Nancy Caroline SmithAge: 67 years1836–1904
- Name
- Nancy Caroline Smith
- Given names
- Nancy Caroline
- Surname
- Smith
- Married name
- Nancy Caroline Jackson
 Birth | July 28, 1836 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 30 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 30 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 32 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Lee Roy Jackson — View this family September 24, 1872 (Age 36 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Robert Brooks Jackson August 8, 1874 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eula Braxton Jackson July 14, 1875 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Nannie Texonia Jackson February 3, 1881 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Eula Braxton Jackson July 7, 1891 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death | February 9, 1904 (Age 67 years) |
| Family with Lee Roy Jackson |
| husband |
Lee Roy Jackson Birth: October 26, 1826 30 25 — Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States Death: March 19, 1904 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Caroline Smith Birth: July 28, 1836 — Lowndesville, Lowndes, Georgia, United States Death: February 9, 1904 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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Marriage: September 24, 1872 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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22 months son |
Robert Brooks Jackson Birth: August 8, 1874 47 38 — Abbotsford, Troup, Georgia, United States Death: November 8, 1962 — Fosheeton, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Eula Braxton Jackson Birth: July 14, 1875 48 38 Death: July 7, 1891 |
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6 years daughter |
Nannie Texonia Jackson Birth: February 3, 1881 54 44 Death: September 15, 1967 |
| Lee Roy Jackson + Martha Lucinda Gamble |
| husband |
Lee Roy Jackson Birth: October 26, 1826 30 25 — Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States Death: March 19, 1904 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Martha Lucinda Gamble Birth: August 1, 1828 37 34 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1871 — Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States |
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Marriage: 1847 — Butts, Georgia, United States |
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13 months step-daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Jackson Birth: January 18, 1848 21 19 Death: October 8, 1931 |
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3 years step-son |
John W Jackson Birth: July 30, 1850 23 21 Death: July 12, 1871 |
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4 years step-daughter |
Julia Ann Jackson Birth: July 31, 1854 27 25 Death: July 17, 1937 |
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22 months step-son |
George Washington Jackson Birth: June 8, 1856 29 27 Death: June 11, 1950 |
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3 years step-son |
James Robert Jackson Birth: October 6, 1859 32 31 Death: December 24, 1939 |
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3 years step-daughter |
Lee Anna Jackson Birth: January 11, 1863 36 34 Death: June 16, 1920 |
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3 years step-son |
Thomas Stonewall Jackson Birth: May 15, 1866 39 37 Death: February 5, 1953 |
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4 years step-son |
Green White Jackson Birth: May 27, 1870 43 41 — Chambers, Alabama, United States Death: June 1956 — Batesville, Panola, Mississippi, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household
Poplar Springs, Tallapoosa, Alabama
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| Note | Biography*: Nancy Caroline Smith was born in 1836 in Georgia. She was the daughter of William Wynn Smith and Mary Bostick. In 1844 her family moved to Tallapoosa County AL. She married James Pennington there in 1858. James was a doctor, the son of Thomas Pennington and Eleanor Phillips. James was killed during the Civil War, leaving Nancy a widow, with two children. In 1872 she married Leroy Jackson. Leroy was also a widower, he had with seven children. Together they had three additional children, bringing the total to five for Nancy and ten for Leroy. Both Nancy and Leroy died in Tallapoosa County AL in 1904, within 39 days of each other.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lewgriffin/g0/p210.htm#i6694 |