----- 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 >> >> >> >