850.

Sources:
1. Williamson Co., TN marriage records
Coonrod Hicks and Mary Smithson 15 Feb. 1852
2. 1850 Census of ?Williamson Co., TN
3. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.
4. Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)

Comments:
Find them in the 1860 census.

Mary Smithson [Parents] was born on 7 Jun 1822 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She died on 1 Dec 1882. She married Conrad Hicks on 15 Feb 1852 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

Source: Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)

They had the following children:

F i Martha C Hicks was born on 3 Jun 1853.

Source: Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)

M ii William H Hicks was born on 21 Jan 1855. He died on 11 Feb 1876.

Source: Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)

M iii John L Hicks was born on 11 Jan 1857. He died on 28 Oct 1857. He was buried in Smithson Cemetary, Arno, Williamson, Tennessee.

Note: Also listed as J.S. Hicks in some sources

Sources:
1. CEMETERY RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE by Louise
Gillespie Lynch and Volenia Wheatley Hays. pg. 23-24. (Note: Read as "J.S. Hicks")
2. Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)

M iv Charles Thomas Hicks

Stephen H Vaden was born about 1793 in , Georgia. He married Nancy Smithson on 22 Jan 1825 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Stephen H. Vaden

Sources:
1. Williamson Co., TN marriage records
Stephen H. Vaden and Nancy Smithson, 22 Jan. 1825.
2. 1850 Census of Marshall Co., TN, #528/#128
Vaden, Stephen H. age 57, b. GA
" , Hanah age 57, b. SC [mis-reading of
Nancy?]
" , Joseph age 19, b.
" , Samuel age 17, b.
" , Wm. age 14, b.

Comments:

Action:
Need to follow up with additional census searches.
Probate for Stephen?

Nancy Smithson [Parents].Nancy married Stephen H Vaden on 22 Jan 1825 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Lucile has a picture of the Stephen Vaden/Nancy Smithson home in TN.

Sources:
1. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
2. Lucile P. Rizor, 1900 Acklen Ave., Apt. 607, Nashville, TN 37212.

Thornton G Ladd was born about 1822 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He married Mary Jane Smithson on 4 Aug 1841 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Thornton was age 28 in 1850. They were married by Pettus
Shelburne, JP.
The family moved to Arkansas.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.
2. Williamson Co. TN marriage records.
3. IGI film #8,014,902, Sheet #45.
4. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

Mary Jane Smithson [Parents] was born on 12 Oct 1821 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She married Thornton G Ladd on 4 Aug 1841 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Mary Jane Smithson and Thorton Ladd were married by Pettus
Shelburn, J.P.
William P. Ladd signed as Bondsman, who is age 30 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of William Co. TN, #749/#584.
2. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
3. IGI #8,014,902, Sheet #45.
4. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

They had the following children:

F i Manerva A Ladd was born about 1842 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Caroline was age 8 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.

M ii Samuel N Ladd was born about 1844 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Samuel was age 6 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.

F iii Mary M Ladd was born about 1846 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Mary was age 4 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.

M iv John Ladd was born about 1848 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
John was age 2 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.

F v Martha Ladd was born in May 1850 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Martha was age 1 month in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.

Patrick A H Sudberry was born about 1824 in , Tennessee. He married Minerva W Smithson on 30 Sep 1846 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Sudberry is also shown as Seedbury in marriage transcriptions.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374.
2. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
3. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

Minerva W Smithson [Parents] was born on 19 Dec 1823 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She married Patrick A H Sudberry on 30 Sep 1846 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Minerva's brother John H. Smithson, age 22, is living with the
family in
1850. Also a baby, age 4 months, named M. E. Todd, who is probably
her sister
Elizabeth's child.

Sources:

They had the following children:

M i Henry J Sudberry was born about 1847 in , Maury, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Henry J. is age 3 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374.

U ii Sudberry was born about 1849 in , Maury, Tennessee.

!Notes:
Child is shown as "no name" and is age 1 in 1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374.

John Todd.John married Elizabeth G Smithson on 27 Oct 1846 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

Elizabeth G Smithson [Parents] was born on 14 Feb 1826 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She died on 27 Jul 1850 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She was buried in Smithson Cemetary, Arno, Williamson, Tennessee. She married John Todd on 27 Oct 1846 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:

Sources:
1. Williamson Co. TN marriage records.
John Todd and Elizabeth G. Smithson, 27 Oct. 1846
John J. Lagron signed as a ? when they married.
2. DIRECTORY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE BURIALS by Williamson
County
Historical Soc. Vol. 1, pg. 299-300. Smithson Cemetery, 3
miles from
Arno on Peytonsville Road.
Todd, Elizabeth G., daughter of S. C. Smithson, b. Feb. 24,
1827, d.
July 27, 1850.
3. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

Comments:
A baby age 4 months, named M. E. Todd is living with Minerva and
Patrick
Sudberry in 1850. Could this child be Elizabeth's? Leroy says that
her
birthdate is 14 June 1850.
She may be in the 1850 census as Elizabeth Todd.

They had the following children:

M i James G Todd was born on 30 Aug 1847 in , Williamson, Tennessee.

!Notes:

Sources:
1. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.

F ii Martha E Todd was born in Feb 1850 in , Maury, Tennessee.

!Notes:
This baby is only a few months old when the mother died and is
probably taken
by her aunt Minerva for a time. She is living with the Sudberry
family in
1850.

Sources:
1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374. Patrick Sudberry family.

Surname List | Name Index

F	i	Manerva A Ladd was born about 1842 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: Caroline was age 8 in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.
M	ii	Samuel N Ladd was born about 1844 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: Samuel was age 6 in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.
F	iii	Mary M Ladd was born about 1846 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: Mary was age 4 in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.
M	iv	John Ladd was born about 1848 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: John was age 2 in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.
F	v	Martha Ladd was born in May 1850 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: Martha was age 1 month in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN, #749/#584.

		M	i	James B Smithson
		U	ii	M A Smithson was born about 1848 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: M. A. was age 12 in 1860. Sources: 1. 1860 Census of Williamson Co. TN, #95/#228. Comments: M. A. could be for Mary Ann and there is a Mary A. who marries Benjamin M. Woodward 8 Aug. 1872 in Sumner Co. TN. There is a John Thomas Smithson (RIN: 15390) who has an Oct. 1884 birthdate, living in Williamson Co. TN in 1900: 2. 1900 Census of 13th Civil Dist., Williamson Co. TN, ED #122, Sheet #5-B #97/#102 [family is living next to Celia N. Smithson and William Meeks] Smithson, Alice age 30, b. May 1870 TN/TN/TN Widow 2 ch/2 liv seamstress " , John age 14?, b. Oct. 1884 TN/TN/TN son farm hand " , Minnie age 13, b. Jan. 1887 TN/TN/TN dau att. school Action: Need to look at and census and find if a male or female.

F	i	Celia L N Smithson
F	ii	Sallie L Smithson was born about 1873 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: Sallie was age 7 in 1880. Sources: 1. 1880 Census of Dist #13, Williamson Co., TN. ED #240, Sheet #20A.
F	iii	Sallie Smithson was born after 1865 in Flat Creek, Williamson, Tennessee. Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee pp. 25-28 & 52 & 53

F	i	Martha C Hicks was born on 3 Jun 1853. Source: Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)
M	ii	William H Hicks was born on 21 Jan 1855. He died on 11 Feb 1876. Source: Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)
M	iii	John L Hicks was born on 11 Jan 1857. He died on 28 Oct 1857. He was buried in Smithson Cemetary, Arno, Williamson, Tennessee. Note: Also listed as J.S. Hicks in some sources Sources: 1. CEMETERY RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE by Louise Gillespie Lynch and Volenia Wheatley Hays. pg. 23-24. (Note: Read as "J.S. Hicks") 2. Hicks Family Bible possessed by Brenda Ewing, 1905 Donna Dr., Deridder, LA 70634 bcewing@wnonline.net)
M	iv	Charles Thomas Hicks

		M	i	Henry J Sudberry was born about 1847 in , Maury, Tennessee. !Notes: Henry J. is age 3 in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374.
		U	ii	Sudberry was born about 1849 in , Maury, Tennessee. !Notes: Child is shown as "no name" and is age 1 in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374.

		M	i	James G Todd was born on 30 Aug 1847 in , Williamson, Tennessee. !Notes: Sources: 1. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.
		F	ii	Martha E Todd was born in Feb 1850 in , Maury, Tennessee. !Notes: This baby is only a few months old when the mother died and is probably taken by her aunt Minerva for a time. She is living with the Sudberry family in 1850. Sources: 1. 1850 Census of Maury Co. TN, #490/#374. Patrick Sudberry family.