Smith, William Jasper
1830 - 1900 (70 years)
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Name Smith, William Jasper Birth 26 Jan 1830 Lynchburg, Virginia 
Gender Male Residence 1847 Missouri, USA Residence 1850 California - Came to California during the Gold Rush
Census 1 Jun 1850 Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA [1] Age: 20y Occupation 1 Jun 1850 Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA [1] Farmer (Stock & Fruit) Census 19 Aug 1850 Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA Census 1852 Sierra, California, USA - Listed as miner. Will was 22 years old.
Residence 1852 Missouri, USA Residence 1853 Amador Co., California Census 7 Jun 1860 Township 2, Amador, CA [2] Age: 30y Occupation 7 Jun 1860 Township 2, Amador, CA [2] Farmer (Stock & Fruit) Residence 1869 Fullerton, Orange, California Census 12 Jul 1870 Anaheim, Orange, California [3] Age: 40y Occupation 12 Jul 1870 Anaheim, Orange, California [3] Farmer (Stock & Fruit) Census 29 Jun 1880 Anaheim Township, Los Angeles Co (now Orange Co), California [4] Age: 50y Occupation Farmer (Stock & Fruit) Occupation 29 Jun 1880 Anaheim Township, Los Angeles Co (now Orange Co), California [4] Farmer (Stock & Fruit) Death 25 Jun 1900 Fullerton, Orange, California Burial 26 Jun 1900 Anaheim, Orange, California Notes - Father died when Wm. was 14, leaving him to tend 9 siblings with his mother. Came to california in 1850 to find gold. His first trip was with wagon train, w/ ox team. He then returned to MO and on his second trip to California, he drove cattle, which he sold for a nice profit. Acquired an orange ranch on Orangethorpe, in Fullerton, California in 1868.
Person ID I71 Bratt Family Tree Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
Father Smith, John Wesley, b. 8 Jan 1807, Bedford County, VA, USA d. 27 Mar 1844, Rockingham Co., NC (Age 37 years) Mother Leftwich, Sally Saunders Claytor, b. 28 Sep 1807, Bedford County, VA, USA d. 6 Apr 1881, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri (Age 73 years) Marriage 5 May 1827 Bedford County, VA, USA [5, 6] Notes - Virginia Marriage file suggests Mar. 5, same year.
Family ID F71 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Fithian, Hannah Matilda, b. 18 Sep 1840, Green Township, Hamilton Co, OH d. 6 Aug 1875, Fullerton, Orange, California (Age 34 years) Marriage 6 Nov 1856 Ione, Amador Co., California - spouse-death
Children 1. Smith, Ida May, b. 12 Oct 1857, California 2. Smith, Edith Sarah, b. 22 Sep 1858, California 3. Smith, Virgil Burk, b. 25 Jan 1860, California d. 23 Dec 1863 (Age 3 years)4. Smith, Clarence, b. 7 Feb 1861, Ione, Amador Co., California 5. Smith, Hanna Cecelia, b. 4 Oct 1862 d. 6 Aug 1863 (Age 0 years) 6. Smith, Albert, b. 7 Feb 1864, California 7. Smith, Mary Hellen, b. 7 Apr 1866, California + 8. Smith, Susan E, b. 23 Nov 1867, California 9. Smith, Hannah F., b. 15 Nov 1869, California 10. Smith, Loretta Harriet, b. 16 Jul 1872, California d. 14 Sep 1949 (Age 77 years)+ 11. Smith, William Jasper, b. 22 Jan 1874, Fullerton, Orange, California d. 25 Dec 1938, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 64 years)Family ID F69 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
Family 2 Morris, Martha O, b. Abt 1841, Covington, Louisiana Marriage 28 Nov 1877 Los Nietos Church - Three Children to Mattie & Wm.
Marriage License 28 Nov 1877 Children + 1. Smith, Fountain Morris, b. 13 Sep 1878, California d. 9 Feb 1951, Orange County, California (Age 72 years)2. Smith, Ruth, b. Jun 1881, California 3. Smith, Grace Bobo, b. Jan 1883, California Family ID F70 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Aug 2015
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Event Map 
Birth - 26 Jan 1830 - Lynchburg, Virginia 
Census - Age: 20y - 1 Jun 1850 - Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA Occupation - Farmer (Stock & Fruit) - 1 Jun 1850 - Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA Census - 19 Aug 1850 - Pettis (District 68), Missouri, USA 
Residence - 1853 - Amador Co., California 
Marriage - 6 Nov 1856 - Ione, Amador Co., California 
Residence - 1869 - Fullerton, Orange, California Death - 25 Jun 1900 - Fullerton, Orange, California = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Smith, William J Sr (Head)
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Smith, William Jasper
Documents 
Letter from Sally S.C. Leftwich to Wm. J Smith
Letter from Sally Saunders Claytor Leftwich Smith to her son, Wm. J. Smith congratulating him on his marriage to Hanna Fithian. Written Jan. 25, 1857
Headstones 
Smith, William J. and Hanna M. Fithian
Headstones
Histories 
Leftwich, Sally Saunders Claytor -- Biography
A biography of Sally Saunders Claytor Leftwich, written by Dianne Gomez
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Sources - [S247] Leftwich, Sally Saunders Claytor, 1850, Census, USA, District 68, Pettis, Missouri, USA, (Year: 1850; Census Place: District 68, Pettis, Missouri; Roll: M432_409; Page: 129A; Image: 262).
- [S174] Smith, William Jasper, 1860, Census, USA, Township 2, Amador, CA, (Township No. 2, Amador County Pate 8).
- [S173] Smith, William Jasper, 1870, Census, USA, Anaheim, Orange, California, (1870 Census, Anaheim Post Office P 34).
- [S162] Smith, William Jasper, 1880, Census, USA, Anaheim Township, Los Angeles Co (now Orange Co), California, (Page 35-35, Sup. Dist , Enum Dist 8).
- [S20] SMITH2.ged.
Date of Import: Mar 14, 2003 - [S21] TANDEY.FTW.
Date of Import: Mar 14, 2003
- [S247] Leftwich, Sally Saunders Claytor, 1850, Census, USA, District 68, Pettis, Missouri, USA, (Year: 1850; Census Place: District 68, Pettis, Missouri; Roll: M432_409; Page: 129A; Image: 262).