Ancestry of
Neil Patrick Harris

TV and Movie Actor

Benjamin Harrison Smith

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Neil Patrick Harris — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 36 
  • Father:
  • Leroy H. Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Julia Caroline Tankersley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Apr 1850 
  • Birth Location:
  • Alabama 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • from 20 Mar 1928 to 30 Mar 1928 
  • Death Location:
  • Gainesville, Cooke, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
  • 31 Mar 1928 
  • Burial Location:
  • Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Arminta -----
  • Marriage Date:
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  • Child:

  Markus Houston Smith (Ahnentafel No:18 )

  • Notes: 

  • Benjamin Harrison's tombstone give his death date as 20 MAR 1928. His death certificate has it as 30 MAR 1928, however, on the certificate the doctor says that he last saw Benjamin alive on the 20th. So it appears that Benjamin actually died somewhere between the 20th and 30th.

• Sources for Benjamin Harrison Smith

  • ¹ Federal Census, AL, Cherokee County, 1860, Division 1, p. 114, Image 79 of 157.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/06/2021).
  • ³ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Benjamin H Smith.

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