Michael Facchinello

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Dollie Despain Smith

3× great-grandmother of Michael

Surname line
DeSpain / Smith
Living status
Deceased
Evidence
confirmed

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Claim ledger

Every exported claim about this person: what it says, how strong its best source is (tier 1 = original record image, 5 = unsourced lead), its review state, and the sources that carry it. Source links open the workings page for that citation.

Claim ledger: claim ID, predicate, summary, status, tier, review state and sources
ClaimPredicateSummaryStatusTierReviewSources
claim:dolly-despain-smith:name:1nameDollie Despain Smith

Anna Velora Smith's delayed birth record names Dolly Despain as her mother, while Dollie's 1887 Iowa marriage index supplies the preferred spelling Dollie and names her parents Martha Beans and Milton Despain.

confirmed2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:dolly-despain-smith:living-status:1living-statusdeceased

The nineteenth-century marriage and later delayed birth record establish a historical, deceased generation; no death record has been inspected.

supported2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:dolly-despain-smith:parent-of:1parent-ofparent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenor

Anna Velora Smith's Iowa delayed birth record names Dolly Despain as her mother.

confirmed2 · official-transcriptaccepted

Conflicts and open questions

  • Question question:paul-fleenor:parentage (open)

    Which original record images can independently confirm the newly indexed Fleenor-to-Hanks chain? Authenticated indexes now name Otis Fleenor and Anna Smith as Paul Theodore Fleenor's parents, Dollie Despain and John Henderson Smith as Anna's parents, Martha Beans and Milton Despain as Dollie's parents, and Mahala Hall and William Beams as Martha's parents. Wilson/Davis and Genetic Lincoln research continue the line through Nancy Hanks Hall to Joseph Hanks and Ann Lee. The old Nancy Hanks DeSpain → Dollie route is superseded, not part of this path.

    Next: Open and archive the underlying Iowa record images for the four FamilySearch indexes, identify the exact 1850 Beams household schedule, and seek probate, Bible, or civil evidence naming Mahala as Nancy Hanks Hall's daughter. Until those checks are complete, publish the resulting relationship to Abraham Lincoln as likely second cousins six times removed and strongly supported research—not a fully confirmed pedigree.

    • claim:otis-fleenor:parent-of:1 confirmed Otis Oscar Fleenor: parent-of Paul T. Fleenor
    • claim:anna-smith-fleenor:parent-of:1 confirmed Anna Velora Smith Fleenor: parent-of Paul T. Fleenor
    • claim:john-smith:parent-of:1 confirmed John Henderson Smith: parent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenor
    • claim:dolly-despain-smith:parent-of:1 confirmed Dollie Despain Smith: parent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenor
    • claim:milton-despain:parent-of:1 confirmed Milton Despain: parent-of Dollie Despain Smith
    • claim:martha-beames:parent-of:1 confirmed Martha Ann Beames: parent-of Dollie Despain Smith
    • claim:william-beams:parent-of:1 confirmed William Beams: parent-of Martha Ann Beames
    • claim:mahala-hall:parent-of:1 confirmed Mahala Hall Beams: parent-of Martha Ann Beames
    • claim:levi-hall:parent-of:1 supported Levi Hall: parent-of Mahala Hall Beams
    • claim:nancy-hanks-hall:parent-of:1 supported Nancy Hanks Hall: parent-of Mahala Hall Beams
    • claim:joseph-hanks:parent-of:3 supported Joseph Hanks: parent-of Nancy Hanks Hall
    • claim:ann-lee:parent-of:3 supported Ann Lee: parent-of Nancy Hanks Hall