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166. Frances Ellen SLAUGHTER27 was born on 10 March 1810 in Culpeper, Va..27 Died at residence of son George Lawrence Smith March 18, 1889, age 75
928 First Street, Louisville, KY She appeared in the census on 18 June 1870 in 6th Ward, Jefferson County, Louisville, KY.27 She died on 18 March 1889 in Louisville, Ky..27 Frances obit Courier Journal on 18 March 1889 in Louisville, Kentucky.27 She died 1889, morning of March 18 in Louisville, Kentucky.27 She was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY.27 The Virginia Herald
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1822 v. V No 3
p 4,col 4 Marriage Dec. 11, 1826
Frances's age on the 1870 Census is incorrect. It should be 79 instead of what is listed as 37.
I notice that she was listed as keeping the home. Telitha, George Lawrence Smith's wife is listed as "at home". The three girls were alive at the time.
This keeps with the idea she was demanding and Telitha on her wedding day was told to sew.
Frances Ellen SLAUGHTER and Claudsley W SMITH were married on 12 December 1826 in Clark County, Indiana.27 Records in book in Jeffersonville, ID.
Have copy Claudsley W SMITH27 was born in 1804 in Vermont.27 He appeared in the census in 1830 in N.E, of State Road in Clark County, Indiana..27 He died in 1839 in Louisville, Ky..27 Claudsley was buried in Jefferson Street Cemetery.27 1826- he was a Mate on a river boat in Ohio and Mississippi River.27 This is the only Census where I found Claudsley W. Smith. He is listed as between 20 and 30, with a wife between 20 and 30 and a daughter under 5. These facts fit with the information I have.
It is possible he had brothers and maybe a father living in the same area and on the same Census page. The 1830 Census only gave the head of household and only a range of dates for births.
The Census lists his birth as Vermont.
His birth would be approximately at the earliest 1800. As his wife was 16 at the time of their marriage II would guess he was at least 18 to 20. He was old enough to go through her money that was left from her family
Their daughter was named Mary and would fit in the age range. Claudsley left her alone with the child and took off for parts unknown. Years later he appeared at Frances's house ill. She took him in and nursed him at least back to health enough for their second child, George Lawrence Smith to be born. Claudsley died soon after and she was left to rear another child alone.
There is no indication that he ever helped support his family in any way. Supposedly he worked on a boat. Guessing it went up and down the Ohio River as far as it could go and he choose far. Frances Ellen SLAUGHTER and Claudsley W SMITH had the following children: |