Elizabeth Bird: NH genealogy

Nielsen Hayden genealogy

1815 - 1883 (68 years)

Generation: 1

Elizabeth Bird was born on 23 Apr 1815 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 3 Sep 1883 in Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried in Steely Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky.

Elizabeth married James Smith on 5 Jul 1836. James (son of Nathaniel Smith and Charlotta "Lottie" White) was born on 27 Jul 1811 in Whitley County, Kentucky; died on 4 Nov 1892 in Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried in Steely Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Nathaniel Benton Smith was born on 15 Jan 1848 in Kentucky; died on 9 May 1923 in Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried in Steely Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky.

Generation: 2

Nathaniel Benton Smith

(1.Elizabeth¹) was born on 15 Jan 1848 in Kentucky; died on 9 May 1923 in Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried in Steely Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky.

Notes:

According to Nancy Jonckheere (undated letter to her brother Edward White), this Nathaniel Smith was a grandson of Charlotta "Lottie" White, half-sister of PNH's GX3-grandfather Nicholas White, and her husband Nathaniel Smith. Various linked Find a Grave pages indicate that the intervening generation was James Smith and his wife Elizabeth Bird.

Nathaniel married Sarah Parker on 11 Dec 1883 in Whitley County, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of William Henderson Parker and Sarah "Sally" Patrick) was born on 19 Dec 1863 in Whitley County, Kentucky; died on 1 Jul 1943 in Whitley County, Kentucky; was buried in Steely Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. Walter Bird Smith was born about 1894.

Generation: 3

3.	Walter Bird Smith (2.Nathaniel², 1.Elizabeth¹) was born about 1894. Notes: According to Nancy Jonckheere, he was the train conductor who nabbed PNH's grandfather Everett White when he tried to run away to enlist at age 12. (Which must have been in 1917 or so.)