Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Lucy J. Youngman

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Ben Jealous — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 21 
  • Father:
  • Milton Youngman 
  • Mother:
  • Susan A. Leavitt   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1853 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Mar 1932 
  • Death Location:
  • Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Glenwood Cemetery, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Leonard Wood Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jan 1874 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Enfield, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Child:

  Joseph Cummings Smith (Ahnentafel No:10 )

• Sources for Lucy J. Youngman

  • ¹ Federal Census, NH, Grafton County, 1860, Dorchester, p. 7, Image 17 of 18.
  • ² Federal Census, NH, Grafton County, 1870, Canaan, p. 15, Image 15 of 47.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/22/2023).
  • ⁴ New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920, Birth record for son Joseph Cummings Smith.
  • ⁵ New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949, Death record for Lucy J Smith.
  • ⁶ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, Marriage record for Leonard W Smith and Lucy J Youngman.
  • ⁷ New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, Will of father Milton Youngman, dated 05 APR 1860, proved 12 MAY 1860.
  • ⁸ Valley News (West Lebanon, New Hampshire), 30 JUL 1956, p. 1, Obituary for son Joseph C Smith.

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