Unknown VAN METER and Katherine [SMITH] Family

• Male Unknown VAN METER

  
  

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  Female Katherine [SMITH]

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1799	Virginia, USA
  Death	Abt 1870	Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
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  Male + Laban Valentine SMITH

  
  

  Birth	Mon 12 Feb 1821	Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
  Death	Mon 11 Jul 1904	Harman, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
  Burial		Laban Smith Family Cemetery, Harman, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Elizabeth SITES | F484
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• Notes

  The family legend is that Katherine became pregnant and never completely identified the father. She claimed that "an Indian" who worked or lived at the neighboring Van Meter farm was the father. But DNA testing supposedly disproved that claim and suggested a family connection to the Van Meter family.