Ancestry Chart of the Smiths and James's of Rankin County, Mississippi
Sources: Online obituaries and Ancestry.com

                 +--- 7-Joseph SMITH,b.7 Jul 1753,d.28 Sep 1826
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              +--+ 6-Jonas SMITH,b.29 Sep 1790,d.15 Feb 1856
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              |  +--- 7-Ann,b.15 Nov 1754,d.12 Oct 1854
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           +--+ 5-John J. SMITH,b.23 Sep 1813,d.2 Dec 1879
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           |  +--- 6-Miriam PAXSON,b.Abt 1795,d.13 Mar 1869
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        +--+ 4-Pvt. Herbert Clinton SMITH Sr.,b.13 Oct 1840,d.15 Mar 1916
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        |  |  +--- 6-Lyman HOADLEY,d.???
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        |  +--+ 5-Mary Ann HOADLEY,b.7 Sep 1815,d.25 Mar 1897
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        |     +--- 6-Lydia SCOVILLE,d.???
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     +--+ 3-Herbert Clinton SMITH,b.20 Mar 1892,d.5 May 1960
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     |  |     +--- 6-Seymour EGGLESTON,b.30 May 1782,d.25 Aug 1862
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     |  |  +--+ 5-Maj. Henry Seymour EGGLESTON,b.28 Feb 1820,d.11 Dec 1862
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     |  |  |  +--- 6-Huldah MOORE,b.18 Dec 1784,d.7 Apr 1870
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     |  +--+ 4-Myra E. EGGLESTON,b.22 Feb 1852,d.19 Jan 1932
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     |     +--- 5-Elizabeth A. WASHBURN,b.1 May 1825,d.30 Apr 1915
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  +--+ 2-Paul David SMITH,b.9 Mar 1934,d.2 Jul 2003
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  |  |  +--- 4-Leonidas Lafayette WELLS,b.4 Mar 1865,d.18 Aug 1939
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  |  +--+ 3-Susan Pearl WELLS,b.21 Dec 1893,d.3 Mar 1971
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  |     |  +--- 5-Frank LEA,d.???
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  |     +--+ 4-Carrie LEA,b.21 Jun 1873,d.10 Jan 1941
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  |        +--- 5-Susan WHETSTONE,d.???
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--+ 1-LIVING SMITH
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  |           +--- 6-John Hines JAMES,b.1792,d.Sep 1865
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  |        +--+ 5-William Madison JAMES,b.Dec 1827,d.1906
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  |        |  +--- 6-Nancy Ann THOMPSON,b.25 Feb 1802,d.2 Nov 1867
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  |     +--+ 4-Phillip JAMES,b.Feb 1866,d.26 Nov 1930
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  |     |  +--- 5-Mary Ellen KELLY,b.May 1835,d.1920
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  |  +--+ 3-Arthur Cleveland JAMES,b.16 Oct 1887,d.9 Feb 1962
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  |  |  |           +--- 8-William STEWART,b.30 Jan 1730,d.1 Feb 1804
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  |  |  |        +--+ 7-John Benjamin STEWART,b.1784,d.Nov 1819
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  |  |  |        |  +--- 8-Anne Barney GRAVES,d.???
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  |  |  |     +--+ 6-Joseph Wooten STEWART,b.5 Feb 1805,d.10 Jan 1875
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  |  |  |     |  |  +--- 8-Zadock BRASHEARS,b.1756,d.18 Dec 1816
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  |  |  |     |  +--+ 7-Susanna BRASHEARS,b.1782,d.5 Apr 1850
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  |  |  |     |     +--- 8-Susanna VAUGHN,b.1760,d.1810
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  |  |  |  +--+ 5-Benjamin J. STEWART,b.27 Apr 1838,d.22 May 1921
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  |  |  |  |  |  +--- 7-Henry PULLEN,b.1769,d.1855
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  |  |  |  |  +--+ 6-Melissa Matilda PULLEN,b.10 Mar 1815,d.6 Mar 1893
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  |  |  |  |     +--- 7-Celia JOLLIFF,b.1774,d.1865
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  |  |  +--+ 4-Louisa A. STEWART,b.16 Sep 1868,d.15 Jan 1902
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  |  |     |  +--- 6-John FUTCH,b.Abt 1800,d.Abt 1858
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  |  |     +--+ 5-Margaret M. FUTCH,b.16 Feb 1846,d.23 Feb 1902
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  |  |        +--- 6-Elizabeth COOK,b.Abt 1808,d.Abt 1872
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  +--+ 2-Sarah Louise JAMES,b.7 Nov 1933,d.1 May 2014
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     |        +--- 6-James Henry WILKERSON,b.24 Dec 1826,d.14 Apr 1864
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     |     +--+ 5-William Henry WILKERSON,b.8 Aug 1849,d.8 Sep 1912
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     |     |  +--- 6-Martha Ann MOORE,b.22 Jul 1832,d.8 Sep 1899
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     |  +--+ 4-David Allen WILKERSON,b.29 Jul 1877,d.31 Mar 1950
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     |  |  |  +--- 6-Thomas Norris TOWNSEND,b.1836,d.6 Jun 1862
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     |  |  +--+ 5-Martha Ann TOWNSEND,b.14 Oct 1856,d.2 Jul 1926
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     |  |     +--- 6-Sarah Ann MOORE,b.13 Oct 1840,d.1908
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     +--+ 3-Irene WILKERSON,b.14 Nov 1906,d.13 Mar 1958
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        |  +--- 5-William Louis MILLER,b.15 Apr 1861,d.6 Jun 1915
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        +--+ 4-Ora M. MILLER,b.2 Oct 1899,d.15 Dec 1971
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           |     +--- 7-William Burton KNOWLES,b.11 Oct 1815,d.16 Sep 1881
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           |  +--+ 6-William Cleborne KNOWLES (Twin),b.20 Feb 1848,d.11 Jul 1927
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           +--+ 5-Catherine M. KNOWLES,b.1 May 1871,d.26 Feb 1942
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              +--- 6-Eliza F. MOORE,b.29 Jul 1849,d.11 Aug 1922