Alexander SMITH & Laura Ann RUSSELL

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Alexander SMITH
Laura Ann RUSSELL

Husband: Alexander SMITH
Birth: 1831/2, NC
Death probably: 1860-70, which may mean he died in the Civil War
Occupation: farmer

Marriage:

Wife: Laura Ann RUSSELL
Birth: 1837/8, Montgomery Co., NC
Death apparently: 1860-70, presumably in Montgomery Co., NC
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Eli RUSSELL
Mother: Anna HOPKINS

Children — born in Montgomery Co., NC:

1. Lenore / Lenora / Lenorah T. SMITH, b. 1855/6
2. Robert SMITH, b. 1858/9

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, North Carolina

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #117 of 147): Zion P.O., Zion Dist., Montgomery Co., NC, Roll M432_637, p. 505A/1009, 870/870, enumerated 16 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alex^r Smith 28 M Farmer 954 2500 N Carolina

Laura Smith 22 F "

Lenor T 4 F "

Robert 1 M "

3. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #9 of 23): Wind Hill P.O., El Dorado Twp., Montgomery Co., NC, Roll M593_1149, p. 395A, PN 9, 68/68, enumerated 17 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Russell Eli 61 M W Farmer 2600 1000 Va

_______ Anny 55 F W Keeping house Va

_______ Lenorah 14 F W at home Va

_______ Robt 12 M W field Laborer Va

The children are our subjects' apparent orphans and should be surnamed SMITH, not RUSSELL, unless of course, they were legally adopted by their maternal grandparents, Eli & Annie (HOPKINS) RUSSELL, with whom they are living. Also, everyone was born in NC, not VA.

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