William Alexander Smith

1817 - 1910  (93 years)

• Name	William Alexander Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1817	Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LRG3-K99
  Residence	1850	Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	District 51 and A Half
  Residence	1860	Collierstown, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	District 4
  Residence	1880	Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Death	1910
  Person ID	I26588	Woodworth Ancestry
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	Nancy Nicely,   b. 1814, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	11 Feb 1840	Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Joseph Cephas Smith,   b. 1838, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Mary Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1840, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Smith,   b. 1841, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Nancy Virginia Smith,   b. 1845, Virginia, USA d. 1919 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Serena J Smith,   b. 26 Nov 1849, Virginia, USA d. 25 Oct 1915, Buchanan, Botetourt, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. David Franklin Smith,   b. 1850, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Frances Smith,   b. 1854, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Julia A Smith,   b. 1856, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F18432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

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  [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 51 and A Half, Rockbridge, Virginia; Roll: 973; Page: 332b. Record for William Smith https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15482753&indiv=try [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 4, Rockbridge, Virginia; Roll: M653_1378; Page: 126; Family History Library Film: 805378. Record for Wm Smith https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=33844497&indiv=try [S303] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Nancy Nicely https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=338599&indiv=try [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, VA, USA; Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Record for Sarena J Smith https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=232636&indiv=try [S303] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for William Smith https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=338600&indiv=try [S340] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia; Roll: 1387; Page: 50b; Enumeration District: 066. Record for William A. Smith https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=42893204&indiv=try