John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 388

Continuing with the children of Isaac Smith, Sr. and Margaret Rucker (thanks to Darryl Diemer),

  1. William Smith , married Frances Cave and died in 1802.  He apparently had no heirs, as he left everything to Downing Rucker Smith's five children.

  2. Edwin Smith .

  3. Downing Rucker Smith , married Catherine Boehm (Beam, Beemon).  Catherine could be a sibling of Daniel Boehm of the Hebron Church, but proof is lacking.  Downing Rucker Smith and Catherine Boehm had five children:

    1. William Downing Smith , married Diana Yager and had thirteen children including:

      1. Fielding Smith (married Rhoda Carpenter).
      2. Nancy Smith (married Benjamin Garr).
      3. Ellen Smith (married Joel Smith).
      4. Mary Smith (married Jonas Finks Blankenbaker).
      5. Barbara Jency Smith (married John S. Yowell).
      6. Robinson G. Smith (married Elizabeth Shirley Clore).

    2. Benjamin Smith , married Anna Yowell.
    3. Susannah Smith , married Isaac Smith, Jr., her first cousin.
    4. Downing William Smith , married Elizabeth Bush.
    5. Asa Smith , married Barbara Yager.  They had four children including:

      1. Weeden Smith (married Alpha Yager).

Sorting out the German Smiths and the English Smiths gets confusing at times, with all of cross marriages that took place.  Other families in this same category are the English Thomases and the German Thomases.  Germans did not always marry Germans.

We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.