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Bethea Family Genealogy Website This is a history of the descendents of an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to Virginia about 1700. The Bethea family expanded and grew over the last three hundred years. The Bethea Family in North America 1700 - 2000 |
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Howard Rolfe Smith.9
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Howard Rolfe Smith.9 | Children of Howard Rolfe Smith and JoAnn DeVaney married May 30, 1951 |
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Howard and JoAnn were married May 30, 1951. Howard was born in 1929 in Inspiration, Arizona. JoAnn was born in 1931 in Douglas, Arizona. |
Gary Lee Smith |
| 1st |
John
"English John" Bethea b. about 1684
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| 2nd |
John
"Virginia John" Bethea
b. about 1704 d. 1779
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| 3rd |
"Buckswamp"
John Bethea settled Buck Swamp abt.
1756 Died 8-12-1821 |
| 4th |
William Bethea
b.
8-18-1769 (1) marriage to Miss Crawford (2) marriage to Mary (Polly) Shackleford |
| 5th |
Levi
Bethea
b. 10-1808 d. 1-4-1852 m. (1) Mary Ann Bethea(6th) (2) Mary Shackleford |
Mary Ann Bethea
(6th)
b. 8-28-1818 d.
11-1-1888
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"English"
John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2
-> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3 -> |
| 1st | English John
Bethea b. 1684
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| 2nd | John
Bethea (Virginia John)
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| 3rd | William
Bethea (Sweatswamp) b. 1725
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| 4th | Devil
John Bethea b. 1752 d. 1812 m. Mary Hennegan b. 1756
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| 5th | John Bethea b.
10-20-1787 m.
Hannah Walker |
| 6th |
Levi
Bethea
b. 10-1808 d. 1-4-1852 m. (1) Mary Ann Bethea(6th) (2) Mary Shackleford |
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Sophia
Bethea b. 5-20-1837, d.12-24-1906 m. William Henry
Smith Daughter of
Levi Bethea(5th) and Mary Ann Bethea(6th) |
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| 7th(8th) |
Samuel
Oscar Smith
b. 1-27-1858,d. 4-19-1901,m.
Margaret Emma Tart |
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William Shepard Smith8 |
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*Helen Hobbs was married to William Shephard Smith on December 13, 1920 in San Simon, AZ. They had four children. She was married twice more and outlived both husbands. There were no children from these unions. Her first husband after my grandfather was Marvin Irwin. He died of natural causes in the late 1950's and she next married Steve Kascak. He also died of natural causes in the 1980's.
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