Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Family Group Records

Willis D. Smith & Margaret Underwood Benton

Willis D. Smith.
Born: 1 Feb 1853, Greenville, Muhlenberg County.
Married: 1) Margaret Underwood Benton, 18 Aug 1874, Muhlenberg County.
Married: 2) Cora Davis Leachman, 10 May 1899, McLean Co., Kentucky.
Died: 21 Mar 1928, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
Father: Elijah F. Smith.
Mother: Nancy Vanlandingham Weir.

Read Willis D. Smith's Biographical Sketch

Marriage 1: Margaret Underwood Benton.
Alternate name: Mollie.
Born: 18 Apr 1854, Ohio Co., Kentucky.
Married: Willis D. Smith, 18 Aug 1874, Muhlenberg County.
Died: 6 Oct 1898, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.
Father: James Madison Benton.
Mother: Frances Augusta Fox.
Stepmother: Mary King Mabry, of Paradise, Muhlenberg County.

Marriage 2: Family Group Record of Willis D. Smith & Cora Davis Leachman.

Children of Willis D. Smith & Margaret U. Benton:

  1. James Frampton Smith, 18 June 1874 - 24 January 1916. Lived in Owensboro, Daviess Co. Kentucky. Married Alice B. Thornberry. Daughters: Harriet Lillian Smith & Daisy Smith.
  2. Albert Elias Smith, 12 October 1876 - 24 September 1930. Lived in Vicco, Masons Creek, Perry Co., Kentucky. Married Otilda Harrison. Children: Frances, Willis, Harry, and Albert Jr.
  3. Lucius Ernest Smith, 6 October 1878 - 30 August 1955. Married Beulah G. Lipps. Lived in Jefferson Co., Kentucky
  4. Nancy Augusta Smith, 8 August 1880 - 21 January 1966. Lived in New Mexico and California. Married to William Elmer Hubbard; then James Leonard Osborne. 3 Children: Defrosia Underwood Hubbard, Ella Mae Hubbard, and John William Hubbard.
  5. Maude Underwood Smith, 10 May 1882 - 28 September 1967. Lived in Denver, Colorado. Married to James Walter Douthitt. Son: James B. Douthitt.
  6. Stella May Smith, 6 January 1884 - 13 November 1950. Married to Roy Cox.
  7. Mary Alma (Benton) Smith, born 1886. Married to Frank Cox.
  8. Willis Eugene Smith, 22 January 1888 - 11 March 1973. Lived in Ohio, Massachusetts, and California. Married to Sibyl Aradelle Euing. Daughter: Dorothy J. Smith.
  9. Nellie Gates Smith, 26 September 1889 - 7 November 1965. Married to Charles Elmer Hayes. 8 Children.
  10. Eldrid Pascal Smith, 14 January 1892 - 8 December 1955. Lived in New Mexico and Arizona. Married Nina Roberts. Son: Robert Cecil Smith
  11. Charles Crawford Smith, 8 April 1894 - 3 November 1971. Lived in Clovis, New Mexico.

Contributed by Sue Heflin Woolsey

Updated August 9, 2017