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An American Family History

William Smith
Children of Josiah Smith, Sr.
and Sarah Pitts
  • Elizabeth Jane Smith Frank
  • Allison Woodrow Smith
  • Nancy Ann Smith Wilson
  • Mary Ellen Smith Widaman Dixon
  • David Henry Smith
  • Josiah Allen Smith
  • John Smith
  • George Washington Smith
  • William Smith
  • Ida Belle Smith Hoops
  • Sarah Catherine Smith Hoops
  • Charles Elmer Smith
  • Cora Edna Smith Downard

    • William (Will) Smith born in Illinois near Peoria about 1868. He was the son of the daughter of Josiah Smith and Sarah Pitts.

    Will was listed on the 1870 census as age three and in the 1880 census as age eleven. 

    He died of typhus when he was young according to oral family tradition.

    Typhoid fever is transmitted by the eating or drinking feces contaminated food or drink. The patient has a fever, profuse sweating, gastroenteritis and diarrhea.
    Typhomalarial fever has symptoms of malarial and typhoid fever.
    Typhus is a completely different disease and is spread by lice or fleas. The patient has fever, joint pain, cough and headache.

     

         

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