Hi, I am Julia and I am trying to locate information on Thomas Gooden born in Louisa Co. Virginia in 1785.  He was married to Susanna Hoffman Gooden in 1815 in Shenandoah Co. VA and I am trying to find out who Thomas' parents were.  I believe his father to be Thomas Gooden who fought in Dunmore's War in 1774 during the American Revolutionary War period.  If anyone has any information, pleas e-mail  in care of germana_colonies@rootsweb.com.  Thanks for your help.  Julia M. 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Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying.  That is, if you change the subject, CHANGE the subject line! George List Administrator Today's Topics:   1. Thanks for the Explanation of the Choice of Religion by    the       *Ruler* (Hdanw@aol.com)   2. Fielding Smith and Rhoda Carpenter : (a dtr of Samuel    and ?       Blankenbacker) (Wetaunah Cates)   3. Re: John Yager married Margaret Wilhite : Book    sourcefound       (Wetaunah Cates)   4. Fw: Fielding Smith and Rhoda Carpenter : (a dtr of    Samuel    and       ? Blankenbacker) (Virginia Nuta) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Nuta" <vrnuta@verizon.net> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fielding Smith and Rhoda Carpenter : (a dtr of Samuel and ? Blankenbacker) > Wetaunah -- > > I can answer some questions for you again.  Henry W. Smith was a 1st and 2nd cousin of my ancestor, Franklin W. Yager, whom you posted about earlier. > > Henry was a grandson of Diana Yager Smith, who was the sister of John W. Yager, who was Franklin's grandfather.  This was the relationship making them 2nd cousins. > > Henry was the son of Rhoda Carpenter, who was the sister of Franklin's mother, Sarah Carpenter.  This was the relationship making them 1st cousins. The sisters were the daughters of Samuel Carpenter and Margaret (Peggy) Blankenbaker.  This is NOT the same Samuel Carpenter married to Dinah Christler, although I am absolutely positive they were cousins!!! Margaret (Peggy) Blankenbaker was the daughter of Christopher Blankenbaker and Christina Finks. > > The only children listed in the Germanna Record for Samuel and Peggy Carpenter were Sarah, married to Laban Yager;  Rhoda, married to Fielding Smith;  Abel, married to Susan Smith (don't you love it?  I am not sure who she belongs to); and Loval, married to Sarah Hutcherson. > > I have Rhoda's death in 1888 in Madison Co., VA. > > I believe that both Laban's family and the Smith family were very close. I belive that both families migrated together to Jefferson County, KY, where there was a very extensive network of Germanna families, in 1836, as I described in my previous posting.  At that point, Diana Yager Smith moved on to Missouri with some of her children, while other children moved into Indiana.  My ancestor Franklin W. Yager, after spending about 10 years next door to his aunt Alpha Yager Utz in Johnson Co., IN, moved on to Howard County, IN, where this Henry had settled, and it has been my belief that he and Henry must have been good friends and that Henry was the reason for his choice of Howard County, IN. > > You asked about Smith descendants and about Zebulon Smith.  I do not know that name, but I would suggest you get in touch with Debra Smith Beheler, who works at the genealogy library in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, and who has been in charge of the Indiana GenWeb project.  Debby is a descendant of Diana Yager Smith, Henry W. Smith, and a great-niece of Agnes Lee Smith, who supplied much of the information Germanna has on the Yager family.  She can be reached through Howard Co.'s fantastic website on GenWeb.  I think she has some good stories about Rhoda arranging marriages for Yager and Smith widowers..... > > > >> >> COMPILER's NOTE : Fileding Smith, Sr. b 1703 VA d. 1829 ? VA  married Rhoda Carpenter, 1798 VA - 1888 ? VA, a dtr of Samuel and Miss Blankenbacker,  is this the same Samuel Carpenter, 1759-1811 VA, (son of William and Mary Wilhite) that was also married to a Dinah Christler ? Is this Samuel also the father of Sarah Carpenter,  who married Laban Yager ? If so, I have his wife, Miss Blankenbacker, as Margaret Blankenbaker 1769 Culpeper VA - 1860 Madison, VA., can anyone help me confirm this and who were Margaret Blankenbaker's parents? >> I have another daughter of this Samuel Carpenter, 1759-1811, and his wife, Dinah Christler 1762-1836, as a Nancy Carpenter, that married Lewis UTZ. Does this connect to anyone? >> >> I am interested mainly in the SMITH families. Does anyone have the extentions on the descendants lines of the afore mentioned Downing and Wm D Smith families? >> Some online family trees show Fielding Smith's place of death in Hendricks, Indiana, and Rhoda Carpenter Smith's place of death in Missouri ??? Can anybody clarify any of this info, as this book source stated, they died in VA. ? >> >> My long time brick wall has been a Zebulon D Smith, b. 1759, NC or what was then Sullivan, VA, d 1832 now Sullivan or Washington, Tennessee. Married Sarah Dungan 1760-1860 she being born/died in Tennsessee, or say they say... I realize Tenn was not even a state at her birthdate, so am assuming it was VA?. No one in our lines knows what the D in his name stood for, his Rev War files do not enlighten us either...  but what catches my attention, is the fact, that Zeb' s son, Jeremiah D Smith, removed from VA / Tenn, to Hensley, Johnson, Indiana, and we have numerous Fielding Smiths in his descendants. >> Maybe someone can give me a few leads, perhaps on who the parents of Zebulon D Smith parents were? >> Thank you for any help at all >> Tonnie >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3813 (20090130) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > To contact the GERMANNA_COLONIES list administrator, send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-admin@rootsweb.com. 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