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Jesse Smith & Rosell Jenkins SmithRosella Jenkins, daughter of PVT. James Edward Jenkins, and Russia Grace Campbell. Sister of Warren H. Jenkins, John G. Jenkins, and James Edward Jenkins Jr.

Jesse Smith, son of Charles Benton Smith, and Ora Ellen Powell. Brother of Verna Agnes Smith, Addie Bell Smith, Grace Evelyn Smith, Dora Olive Smith, Ollie Otis Smith, Oie Fay Smith, and Ora Edison Smith.

Jesse Smith married Rosella Jenkins on June 13th, 1936, in Rarden, Ohio. They had nine (9) children: Jessie Pauline Smith 1936-1978, Charles Burlin Smith 1938-2018, Catherine Joann Smith 1939-2011, Carolyn Joyce Smith 1942-2007, Shirley Sue Smith 1943, Harry Smith 1947, Dwayne Smith, Gary Smith, and Paul Smith.

Jesse Smith was previously married to Garnet Pearl McGowan. They married in 1921 of the month of April, in Waverly, Ohio. They had seven (7) children: Robie Ray Smith 1922-1974, Roma Faye Smith 1923-1999, Lula Mae Smith 1924-2004, Notley Marion Smith 1926-1999, Sherma Grace Smith 1928-2008, Velma Hazel Smith 1929-2005, Jessie Pearl/Betty Louise Smith 1931-1932.

Rosella Jenkins previously had a daughter Geraldine Wilson 1933-1945, with Roy Fay Wilson before she married Jesse Smith. She was born in Ross County, in Ohio. Geraldine was killed in a accident on Rarden Creek Road, in Rarden, Ohio. Jesse Smith was driving the truck when he crashed it and killed Geraldine.

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James Smith (b. 1697, Ireland - d. ????), married Janet (Unknown of Last Name) (b. 1701 - d. ????).

Childern:
** James Robert Smith (b. 1733, County Armagh, Northern Ireland - d. January 20, 1798, Fleming County, Kentucky).

** James Robert Smith (b. 1733, County Armagh, Northern Ireland - d. January 20, 1798, Fleming County, Kentucky), married Mary J. Huston (b. 1735, Northern Ireland - d. ????, Huntington, Pennsylvania), in 1753, in Pennsylvania.

Children:
Mary Jane Smith (b. 1759, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania - d. 1837)
Polly (Mary) Smith (b. 1762, Pennsylvania - d. 1830)
Nancy Agnes Smith (b. March 7, 1764, Pennsylvania - d. September 18, 1836, Fleming, Kentucky)
William Smith (b. March 10, 1765, Ireland - d. August 2, 1846)
** Robert Smith Jr. (b. January 20, 1766, Huntgindon, Pennsylvania - d. June 6, 1842, Sunfish Township, Pike, Ohio)
Robert Smith (b. December 29, 1766, Washington, Peesylvania - d. October 7, 1847, Allegheny, Pennsylvania)
John Smith (b. 1767, Pennsylvania - d. ????, United States)
William Smith (b. 1769, Pennsylvania - d. 1823, Natches, Adams, Mississippi)
Joseph Smith (b. September 12, 1770, Carlisle, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - d. 1824, Lewis, Kentucky)
Margaret Smith (b. April 16, 1773, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania - d. 1812)
Isaac Smith (b. May 22, 1777, Bedford, Pennsylvania - d. May 14, 1846, Washington, Washington, Iowa)
Elizabeth Smith (b. 1782, Barree Township, Huntingdon, Peensylvania - d. 1835, Peensylvania)
Thomas Ferguson Smith (b. July 7, 1782, Barree Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania - d. Februaryr 24, 1851, Smithville, Peoria, Illinois)
Rebecca Smith (b. December 19, 1783, Barree Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania - d. 1835)
James Smith (b. Novermber 17, 1788, Barree Township, Huntingdon, Peensylvania - d. September 21, 1839, Peoria, Illinois).

** Robert Smith Jr. (b. January 20, 1766, Huntgindon, Pennsylvania - d. June 6, 1842, Sunfish Township, Pike, Ohio), married Elizabeth McAlevy (b. September 12, 1768, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania - d. April 9, 1825, Sunfish, Pike, Ohio), in 1788 or 1789, in Barree Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

Children:
Margaret Smith (b. January 11, 1790, Barree, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania - d. December 11, 1861, Pike, Ohio)
William McAlevy Smith (b. August 11, 1791, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. May 21 1862, Scioto, Ohio)
Mary Smith (b. March 21, 1793, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. December 24, 1851, Scioto, Ohio)
Robert Smith III (b. December 14, 1795, Kentucky - d. May 12, 1867)
Mary Ann Smith (b. December 13, 1796, Allegheny, Pennsylvania - d. January 14, 1883)
Jane Smith (b. March 22, 1797, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. March 8, 1877, Pike, Ohio)
Agnes Smith (b. 1800, Pennsylvania - d. ????)
Elizabeth Smith (b. June 18, 1800, Allegheny, Pennsylvania - d. August 19, 1884, Pennsylvania)
** John Smith (b. October 8, 1801, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. December 14, 1862)
James Smith (b. August 14, 1804, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. June 7, 1871, Pike, Ohio)
Elizabeth Smith (b. 1805, Salford, Cathedral Manchester, Lancashire, England - d. May 5, 1868, Pike, Ohio)
Margaret Smith (b. 1805, Washington, Pennsylvania - D. ????), William Smith (b. 1807, Washington, Pennsylvania - d. ????)
Mary Polly Smith (b. August 13, 1807, Bethel, Allegheny, Pennsylvania - d. may 9, 1896, Allegheny, Pennsylvania)
Joseph Smith (b. April 10, 1809, Pike, Ohio - d. October 4, 1868, Pike, Ohio)
Nancy Ann Smith (b. July 29, 1811, Pike, Ohio - d. June 28, 1894, Scioto, Ohio).

** John Smith (b. October 8, 1801, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. December 14, 1862), married Nancy Mustard (b. 1805, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. ????), on December 2, 1824.

Children:
** Isaac Flanigan Smith (b. 1828 - d. December 20, 1907)
Joseph R. Smith (bl March 14, 1828 - d. September 23, 1880, Pike, Ohio)
William McAlevy Smith (b. October 8, 1830, Franklin, Adams, Ohio - d. December 11, 1941)
Nancy Smith (b. 1840, Bourbon, Kentucky - d. ????)
Aaron Smith (b. December 17, 1841 - d. January 5, 1907, Scioto, Ohio)
James Harvey Smith (b. January 30, 1849 - d. April 28, 1904).

** Isaac Flanigan Smith (b. 1828 - d. December 20, 1907), married Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith (b. December 13, 1842 - d. ????).

Children:
David J. Smith (b. June 16, 1853, Turtle Creek, Warren, Ohio - d. April 4, 1870)
Henson Smith (b. June 29, 1866, Ohio - d. April 5, 1931, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio)
Eva C. Smith (b. 1868, Ohio - d. 1949)
** Charles Benton Smith (b. November 13, 1869, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. August 28, 1940, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio)
Edward Smith (b. 1875 - d. April 19, 1930, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio)
Alva Curtis Smith (b. 1878, Ohio - d. ????).



** Charles Benton Smith (b. November 13, 1869, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. August 28, 1940, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio), married Ora Ellen Powell (b. August 19, 1876, Adams, Ohio - d. December 3, 1973, Peebles, Adams, Ohio), on November 26, 1893.

Children:
Verna Angus Smith (b. November 20, 1894 - d. ????)
Laura Taney Smith (b. 1897, Ohio - d. January 1, 1982, Springfield, Clark, Ohio).
** Jesse Smith (b. June 8, 1899, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. August 10, 1982, Peebles, Adams, Ohio).
Addie Bell Smith (b. October 9, 1903, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. April 16, 1986, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio).
Grave Evelyn Smith (b. April 14, 1905, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. December 28, 2004, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio).
Dora Olive Smith (b. March 18, 1908, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. April 2, 1982, Adams, Ohio).
Ollie Otis Smith (b. September 19, 1910, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. December 23, 1991, Peebles, Adams, Ohio).
Okie Faye Smith ( January 4, 1913, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. August 30, 1984, Ohio).
Ora Edison Smith (b. janaury 15, 1916, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. October 26, 1990, rarden, Scioto, Ohio).



** Jesse Smith (b. June 8, 1899, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. August 10, 1982, Peebles, Adams, Ohio), married Garnet Pearl McGowan (b. June 25, 1900, Sunfish, Pike, Ohio - d. December 23, 1931), in April of 1921.

Children:
Robie Ray Smith (b. January 7, 1922, Elm Grove, Pike, Ohio - d. July 8, 1974).
Roma Faye Smith (b. May 7, 1923, Pike, Ohio - d. December 5, 1999).
Lula Mae Smith (b. November 11, 1924 - d. may 8, 2004).
Notley Marion Smith (b. August 28, 1926, Pike, Ohio - d. May 11, 1999, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio).
Sherma Grace Smith (b. March 9, 1928, Elm Grove, Pike, Ohio - d. October 30, 2008, Scioto, Ohio).
Velma Hazel Smith (b. December 22, 1929, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - D. March 14, 2005, Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio).
Jessie Pearl Smith (b. November 15, 1931 Adams, Ohio - November 15, 1932, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio).

** Jesse Smith (b. June 8, 1899, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. August 10, 1982, Peebles, Adams, Ohio), married Rosella Jenkins (b. July 1, 1914, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky - d. August 10, 1982, Peebles, Adams, Ohio), on June 13, 1936, in Rarden, Scioto, Ohio.

Children:
Jessie Pauline Smith (b. December 20, 1936, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. December 9, 1978, Peebles, Adams, Ohio).
Carles Burlin Smith (b. January 8, 1938, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. February 1, 2018, Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio).
Catherine Joann Smith (b. April 1, 1939, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. May 19, 2011, Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio).
Carolyn Joyce Smith (b. Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. July 29, 2007, Peebles, Adams, Ohio).
** Shirley Sue Smith (b. April 18, 1943 - D. living).
Dwanye Smith (b. ???? - d. living)
Gary Smith (b. ???? - d. living).
Harry Smith (b. ???? - living)
Paul Smith (b. ???? - d. living).

** Rosella Jenkins (b. July 1, 1914, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky - d. August 10, 1982, Peebles, Adams, Ohio), had a child with Roy Faye Wilson (b. 1908, Kentucky, United States - d. ????).
Children:
Geraldine Wilson (b. May 7, 1933, Bainbridge, Ross, Ohio - d. December 20, 1945, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio), Step-Daughter of Jesse Smith.

** Shirley Sue Smith (b. April 18, 1943, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - D. living), married ** George Beatty Syroney I (b. August 19, 1938, Rarden, Scioto, Ohio - d. November 8, 1996, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio), on February 24, 1967, in Rarden, Scioto, Ohio.

Children:
George Beatty Syroney II (b. October 29, 1967, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio - D. living)
Sharon Sue Syroney (b. May 24, 1969, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio - d. living)
** Gregory Barton Syroney (b. December 13, 1972, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio - d. living).


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