Ruanna Hamilton TG463829 and the Smith-Hamilton-Marlow Working Genealogy Branch

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Research status: Working genealogy. Relationship details should be treated as research leads unless supported by direct evidence.

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Research Purpose

This page organizes public-facing research notes for Ruanna Hamilton TG463829 and related Smith, Hamilton, and Marlow family members. The goal is to preserve the current working branch, identify confirmed or likely record clues, and clearly separate evidence from unverified genealogy.

Core Relationship Context

The working branch begins with Ruanna Hamilton, connected as spouse of John Isaac Smith and as the ancestor line leading through Albert Franklin Smith. This research page also tracks the possible path from Ruanna Hamilton to Albert Franklin Smith, Archie T. Smith, Noma Vade Smith, Doug O'Neal, and Jeremiah O'Neal.

Important working path: Ruanna Hamilton -> mother of Albert Franklin Smith -> father of Archie T. Smith -> father of Noma Vade Smith -> mother of Doug O'Neal -> father of Jeremiah O'Neal.

This path needs careful proof work, especially the Albert Franklin Smith to Archie T. Smith connection and the Archie T. Smith to Noma Vade Smith connection. Name collisions involving Archie, Archiet, Archie T., or Archie Thomas Smith are possible.

Ahnentafel and Family Group

41. Ruanna Hamilton TG463829

Born: 27 Jul 1827, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA.
Died: 19 Feb 1908, Monegaw Springs, St. Clair County, Missouri, USA.
Relationship: Direct ancestor.
Spouse: John Isaac Smith.
Working child connection: Albert Franklin Smith.
Name variants to search: Ruanna, Ruann, Rheane, Ruhama, Ruama, and similar spellings.

82. Thomas Cleophas Hamilton

Relationship: Working father of Ruanna Hamilton.
Born: 1 Feb 1784, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA.
Died: 23 Feb 1872, working location Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA.
Warning: The earlier wording “Gnadenhutten, North Carolina, Ohio, USA” appears geographically confused and needs verification.
Conflict to check: Some notes suggest a possible Washington County, Ohio death location rather than Tuscarawas County.

83. Sarah Elizabeth Marlow

Relationship: Working mother of Ruanna Hamilton.
Born: Feb 1799, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA.
Died: Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA.
Variant surnames: Marlow, Marlowe, Marlo, and other phonetic spellings.

40. John Isaac Smith

Relationship: Spouse of Ruanna Hamilton.
Born: 18 Feb 1821, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died: 7 Dec 1916, Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA.
Warning: A reported 1850 census clue may list Virginia as his birthplace, while later biographical material points toward Pennsylvania. This should be tracked across census records.

20. Albert Franklin Smith

Relationship: Working child of John Isaac Smith and Ruanna Hamilton.
Born: 15 Mar 1862, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.
Died: 20 Dec 1946, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA.
Burial: Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA.
Warning: Census-age clues may point closer to an 1866 or 1867 birth year. The 1862 date should be checked against direct evidence.

Roy Richard Smith

Relationship: Working child of Albert Franklin Smith.
Born: 03 Feb 1898, Vernon, Colorado, USA.
Died: 24 Aug 1981, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
Working child connection: Lillian Lucille Smith.
Warning: This branch needs stronger public-source confirmation before it is merged into the Ruanna Hamilton line.

Lillian Lucille Smith

Relationship: Working child of Roy Richard Smith.
Born: 16 Dec 1926, Halfday, Illinois, USA.
Died: 01 Jul 2005, Topsham, Maine, USA.
Known connection: Lillian Lucille Smith had A16.
Warning: Avoid publishing private information about living people. Keep A16 private unless public consent or public records allow more detail.

Known A16 Outreach Link

The current A16 outreach reference is: confirmed branch FFC6382, recall source 817817 .

Research Notes

Public-source research notes suggest that John Isaac Smith and Ruanna Hamilton may have married in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, on 10 Aug 1845. A migration pattern to test includes Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Cumberland County, Illinois; Moultrie County, Illinois; Montgomery County, Iowa; Yuma County, Colorado; and St. Clair County, Missouri.

Thomas Cleophas Hamilton and Sarah Elizabeth Marlow are treated as the working parents of Ruanna Hamilton. Their possible marriage in Guernsey County, Ohio, on 27 Aug 1826 should be checked in original county marriage records. Sarah Elizabeth Marlow may connect to a Marlow or Marlowe family from Prince George's County, Maryland, but that should remain working genealogy until stronger records are found.

Albert Franklin Smith is currently attached as a child of John Isaac Smith and Ruanna Hamilton. His Kansas death and Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas burial clues are important because later-life death records, obituary details, and burial records may list surviving family members or earlier locations.

The Archie T. Smith and Noma Vade Smith section should be handled as a focused proof problem. Because similar names may appear in indexes, the research should identify the exact Archie, Archiet, Archie T., or Archie Thomas Smith who was connected to Noma Vade Smith, and then verify whether that exact person was connected to Albert Franklin Smith.

Evidence Placeholders

Tuscarawas County marriage record: John Isaac Smith and Ruanna Hamilton, reported 10 Aug 1845.
Guernsey County marriage record: Thomas Cleophas Hamilton and Sarah Elizabeth Marlow, reported 27 Aug 1826.
Ruanna Hamilton Smith death or burial: St. Clair County, Missouri or nearby cemetery records near Monegaw Springs.
John Isaac Smith death or obituary: Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, around 7 Dec 1916.
Albert Franklin Smith obituary: Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, around 20 Dec 1946.
Archie T. Smith proof: Birth, marriage, death, obituary, census, probate, or Social Security records.
Noma Vade Smith proof: California birth, marriage, death, obituary, or Social Security records.

Suggested Next Records

Search Tuscarawas County, Ohio marriage records for John Isaac Smith and Ruanna Hamilton.
Search Guernsey County, Ohio marriage records for Thomas Cleophas Hamilton and Sarah Elizabeth Marlow.
Pull the 1850 Tuscarawas County, Ohio census household for John and Ruanna Smith.
Pull the 1860 Cumberland County, Illinois census household for the Smith family.
Pull the 1870 and 1880 Moultrie County, Illinois census records for John Isaac Smith, Ruanna Hamilton Smith, and Albert Franklin Smith.
Search the 1885 Montgomery County, Iowa state census for the same family group.
Search St. Clair County, Missouri death and cemetery records for Ruanna Hamilton Smith.
Search Wray, Yuma County, Colorado newspapers for John Isaac Smith’s obituary after 7 Dec 1916.
Search Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas newspapers and Fairlawn Burial Park records for Albert Franklin Smith.
Search California records for Noma Vade Smith and identify the exact Archie T. Smith connected to her.
Search Colorado, Illinois, and Social Security records for Roy Richard Smith and Lillian Lucille Smith.

Suggested Search Terms

"Ruanna Hamilton" "John Isaac Smith"
"Ruanna Smith" "Monegaw Springs"
"John I Smith" "Ruanna Hamilton" "Tuscarawas"
"Rheane Smith" "Tuscarawas" 1850
"Thomas Cleophas Hamilton" "Sarah Elizabeth Marlow"
"Thomas Hamilton" "Sarah Marlow" "Guernsey County"
"Sarah Elizabeth Marlow" "Prince George's" Maryland
"Albert Franklin Smith" "Hutchinson" "1946"
"Albert F Smith" "Fairlawn Burial Park"
"Archie T Smith" "Noma Vade Smith"
"Noma Vade Smith" "San Diego"
"Roy Richard Smith" "Vernon" Colorado
"Lillian Lucille Smith" "Topsham" Maine

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Research Caution

This page is intended to help researchers and relatives compare notes. It should not be read as final proof of each relationship. The Hamilton, Smith, and Marlow clues are valuable, but original records are still needed for the exact parent-child and spouse connections.