John Nicholas Smith (Schmidt)

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John Nicholas Smith (Schmidt)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 1859 (42)
Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Grills-Koonce Cemetery, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of John Nicholas Napoleon Schmidt; John Nicholas Napoleon (Johannes Nikolaus Napoleon) Smith (SchmidtSchmitt); Delaney Smith (Stamps) and Delaney Stamps
Husband of Nancy Smith (Bain)
Father of William Riley Smith; Margaret A. Smith and Delanry Smith
Brother of Caleb Bunyan Smith; James M Schmidt; Lucinda Caroline Schmidt; Louisa Schmidt; William Riley Schmidt and 11 others
Half brother of Mary Schmidt; Napolean Schmidt; Benjamin Chiles Schmidt and Thomas Jefferson Schmidt

Managed by: Andrew Shreve
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About John Nicholas Smith (Schmidt)

JOHN NICHOLAS SMITH

In will drawn in 1843 John changed the SCHMIDT name to SMITH.

The following was contributed by Hanna McClain Reuber, granddaughter of William Riley and Martha Elizabeth Smith:

John Nicholas Smith of German lineage was born in Georgia December 25, 1816. Came to Lincoln County, Tennessee, when a young man. He married Nancy Bains, who was born 1806 and came to Lincoln County, Tenn. from North Carolina in 1824. John and Nancy lived on a farm in Lincoln County and to them three children were born: Margaret A. Smith, William Riley Smith, and Dillana Smith. William Riley Smith married Martha Elizabeth Koonce 1859. John Nicholas Smith died Augustt 19, 1859 of typhoid fever and hemomorrhage of the bowels while postmaster at Cordova, Tennessee.

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John Nicholas Smith (Schmidt)'s Timeline

1816
December 25, 1816
Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
1835
1835
1838
July 20, 1838
1843
April 8, 1843
1859
August 19, 1859
Age 42
Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
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Grills-Koonce Cemetery, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA