P T McCaleb was born about 1840 in , Tennessee. He married Amanda J Smithson before 1870.
!Notes:
P. T. is age 30 in 1870.Sources:
1. 1870 Census of Dist. #13, Bon Agua Springs P.O., Hickman Co.,
TN pg. 597,
#37/#37 Smithson, Stev. age 74 b. VA Farmer
" , M. F. age 32, b. TN Keeping House
$100/$200
McCaleb, P. T. age 30, b. TN Farmer
$100/$200
" , Amanda age 30, b. TN HousewifeComments:
Amanda J Smithson [Parents] was born in 1830/1840 in , Tennessee. She married P T McCaleb before 1870.
!Notes:
Amanda is age 20 in 1850 and Amanda J. is age 25 in 1860.
Walt Lawrence Jr was born on 14 Jan 1923 in Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama. He died on 6 Jan 1967 in Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama. He was buried on 8 Jan 1967 in , Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama. He married Jane Annette Smithson.
!Notes:
Walt was a Truck Lessor; served in the USAF, Sgt. WWII; Far East
-Navy- Japan
in the Korean War.
Jane Annette Smithson [Parents]
Other marriages:Stanley, William Pride
Whitlock, Paul
They had the following children:
F i Carole Anne Lawrence
Jane Annette Smithson [Parents]
Other marriages:Stanley, William Pride
Lawrence, Walt Jr
Patrick Henry Smithson [Parents] "Pack" was born in May 1869 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He married Susan Gillespie about 1890 in , Tennessee.
Other marriages:Bennett, Mattie Sue
!Notes:
Pack Smithson was the informant on the death record of his mother
and he was
of Spring Hill, TN in 1910.
Need to read the 1870 and 1920 census data.Sources:
1. 1900 Census of Civil Dist. #12, Williamson Co., TN. ED #121,
Sheet #2B.
Pack Smithson
2. 1910 Census of Williamson Co., TN. ED #151, Sheet #2, #101.
Pack H. and wife, Mattie S., age 23
3. DIRECTORY [of] WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE BURIALS, Vol. 2 by
Williamson
County Historical Soc., 1975.
4. DEATH RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON CO. TENNESSEE comp. by Louise
Lynch. pub.
1983.
Smithson, Mattie Eloise: #137 & FDL, 12th Dist.; b. 13 May
1923, TN;
d. 4 June 1923; buried 12th Dist. (*Smithson Grave Yard);
Father: P. H.
Smithson, TN; Mother: Mattie Bennett, TN; white; female;
single.
5. John W. (Bill) Smithson, 208 Oak Dr., Franklin, TN 37064
615-794-3337
John W. (Bill) provided information for the 1992 publication
of WHO'S
WHO OF AMERICA'S SMITHSONS.Comments:
Action:
Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., Columbia, Tennessee
Susan Gillespie [Parents] "Susie" was born about 1874 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She died on 18 Dec 1907. She was buried in Smithson Graveyard, Ash Hill Road, Williamson, Tennessee. She married Patrick Henry Smithson about 1890 in , Tennessee.
!Notes:
Susan is age 6 in 1880.
Susie was age 27 in 1900 and indicated that both her parents were
born in TN.Sources:
1. 1880 Census of Dist. #22, Williamson Co., TN. ED #239, Sheet
#14A.
R. A. Smithson family
2. DIRECTORY [of] WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE BURIALS, Vol. 2 by
Williamson
County Historical Soc., 1975.
3. Louise Gillespie Lynch, 6435 Eudailey-Covington Rd., College
Grove, TN
37046.Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., Columbia, Tennessee
They had the following children:
Cynthia Ann Johnson was born in 1851 in , Tennessee. She died in Jun 1883 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She married George Washington Gillespie in Williamson, Tennessee.
Other marriages:Smithson, Robert Andrews
!Notes:
Cynthia was married first to a Gillespie. Louise Lynch is her
great grand-
daughter.Sources:
1. DESCENDANTS OF HORATIO SHARP SMITHSON & A18 LYDIA ANDREWS
prepared by Mrs.
Forrest (Ella Johns) Andrews, Knoxville, TN, [1968], 14pp.
Copy placed in
Historical Soc. of Wisc. Lib. Pam. #72-2659.
2. Louise Gillespie Lynch, 6435 Eudailey-Covington Rd., College
Grove, TN
37046.Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., Columbia, Tennessee
They had the following children:
F ii Susan Gillespie
James Monroe Thomas 1 was born on 15 Jan 1858 in , , Tennessee. He died on 30 Oct 1901 in Watts, Searcy, Arkansas. He married Martha Elizabeth Smithson on 24 Oct 1882.
Martha Elizabeth Smithson [Parents] 1 was born on 24 Oct 1863 in Williamson, Maury, Tennessee. She died on 17 Feb 1942 in Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona. She was buried in Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. She married James Monroe Thomas on 24 Oct 1882.
!Notes:
Martha E. was age 6 in 1870.Sources:
1. 1870 Census of Dist. #9, Lawrenceburg P.O., Lawrence Co., TN.
pg. 69,
#417/#427. Wm. Q. A. Smithson family.Comments:
They had the following children:
F i Pearl Rose Ann Thomas F ii Mary Francis Thomas 1 was born on 1 Aug 1883 in Watts, Searcy, Arkansas. She died on 19 Oct 1883. F iii Climy Leiler Thomas M iv William Noble Thomas M v John Wesley Thomas M vi Roy Sylvester Thomas M vii James Tyra Thomas 1 was born on 26 May 1902 in Watts, Searcy, Arkansas. He died about 1972. He was buried on 27 Feb. F viii Nora Josephine Thomas
Isaac Newton Smithson [Parents] was born in 1858/1859 in Lexington, Lauderdale, Alabama. He died after 1920. He married Louise C Harrison on 10 Sep 1884.
!Newton Smithson is age 11 in 1870 and Isaac N. is age 61 in 1920.
"Isaac Newton Smithson, of the firm of J. G. & N. Smithson,
manufacturers of cotton goods, flour, meal, at the point known as
Vale Mills in the Sixth
District of Giles Couonty, was born in 1858 in Alabama, and is a son
of John G. and Ann V. Smithson, natives of Virginia, and Tennessee,
respectively. Isaac received a liberal education in the Giles
College, at Pulaski, and in early life assisted on the farm. He
moved with his father to this State in 1866, and settled in Giles
County. After completing his education at Giles College he was
engaged as one of the teacher in that institution, and remained
there one year. He then engaged in the book and stationery business
until 1883, when he sold out his interest and moved to where he now
resides at Vale Mills. The grades of flour manufactured by this
firm are very fine, and their brand of flour known as "Excelsior" is
extensively used in Middle Tennessee. Sept. 10, 1884, Mr. Smithson
led to the alter Louise C. Harrison, daughter of Col. Thomas J. and
L. E. Harrison of Indiana. Our subject is Independent in political
belief, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Mr. Smithson is a member of the Knights of Pythias at
Pulaski, and of English-Irish descent."Sources:
1. HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, ILLUSTRATED. Goodspeed Pub. Co.,
Nashville, 1886.
Revised and Reprinted in 1979 by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.
pg. 870-871 Isaac Newton Smithson
2. 1870 Census of Dist. #6, Pulaski P.O., Giles Co., TN, pg. 110,
#286/#286.
J. G. Smithson family
3. 1920 Census of Guthrie, 4th ward, pct. #1, Logan Co., OK. ED
#55, Sheet
#11-A. #252/#260 [? 315 W. Noble St. or 315 West 5th]
Smithson, Isaac N. age 61, b. AL/VA/NC printingComments:
Did Louise die or was there a divorce?Action:
Need to find the family in the Lexington, AL census of 1860. Also
in 1900
and 1910 censuses.
Louise C Harrison.Louise married Isaac Newton Smithson on 10 Sep 1884.
!Notes:
Sources:
1. HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, ILLUSTRATED. Goodspeed Pub. Co.,
Nashville, 1886.
Revised and Reprinted in 1979 by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.
pg. 870-871 Isaac Newton Smithson
Allen W Hunter was born about 1884. He married Katie M Smithson before 1910.
!Notes:
Allen W. Hunter was age 26 in 1910.Sources:
1. 1910 Census of Marshall Co., TN. #101 #8 #67
Smithson, James B. age 65, b. TN
" , Susan E. age 56, b. TN
" , Kittie age 22, b. TN
Hunter, Allen W. age 26, b. son-in-law
Katie M Smithson [Parents] "Kittie" was born in Jan 1888 in , Tennessee. She married Allen W Hunter before 1910.
!Notes:
Katie M. was age 12 in 1900 and listed as adopted. Kittie was age
22 in
1910. Allen W. Hunter was living with the family and listed as
son-in-law.Sources:
1. 1900 Census of Civil Dist. #17, Marshall Co., TN. ED #95,
Sheet #13B.
James B. Smithson household
2. 1910 Census of Marshall Co., TN. #101 #8 #67
James B. Smithson household
Hanks Elijah Smithson [Parents] was born about 1850 in , Maury, Tennessee. He married Mollie in 1879/1880.
!Notes:
Hanks E. is listed as age 10 in the 1860 census with mother "M."
which is
probably Malinda Smithson. Elijah age 18 is living with Malinda
Kinzer in
1870 and is probably the same as Hanks who is age 28 in 1880.Sources:
1. 1860 Census of Maury Co., TN, 190-401.
2. 1870 Census of 10th Dist., Maury Co., TN. #236.
Kinzer, Malinda age 53, b. TN Farmer/Housewife
Smithson, Elijah age 18, b. TN at home
Trousdale, Martha age 10, b. TN at home
3. 1880 Census of Dist. #10, Maury Co., TN. pg. 8, #49
Smithson, Hanks age 28 b. TN/NC/TN
" , Mollie age 20 b. married within year
Kinzer, Malinda age 63 b. TN/ / motherComments:
Hanks was not listed in the 1850 census and was probably born
after the 1850
census cut-off date of June 1st.Action:
Read 1880 for occupation and mother's parents birthplaces.
Mollie was born about 1860. She married Hanks Elijah Smithson in 1879/1880.
!Notes:
Mollie is age 20 in 1880.Comments:
Need to check 1880 for her birthplaces and birthplaces of her
parents.
Need to find a marriage record for 1879/1880.
James Sharp was born about 1840 in , Tennessee. He married Rebecca Smithson before 1870.
!Notes:
James was age 30 in 1870 and a Boot Maker with $2000 worth of
personal
property.Sources:
1. 1870 Census of Dist. #6, Pulaski P.O., Giles Co., TN, pg. 110,
#286/#286.
Smithson, J. G. age 50, b. VA Farmer $11,000/$2800
" , Ann V. age 50, b. TN Keeping House
" , Mattie age 23, b. TN At home
" , John age 20, b. TN Farm Hand
" , Peyton age 18, b. TN Farm Hand
" , Betty age 16, b. TN At home
" , Thornton age 15, b. AL Farm Hand
" , William age 13, b. AL Farm Hand
" , Newton age 11, b. AL Farm Hand
" , Alis age 9, b. AL
" , Thomas age 7, b. AL
" , Henry age 4, b. TN
Sharp, James age 30, b. TN Boot Maker -/$2000
" , Rebecca age 22, b. TN No occupationComments:
Rebecca Smithson [Parents] was born about 1847 in Noblesville, Williamson, Tennessee. She married James Sharp before 1870.