SUSANNAH SMITH ROPER
(by Oather Roper)
Susannah Smith was the daughter of George Smith and Ann Hutchinson Smith. She was born 23 March 1804 in Cambridgeshire, England. In her early years she was taught to do fancy needle work and excelled in this art. She married John William Roper on October 18, 1831, in March, Cambridgeshire, England. To them were born five children.
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Jim Nielson of the Bodily MyFamily.com website has invited Robert Bodily descendants and relatives to join a chat Sunday, February 8, 2004  7:00 PM  Mountain Time.
“Let’s try the chat feature of our family site. Spread the word. Be patient and keep trying, we have never done this before.” – Jim Nielson
Update: Jim, LuAnn and I chatted, I was on the phone for most of it and didn’t get to converse much. It was fun though. Jim and LuAnn are very knowledgeable about the bodily family, I look forward to future chats.
We have been unable to find a complete history of Joseph Benson Roper as he died in 1910 before many of his grandchildren were old enough to get interested in gathering histories and before the Saints became genealogy conscious. Another sad but true fact is that all of Joseph Benson’s and Hannah Elizabeth’s papers and belongings were burned in a fire leaving hardly anything to glean a history from. What we have has been extracted form History books, church records, and what a few of his grandchildren can remember.
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