When Hannah Smith was born on 12 January 1803, in Berkeley, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Smith, was 27 and her mother, Mary Souder, was 23. She married Stephen Bates Yeoman on 28 July 1825, in Fayette, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Newton Township, Jasper, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 14 January 1875, in Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States.