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Definition of Smith: Derived from the Anglo-Saxon "smitan," to smite or strike, Smith and its derivations are an occupational name for a man who works with metal (Smith or blackSmith), one of the earliest jobs for which specialist skills were required. It is a craft that was practiced in all countries, making the surname and its derivations the most common of all surnames. Surname Origin: English . Alternate Surname Spellings: SMYTH, SMYTHE, SCHMIDT.

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Having spent a considerable amount of time on the Smith Genealogy from 2003 to 2007, I've discovered that I love all of my relatives, even the wee little babes and children who died young. They are family and they are part of me. Each night in my prayers I reach out and hug them all to me and place them in the Warm Arms of a Loving Savior. Editor Don Smith.
There is a long and winding road, along which each must go,
It leads beyond the hills of time Into the sunset glow.
But only for a little while our loved ones leave our site,
For just beyond the hills they wait, In God's eternal light.
Author, Jerry Simpkins
For my family, follow the red arrows (◄─). Editor - Don Smith
Thomas B. Smith◄─
	Birth:  About 1788 North Carolina
	Death: 7 Sep 1838, Nolensville, Williamson County, Tennessee
	Marriage: To Catherine Pryor on unknown date

	Click here to read a letter from T. Vance Little with more information on
	on Thomas B. Smith: Letter Of T. Vance Little.  To return here, click
	on left arrow.

	Wife: Catherine Pryor
		Birth: About 1788 South Carolina
        	Death: 1838, Williamson County, Tennessee.
		Father: Luke D. Pryor, Sr. (Abt. 1750 to Abt. 1810)

	Children Of Thomas B. Smith and Catherine Pryor:
	1. William Pryor Smith (Birth: 1808, Virginia)
	2. Mary H. Smith (Birth: About 1810)
	3. Luke Lee Smith, Sr. (Birth: 1818)

	Internet site for Thomas B. Smith:
		http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1414735969&tid=1887632&ssrc=


Luke Lee Smith, Sr◄─
	Birth: 1818. The 1850 Census of Luke Lee Smith gives age as 32,
		which means that he was born in 1818. Click here to view 1850 Census:
	Death: 28 Feb 1852, Williamson County, Tennessee.
Court records show that Luke Lee Smith, Sr. died intestate (without a will). He left a widow Elizabeth and three children, Susan, Mary, William Smith. A four child, Luke Lee Smith, Jr, was born 1 month after his death. William Pryor Smith, an uncle of Luke Lee Smith, Sr, was appointed Administrator of his estate.

	Marriage: 23 Jul 1843, Williamson County, Tennessee.
The Marriage bond was held by John W. Allen, the brother of Mary Elizabeth Allen. In earlier times, a Marriage bond was given to the court by the intended groom prior to his Marriage. It affirmed that there was no moral or legal reason why the couple could not be Married and it also affirmed that the groom would not change his mind. If he did, and did not Marry the intended bride, he would forfeit the bond. The bondsman, or surety, was often a brother or uncle to the bride, not necessarily a parent. The bondsman could also be related to the groom, or even be a neighbor or friend, but those situations occurred less often.

Bertha Smith seems to recall that Luke Lee Smith, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Allen went to Alabama for the Marriage ceremony.

Editor Don Smith: Notice that when they got Married Luke Lee Smith, Sr was 25 and wife, Mary Elizabeth Allen, was 13. However, she gave her age in the 1850 census as 22 years, which means she was born in 1828 not 1830. My thinking is that she was really was born in 1830 and got Married at age 13, but gave out her age as 15, a harmless white lie.

	Minister: Luke Lee Smith, Sr. was licensed to be a MECS preacher in 1844. MECS 
		is the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.  He attended the Liberty 
		Methodist Church in Williamson County, Tennessee. It is currently the 
		Liberty United Methodist Church, 9587 Liberty Church Road, Brentwood, 
		Tennessee. Brentwood is an upscale neighborhood just south of Nashville, 
		Tennessee.

	Wife: Mary Elizabeth Allen
		Birth:  Aug 1830 in Williamson County, Tennessee
		Death: About 1900 in Tennessee
		Note: Mary Elizabeth Allen's father was William S. Allen and her
		mother was Susannah Winstead. This is Smith family's only link to the
		Winstead family, and the reason so much research was done on the Smith
		family. To view the Winstead family, click here: Winstead Family
 
	Children Of Luke Lee Smith, Sr and Mary Elizabeth Allen:
		(Birth dates established by 1850 Census of Luke Lee Smith, Sr. family)
	1. Susan C. Smith (Birth: 1845)
	2. Mary E. Smith (Birth: 1847)
	3. James William Smith or William James Smith  (Birth: 1849)
		To read about William's name, click here: William James Smith
	4. Luke Lee Smith, Jr  (Birth: 20 Mar 1852)◄─
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	Luke Lee Smith, Sr. had passed away in 1852 so Mary Elizabeth Allen Married
	again on 22 Nov 1857 to Jesse Pate and had four more children:
	Children of Mary Elizabeth Allen and Jesse Pate:
		(Birth dates established by 1860 and 1870 Census. Go to Luke Lee
		Smith, Jr and click on 1860 Census (Page 2) and 1870 Census)
		1. Sarah Pate (Birth: 1859)
			Marriage: Andrew Williams, widower of Tennessee Williams.
		2. Lucy Pate (Birth: 1863)
			Marriage: Henry Frazor, son of John and Mary E. Frazor. John is
			possibly brother of Mary Elizabeth (Frazor) Williams.
		3. Martha Pate (Birth: 1865).
			Marriage #1: Blanton. Children: Cully Blanton, Louise
			Blanton, Jesse Blanton and Lucille Blanton. This is how the
			Blantons are related. One-half cousins to Luke
			Lee Smith, Jr.
			Marriage #2: Sanders.

			Interesting tidbits: Amanda Lois Smith Married a Sanders.
			Paul Rodger Brooks also Married a Sanders.
		4. Robert Pate (Birth:  1868).
			Marriage: Alice Frazor, dAughter of John Frazor and Zebe Dee
			Gammons. Alice Frazor was the niece of Henry Frazor.
The 1860 federal census for Williamson County, TN. shows the 4 Smith children living in the Pate household, together with Sarah Pate. The 3 other Pate children probable had not been born yet. When Luke Lee Smith, Sr. passed away in 1852, Mary Elizabeth Allen got reMarried to Jesse Pate. The census reports that Luke Lee Smith, Jr was 8 years old at the times.

Jesse Pate was born in 1832 in Tennessee. He was the son of Randolph Pate born 1795, Virginia and Sarah Pate, born 1800, Virginia. Jesse moved to Obion County, Tennessee after 1860 (Editor Don Smith: Probably moved from Williamson County, Tennessee). Jesse Pate's brothers Daniel Pate and Thomas Pate also moved to Obion County. Jesse Pate's sister Lucy Pate also came to Obion County.
		Internet Site For Mary Elizabeth Allen:			
			http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=80225182&st=1

		Internet Site For Luke Lee Smith, Sr:
			http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=19079404&st=1
				

Luke Lee Smith, Jr◄─
	Birth: 20 Mar 1852, Williamson County, Tennessee
	Death: 1896 Obion County, Tennessee.
	Buried: Sanders Chapel Cemetery, Obion County, Tennessee
		Burial of Luke Lee Smith, Jr. and son Henry Smith:
		Note of Sarah Ruth Smith Swiecki: Luke Lee Smith, Jr. and his son,
		Henry Smith, are buried side-by-side in the Sanders Chapel Cemetery,
		Possum Trot, Tennessee. One of Luke Lee Smith, Jr.’s sons, Walter
		Lee Smith, planted a large rock, the size of a small television
		set, at these two graves sites.
	Marriage: About 1877, Williamson County, Tennessee

	Wife: Amanda Henrietta "Mandy" Williams
		Birth: 10 Jan 1854, Tennessee
		Death:  25 Jul 1929, Marquand, Madison County, Missouri,
		Buried: Mauser Cemetery, near Marquand in Madison County, Missouri
		Marriage #1: To Luke Lee Smith, Jr., about 1877. When Luke Lee Smith,
			Jr died at age 44 in 1896,  Grandma Mandy was left with nine
			small children to take care of, Maggie Marrying the same year
			as her father's death and Henry passing away in 1898 at age 2,
			leaving 8 still at home.
		Marriage #2: To Thomas Napoleon "Polie" London. Mr. London was
			Married to Lillian M. Taylor and they had a dAughter, Myrtle 
			Della London. Mrytle got Married to Amanda's son, Elmer B.
			Smith, on 18 Aug 1917. Amanda and Mr. London got Married on
			22 Oct 1922 and they remained Married for 7 years until Amanda's
			death in 1929. At the time of her Marriage, she had been a widow
			for 26 years. (Editor Don Smith: This information spoken of by both
			Sarah Ruth Smith Swiecki and Ralph "Ray" Raymond Smith.)
		Father: Thomas Spencer Williams
			Birth: 29 May 1826, Sumner County,Tennessee
			Death: 15 Aug 1900, Columbus, Texas
			Buried: Old City Cemetery, Columbus, Texas
			He was known as "Fighting Tom", because he was a bare-knuckles
			pugilist (boxer) and fought all over the South; "Fighting Tom" was
			his ring name. To read about Thomas Spencer Williams, click
			here: Thomas Spencer Williams
		Mother: Mary Elizabeth Frazor
			Birth: 1824, Sumner County, Tennessee

		Children Of Luke Lee Smith, Jr. and Amanda Henrietta Williams:
		1. Margaret "Maggie" Smith (Birth: 7 Feb 1878. Death: 28 Jan 1936)
		2. Walter Lee Smith (Birth: Oct 1882. Death: 4 Aug 1949)
		3. Effie May Smith (Birth: 25 Feb 1882. Death: 26 May 1979)
			(Effie May Smith changed her name to Ruth May Pearson)
		4. John D. Smith ◄─ (Birth: 16 Jul 1884. Death: Nov 1972)
		5. Sally Ann Smith (Birth: 29 May 1887. Death: 3 Feb 1914)
		6. Thomas Rogers Smith (Birth: 28 Feb 1888. Death: 11 Oct 1980)
		7. Mattie Lee Smith (Birth: 16 Jul 1890. Death: 7 Jul 1981)
		8. Clarence Smith (Birth: Mar 1892. Death: 1910)
		9. Elmer B. Smith (Birth: 6 Feb 1894. Death: Dec 1981)
		10. Henry Smith (Birth: 1896. Death: 1898. A two year old child)
		
		Internet Site For Luke Lee Smith, Jr:
			http://www.winstead.org/data/d0016/g0000076.html#I10972

		Internet Site For Amana Henrietta Williams:
			http://www.winstead.org/data/d0009/g0000090.html#I10980
Children Of Luke Lee Smith, Jr and Amanda Henrietta Williams:
1. Margaret "Maggie" Smith
	(Editor Don Smith:)  Maggie Smith has been misidentified elsewhere as
	"May Smith". Sarah Ruth Smith Swiecki reports that the words on her
	tombstone were "Margaret Robbins" (her last husband was Bud Robbins).
	Nephews and nieces called her "Aunt Maggie" or "Aunt Mag". It is probable
	that her given name was Margaret and nickname was Maggie.
		
	Birth: 7 Feb 1878, Williamson County, Tennessee
	Death: 28 Jan 1936
	Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas.
		The name on her rose Marble tombstone is: "Margaret Robbins"

	Marriage #1: To Leroy "Roy" Davis, about 1896, Tennessee
		Children Of Margaret "Maggie" Smith and Leroy "Roy" DAVIS:
		1. Ervin Davis (Birth: 1898, Tennessee. Death: About 1914
			Buried: Elm Grove Cemetery, Blythesville,  Arkansas)
		2. Daisy Anne Davis 
			Birth: 1899, Obion County, Tennessee.
			Death: 1945, Riverside County, California
			Marriage #1: George Jones
			Children Of Daisy Anne Davis And George Jones: 
				(1) Bernice Jones
				(2) LaVerne Jones
				(3) Katherine Jones

	Marriage #2: To Leslie Lawrence, about 1902
		Children of Margaret "Maggie" Smith and Leslie Lawrence:
		1. Raymond Leslie Lawrence (Birth: 11 Oct 1903. Death: 28 Jan 1970)
			Marriage: Esther Bowles)
		2. Cleo Lawrence (Birth: 13 Dec 1904. Death: 25 Oct 1976)
			Marriage: Flora Ellen Farmer
			Children of Cleo Lawrence and Flora Farmer:
			(1) Daniel LaMar Lawrence (Marriage: Patricia Rodgers)
			(2) Cleo Patricia "Patt" Lawrence. Her Married
				last name is Stanco; from Detroit, Michigan area.
				Birth: 28 Aug 1932. Death: Feb 2004.
		3. Pauline Lawrence (Birth: 30 Aug 1908. Death: 28 Sep 1957)
			Marriage #1: Britton Pope
			Marriage #2: George Jones
		4. Earl Harrison Lawrence
			Birth: 12 Sep 1911
			Death: 21 Feb 1964
			Marriage #1: Ruth Salye. Children: Richard Lawrence
				and Margaret Lawrence
			Marriage #2: Ruby Lee Hogan. Children: Patricia Ann Lawrence,
				Leslie Earl Lawrence and Cheryl Lee Lawrence

		Marriage #3: To Bud Robbins
		Children of Margaret "Maggie" Smith and Bud Robbins:
		1. Burma Jean Robbins
		2. Walter Pyle Robbins


2. Walter Lee Smith
	Birth: Oct 1882, Fulton County, Kentucky
	Death: 4 Aug 1959, Obion County, Tennessee
	Marriage: To May Bell Armstrong, 31 Dec 1910,
		Union City, Obion County, Tennessee

	Children of Walter Lee Smith and May Bell Armstrong:
	1. Lottie Lee Smith  (Birth: 21 Jan 1913. Death: 19 Sep 1918)
	2. Fannie LurLine Smith (Birth: 13 Aug 1914. Death: About 2000)
	3. Ora Belle Smith (Birth: 23 Dec 1916. Death: About 1997)
	4. Zula Henrietta Smith (Birth: 18 Dec 1918. Death: 6 Jun 2008)
		Marriage: George Ferguson, Sr
		Children of Zula Henrietta Smith and George Ferguson:
		(1) George Ferguson, Jr
		(2) Patricia Ferguson
	5. Lexie Newton Smith (Birth: 3 May 1921)
	6. Zelma Estelle Smith (Birth: 17 Jun 1925)
	7. Elmer Arville Smith (Birth: 17 Jun 1925)
	8. Georgia Doris Smith (Birth: 23 Jan 1928)
                                                                                               

3. Effie May Smith
	(Changed her name to Ruth May Pearson. Click to view "Genealogy Of
	Clara Ruth Pearson" and "Dorothy May (Pearson) Mathews' Letter". Click
	[Back Arrow] to return here.)

	Birth: 25 Feb 1882, Fulton County, Kentucky
	Death: 26 May 1979, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
	Marriage: To John Thomas Jamerson on 20 Sep 1905

	Husband: John Thomas Jamerson:
		Birth: 30 Apr 1878. Death: 19 Feb 1956. Changed his entire name
		to William Russell Pearson, which was the same name as his
		brother-in-law, William Russell Pearson, who had Married Sally
		Ann Smith, the sister of Effie May Smith.

	Children of Effie May Smith and John Thomas Jamerson:
	1. Lee Leslie Jamerson (Birth: 30 Mar 1905. Death: 11 Dec 1999)
	2. Sherill Allen Jamerson (Birth: 2 Apr 1907. Death: 1 Jan 1971)
	3. Lillian Christeen Jamerson (Birth: 6 Apr 1908. Death: 6 Aug 1996)
	4. Bessie Alaveen Jamerson (Birth: 16 Jul 1909. Death: Jul 1910)
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	At this point Effie May Smith changed her name to Ruth May Pearson and
	John Thomas Jamerson changed his name to William Russell  Pearson,
	so children # 5 to 11 had last names of Pearson:
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	5. Bessie May Pearson (Birth: 1910-11. Death: Jul 1913, at 22 months)
	6. Betty Ethelene Pearson (Birth: 1 Sep 1911. Death: 15 Dec 2002)
	7. J. T. Pearson (Birth: 7 Sep 1914. Death: 27 Nov 1992)
		(Child: Clara Ruth Pearson : Marriage:  Dois Ernest)
	8. Johnny Pearson (Birth: 25 Oct 1916. Death: 31 Dec 1999)
	9. James Woodrow Pearson (Birth: 9 Oct 1917. Death: Henryetta, Oklahoma)
	10. Claude Pearson (Birth: 17 Sep 1919. Death: 26 Nov 1982)
	11. Ruth Marie Pearson (Birth: 2 Dec 1922. Currently residing
		in Mrytle Point, Oregon.)


4. John D. Smith◄─ 
	Birth: 6 Jul 1884 in Kentucky
	Death: 6 Nov 1972 in Shepherd, San Jacinto County, Texas
	Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Livingston, Polk County, Texas
	Social Security Number: 566-03-9741. Issued in the name of John Smith.
	Marriage: To Emma Deller Thurman on 27 Apr 1909, Dyersburg,
		Dyers County, Tennessee

	Wife: Emma Deller Thurman
		(To view Thurman Family menu click here: The Thurman Family)
		Birth:  28 Sep 1884, Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee
		Note: The birth certificate of Hurtis Alvin Smith shows
			birth of Emma Deller Thurman in Murry County, Tennessee. 
			There is no Murry County. The closest name is Maury County, 
			Tennessee. Maury County was created from Williamson County, 
			Tennessee.
		Death: 15 Feb 1953, Shepherd, Texas
		Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Livingston, Polk County, Texas
			(buried next to husband, John D. Smith, together in death 
			as in life)
		Father: James Willis Thurman (1858 to 20 May 1923)
		Mother: Sarah Florence Sewell (1852 to 1899)

		Marriage #1:
			To Joseph A.  Johnson, 22 Sep 1904, Hickman, Fulton County, KY
		Divorce: from Joseph A. Johnson granted by court 29 Sep 1908.
		Child of Emma D. Thurman and Joseph A. Johnson:
			1. Bertie Mae Johnson (Carter)
				Birth: 9 Sep 1905, Union City, Tennessee
				Death: 16 Aug 1953, Alameda, California
				To view information about Bertie Mae Johnson
				(Carter) , click here: Bertie Mae Johnson. To return
				here, click Left Arrow.

		Marriage #2: To John D. Smith on 27 Apr 1909, Dyersburg, Dyer County, TN.
 
		Editor Don Smith: Grandma Emma also has been listed as "Emma
		Ardella Thurman". On my father's birth certificate she is
		listed as Emma Deller Thurman and on her Tombstone she is listed
		as Emma D. Smith. Also, in the court proceedings to divorce J. A.
		Johnson, she is identified as "Emma D. Johnson". I believe that
		she very well have been named  "Emma Ardella Thurman" at birth
		but somewhere along the line the "Ardella" was changed to  "Deller".
		If my grandmother wanted to have her middle name listed as "Deller"
		then that's good enough for me.

	Children of John D. Smith and Emma Deller Thurman:
	1. John Edward Smith
		Birth: 8 Oct 1910
		Death: 9 Oct 1910. A one day old baby.
	2. Amanda Lois Smith
		Birth: 27 May 1912, Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri)
		Death: 12 Mar 1986, Hemet, Riverside County, California
		Social Security Number: 560-10-0627. Listed in the California
			Death Index as Lois S. Beaumont.
		Marriage #1: To Robert Earl Sanders, 21 Mar 1931, Blytheville,
			Mississippi County, Arkansas. Robert Earl Sanders -
			Death: 20 Oct 1948, Hidalgo County, Texas)
		Marriage #2: To Harry L. Beaumont,  12 Feb 1950, Fort Myers,
			Lee County, Florida
			Birth: 10 Apr 1010, Oklahoma
			Death: 15 Sep 1977, Riverside, California
			Social Security Number: 458-09-8889
	3. John Harold Smith
		Birth:  5 Jun 1914, Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri
		Death: Feb 1989, Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas
		Social Security #: 556-03-9721. Listed as
		"Harold Smith" by Social Security Death Index
	4. Hurtis Alvin Smith◄─
		Birth: 20 Aug 1916, Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot County, MO
		Death: 20 Feb 1987, Hemet, CA.
		Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Section 19A, Grave #1744
		Military Service Number: 39-428-936. Veteran of WWII, US Army
		Social Security Number: 566-07-1292
		Marriage: On 26 May 1935 to Mildred Frances Self

		Wife: Mildred Frances Self:
			Birth: 27 Jun 1917
			Death: 1 Sep 2003. 86 years old.
			Buried: National Cemetery of Eagle Point, Oregon. Her
			second husband, Ovie Overmyer, was a veteran so she qualified)

		Children of Hurtis Alvin Smith and Mildred Frances Self:
		1. Rita Yvonceile Smith (Birth: 26 Jun 1936, Donna, Texas)
		2. Barbara June Smith (Birth: 25 Aug 1937, San Jose, CA)
		3. Donald Bernard Smith (Birth:  23 Jan 1940, San Jose, CA)
	 5. Clarence Edward Smith
		Birth: 11 Jan 1920, Lepanto, Mississippi County, Arkansas
		Death: 4 May 2006, Paso Robles, California
		Marriage #1: To Donnie Mae KENNEDY on 13 Nov 1939, Yuma
			County, Arizona.  (Donna Mae Kennedy,
			Birth: 31 Oct 1919. Death: 19 Feb 1979)
		Marriage #2: To Shirley Marlene Kennedy on 29 Dec 1979
			Birth: 17 Jul 1935. Death: 28 Jul 2008
			Father of Donnie Mae Smith and Shirley Marlene Kennedy:
				William Harry Kennedy (1897-1957)
			Mother of Donnie Mae Smith and Shirley Marlene Kennedy:
				Virgie Vanilla Miller (1901-1989)
		Clarence Edward Smith was a veteran of WWII, US Navy,  serving
		aboard the heavy cruisers USS San Francisco and the USS Boston.
		Click next to read about his military service and about these two 
		ships: Clarence E. Smith In WWII. Click  to return here.
	6. James Claiborne Smith
		Birth: 27 Mar 1926, Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri
		Death: 19 Oct 1989, buried Santa Clara County, California
		Social Security Number: 460-26-7678
		Marriage: To Irma Jean Myers on 25 Aug 1950, Mountain View, CA
		Wife Irma Jean Myers Birth: 29 Aug 1931, Dewey County, OK)
		Children of James Claiborne Smith and Irma Jean Myers:
		(1) James Harold Smith (Birth: 9 Jun 1953, San Jose,
			Santa Clara County, California)
		(2) Sharon Irene Smith (Birth: 20 Jan 1955, Palo Alto,
			Santa Clara County, California)

 
5. Sally Ann Smith
	Birth: 20 May 1887, Fulton County, Kentucky
	Death: 3 Feb 1914, Siketson,  Scott County, Missouri
	Marriage: William Russell Pearson, about 1903, Tennessee

	Children of Sally Ann Smith and William Russell Pearson:
	(None of the group below are still living)
	1. Vernon D. Pearson (Birth: 24 Feb 1904)
	2. Asalee Pearson (Birth: 6 Oct 1906)
	3. Otis William Pearson (Birth: 22 Oct 1908.  Death: 1934)
	4. Lois Edith Pearson (Birth: 20 Apr 1912)


6. Thomas Rogers Smith 
	Birth: 28 Feb 1888, Hickman County, Kentucky
	Death: 11 Oct 1980, Santa Clara County, California
	Marriage: To Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman, 24 Dec 1908 Union City,
		Obion County, Tennessee

	Wife: Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman
		Birth: 24 Mar 1888, Franklin County, Tennessee
		Death: 14 Jan 1975, Fresno, California
		Burial: Note of Sarah Ruth Smith Swieki: Both Thomas Rogers 
			Smith and Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman are buried in the 
			Belmont Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Fresno, California
			close to Lucy's brother Raleigh Thurman who once had 
			changed his name to Thomas R. Webb.
	Children Of Thomas Rogers Smith and Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman:
	1. Opal Amanda Smith (1909 to 1911, a 2 year old girl)
	2. Willie Hazel Smith (1910 to 1921, a 10 year old girl)
		Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR
	3. Willard Hershel Smith
		Birth: 11 May 1915, Micola, New Madrid County, Missouri
		Death: 26 Aug 2006, Sunnyvale, California.
			The following account was told by Sarah Ruth "Sally" Smith:
			Time of death: Just after midnight the morning of the 26th. Sarah 
			Ruth Smith Swiecki visited her brother shortly before he passed. 
			He wanted her to sing the old hymn "I'll Fly Away, O Glory,
			I'll Fly Away" and she obliged. She overheard him say, "Mama,
			I'm ready to come home". Hershel lived 11 years hooked up to a
			feeding tube. About a month ago, he was going out to water his
			tomatoes, and fell down some steps and was taken to the hospital.
			He never recovered from the fall. Hershel was a very fine
			gentleman and beloved by all. He was 91 years old, almost as
			old as his father, Thomas Rogers Smith, who lived to almost
			93 years.

		Marriage: To Virginia Ollie London, 3 Aug 36,
				Blythesville, Mississippi County, Arkansas

		Children of William Hershal Smith and Virginia Ollie London:
		(1) Alice Anne Smith
		(2) Miriam June Smith
		(3) Hershel Ray Smith (Died: 2000 in New Zealand)
		(4) Richard Rogers Smith
	4. Marguerite Smith (Birth: 8 May 1915, Death: Sep 2000)
		Marriage: To John Shankle. Birth: Unknown date. Death:19 Aug 2006.
		Children of Marguerite Smith and John Shankle:
		(1) Kathy Shankle
		(2) Carolyn Shankle
	5. Mary Alice Smith
		Birth: 30 Jan 1926
		Death: Oct 2001
		Marriage: To Samuel Allen Hendrix, 4 Jan 1946,
			Popular Bluff, Butler County, Missouri
		Children Of Mary Alice Smith and Samuel Allen Hendrix:
		(1) Patricia Anne Hendrix (Birth: 8 Dec 1946)
			Marriage: Michael David Huffman, who died in 2000 at age 52
			Children of Patricia Anne Hendrix and Michael David Huffman:
				(1) David Huffman (Birth: 1974)
				(2) Aaron Huffman (Birth: 1980)
		(2) Judy Lynn Hendrix (Birth: 6 Sep 1949)
			Marriage: To Gilbert Masilli
			Children of Judy Lynn Hendrix and Gilbert Masilli:
				(1) Samuel Masilli
				(2) Gregory Masilli
	6. Sarah Ruth Smith
		Birth: 6 Aug 1929, Gosnel, Mississippi County, Arkansas
		Today: Currently living in North Fork, California

		Marriage #1: To Herchal Besharse on 5 Feb 1946
		Children of Sarah Ruth Smith and Herchal Besharse:
			(1) James Thomas Besharse (Birth: 20 Dec 1946)
			(2) Sharon Kay Besharse (Birth: 14 Jan 1948)

		Marriage #2: To Robert Lee Jones on 1 May 1950
		Children of Sarah Ruth Smith and  Robert Lee Jones:
			(1) Randall Lee Jones (Birth: 28 Feb 1952)
			(2) Ronald Lynn Jones (Birth: 26 Nov 1953)

		Marriage #3: To Edward Frank Swiecki, 5 Mar 1965, Orange County, CA.
			Edward Frank Swiecki: Birth: 4 Oct 1926, Wyandotte,
			Michigan. Death: 5 Oct 2005, North Fork, California
		Child of Sarah Ruth Smith and Edward Frank Swiecki:
			(1). Jeffrey Alexander Swiecki (Birth: 7 Apr 1966)

 
7. Mattie Lee Smith
	Birth: 16 Jul 1890, Hickman County, Kentucky
	Death: 7 Jul 1981, Riverside County, California
	Marriage: To Robert Bernard Henry Brooks, 1908,Union City,Obion County,TN
	Children of Mattie Lee Smith and Robert Bernard Henry Brooks:
	1. Opal Catherine Brooks (Birth: 1910. Death: 19 Aug 1912)
	2. Paul Rodger Brooks (Birth: 20 May 1911. Death: 1956)
	3. Ruth Brooks (Birth: 10 Jan 1912. Death: Feb 1976)
	4. Hubert Elmer Brooks
		Birth:  19 Dec 1914, Missouri
		Death: 3 Nov 1984, Vacaville, California
		Marriage #1: To Lillian Smith, 1930, Arkansas

		Children of Hubert Elmer Brooks and Lilian Smith:
		(1) Raymond Ellis Brooks (Birth: About 1932)
		(2) Mary Frances "Fran" Brooks (Birth: 11 Apr 1934)
		(3) Gerald Lee “Jerry” Brooks (Birth: 27 May 1937)

		Children of Hubert Elmer Brooks & Emma Veda Boren (McDaniel):
		(1) Bettie Lou Brooks (Birth: 21 Jun 1945)
		(2) Nellie Sue Brooks (Birth: 1946, Cresent City, California.
			Adopted to Grace and Morris in 1949.
			Death: 17 Jan 2004, Medford, Oregon. Death
			due to complications of multiple sclerosis.

		Marriage #2: Ema Barn, about 1970.
	5. Orval William Brooks (Birth: 8 Mar 1918)
	6. Mary Elizabeth Brooks (Birth: 1919. Death: 24 Jun 1932)
	7. Lucille Mell Brooks (Birth: 17 Jan 1923)
	8. Robert Earl Brooks (Birth: 8 Dec 1927)
	9. Pascal "Pat" Ann Brooks (Birth: 19 Aug 1929)
       10. Dorris Darlene Brooks (Birth: 5 Sep 1931)

 
8. Clarence Smith
	Birth: Mar 1892.
	Death: 1910. An eighteen year old young man. Died of fever and buried
		on an Indian mound in New Madrid County, Missouri
	Marriage: Never Married


9. Elmer B. Smith
	Birth: 6 Feb 1894, Union City, Obion County, Tennessee
	Death: 3 Jul 1981, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California
	Buried: 9 Jul 1981, Masonic Cemetery, Fredericktown, Madison County,
		Missouri. Reverend Smith was a member of the Assembly of
		God Church of Fredericktown, Missouri.
	Religion: As his father and grandfather, Elmer also was a Methodist
		until the Holy Spirit swept through. Elmer B. Smith became a
		member of the Assembly of God church. The Assemblies of God
		were chartered in 1914. Many former Methodists were in the
		founding group, including Elmer.
	Social Security Number: 488-18-4833.

	Wife: Myrtle Della London
		Birth: 19 Sep 1892, Twelve Mile, Madison County, Missouri
		Death: 9 Feb 1954, Madison County, Missouri
		Buried: 12 Feb 1954, Marcus Memorial Park, Madison County, Missouri
		Marriage: To Elmer B. Smith, 18 Aug 1917, Madison County, Missouri		
               
	Children of Elmer B. Smith And Myrtle Della London:
	1. Esther Smith
		Birth: 14 May 1918
		Death: Oct 1919

	2. Rachel Amy Smith
		Birth: 2 Jan 1921, Marquand, Madison County, Missouri
		Death: 26 Sep 1973, Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California		
		Marriagee: 4 Oct 1941 

		Husband: Carl Edward Gibbs
			Birth: 1 Jun 1914, Madison County, Missouri
			Death: 31 Jul 2004, Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri

		Children of Rachel Amy Smith and Carl Edward Gibbs:
		1. Gerald Gibbs (Birth: 16 May 1943. Died 1 day old)
		2. Sharlett Carlotte Gibbs 
			Birth: 25 Sep 1944 
			Marriage: To Larry Carl Belcher on 9 Sep 1966
			Husband: Larry Carl Belcher (Birth: 3 Aug 1946)	
			Children Of Sharlett Carlotta Gibbs And Larry Carl Belcher:
			(1) Rachel Ann Belcher (Birth: 2 Feb 1970)
			(2) Jeremy Carl Belcher 
	      			Birth: 30 Jan 1980
	      			Death: 30 Jan 1980 - died at birth			
		3. Charlene Gibbs (Birth/Death: 25 Sep 1944)
			Note: 
			Sharlett and Charlene were twins.
			Charlene was a still-born baby.
		4. Patricia Carolyn "Tish" Gibbs 
			Birth: November 30, 1945, Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR
			Husband #1: Donald Eugene Hammond
			Marriage: On 3 Dec 1965
			Children Of Patricia Carolyn Gibbs And Donald Eugene Hammond:
			(1) Edward Eugene Hammond (Birth: 31 Jul 1966)
			(2) Tonya Lynn Hammond (Birth: 6 Dec 1967)
			(3) Kimberly Dawn Hammond 
				Birth: 13 Aug 1972
				Death:  14 Sep 1974

			Husband #2: Joseph Edward Dixon, Jr.
			Marriage: On 7 Jun 1980
			Patricia and Joseph had no children

	2. Juanita Leath Smith
		Birth: 4 Nov 1923, Canalou, New Madrid County, Missouri 
		Death: 30 Jul 1999, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri
		Marriage: 28 Aug 1944, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas

		Husband: Eldon Meredith French
			Birth: 16 Sep 1925, Fredericktown, Missouri
			Death: 27 Feb 2008

		Children of Juanita Leah Smith and Eldon Meredith French:
 		1. David Meredith French (Birth: 3 Aug 1945)
		2. Ronald Lee French (Birth: 23 Jan 1947)
		3. Lawrence Elbert French (Birth: 16 Nov 1955)
		
	3. Earl David Smith
		Birth: 8 Jul 1925, Marquand, Madison County, Missouri
		Death: 1 Sep 1978, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. Earl died 
			of a heart attack. In attendance at the funeral was 
			his father, Elmer B. Smith
		Marriage: 5 May 1947, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California

		Wife: Bertha Charlene "Bee" Meek
			Birth: 28 Mar 1929, San Jacinto, California
			Today: Residence in Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. 

		Children of Earl David Smith and Bertha Charlene "Bee" Meek:
		1. Ruth Ann Smith (Birth: 16 Dec 1949)
		2. Rebecca Jean Smith (Birth: 28 Mar 1952)
		3. Gary Earl Smith (Birth: 18 Nov 1953)
		4. Esther Joy Smith (Birth: 9 Feb 1958)
		5. Joel David Smith (Birth: 1 Dec 1967)
		
	4. Ralph Smith
		Birth: 24 Oct 1926, Marquand, Madison County, Missouri
		Death: 24 Jan 1989, St. Louis, Missouri
		Buried: Jefferson Barracks Nat’l Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
			Buried next to him is his beloved wife, Dorothy Mae French.
			Together in death as in life.
		Marriage: 1944, Arkansas

		Wife: Dorothy May French
			Birth: 12 May 1922
			Death: 2 Jun 2004, buried beside her husband
			Note Of Bertha "Bee" Smith: Dorothy Mae French's 
			mother was Hester Lorenz French and father was Floyd 
			French. Floyd French's children are Dorothy, Eldon, Norvin 
			(wife: Mavis), twins Aletha & Alvada, Iris, Daisy and Floyd.
			I really liked Daisy. (This paragraph has been edited and  
			corrected by Judith Louise "Judy" Smith.)
                                                                 
		Note Of Judith Louise "Judy" Smith:  Judy relates that
		her father Ralph Smith married her mother, Dorothy French, and 
		Juanita Smith Married Eldon French, her mother's brother. 
		Larry, David and Ron French are their double cousins.

		WWII Navy Veteran: Ralph suffered for years from the effects 
		of shell shock and brain damage received during World War II. Ralph 
		was in the Navy during the war.  He was assigned to the USS Sterrett,
		a destroyer, which saw A LOT of action in the Pacific. During the 
		war, the vessel lost 27 killed in action and 37 wounded. 

		Children of Ralph Smith and Dorothy Mae French:
		1. Judith Louise Smith (Birth: 1 Jun 1945, Arcadia/Ironton, Missouri.
		2. Ralph Raymond "Ray" Smith
			Birth: 19 Jul 1946, Fredericktown , Missouri
			Marriage: Julia Margaret Bailey.
			Note Of Raymond "Ray" Smith: "Julia's father
			was Dr. Neville Bailey and mother Sheila. 
			Dr. Bailey is the scientist who did studies on 
			the African Sleeping sickness and the Tsetse fly".
                                                                       
			Children of Ralph Raymond Smith & Julie Margaret Bailey:
			(1) Ralph Hunter Smith (Birth: 5 Nov 1997) 
			(2) Perry Ray Smith (Birth: 25 Jan 1999)
			(3) Lindell Perry Smith (Birth: 23 Sep 1947)

	5. Elmer B. Smith, Jr
		Birth: 29 Oct 1927,  Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri
		Death: 1928. A child who lived but a few months.

	6. Betty Idell Smith
		Birth: 18 Aug 1929, Marquand, Madison County, Missouri
		Marriage: 18 Jun 1950, Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri
		Today: Living with husband Stanley Clubb in Riverbank,
			California, nine miles north of Modesto.

		Husband: Stanley Everett Clubb
			Birth: 8 Jul 1927, Patton, Bollinger County, Missouri

		Children of Betty Idell Smith and Stanley Everett Clubb:
		1. Dorris Elaine Clubb (Birth: 29 Mar 1951)
		2. Daniel Lee Clubb (Birth: 22 Nov 1953)
		3. Dolores Rae Clubb (Birth: 25 Jul 1955)
		4. Lois Jean Clubb (Birth: 10 Feb 1956)
		5. Roberta Lynn Clubb (Birth: 30 Sep 1959)
	

10. Henry Smith
	Birth: 1896
	Death: 1908. A 12-year old child. Died of pneumonia.

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