Fountain E Phillip Smithson [Parents] was born on 30 Dec 1850 in Nashville, Williamson, Tennessee. He died on 11 Aug 1928 in Family Home, Howard , Arkansas. He was buried in County Line Cemetary, Howard , Arkansas. He married Elizabeth S Forman.
Other marriages:Foreman, Elizabeth S
!Fountain E. Smithson was age 8 in 1860; Fountain was age 20 in 1870;
Fontain P. was age 28 in 1880 and he was age 58 in 1900. He was a
farmer.Sources:
1. FLAT CREEK ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE comp. by Ennis C. Wallace, Sr.
and
others. Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., 1015 South Main St.,
Columbia,
TN, 1986.
2. HOWARD COUNTY [ARKANSAS] HERITAGE, 1988 by Howard Co. Heritage
Club. pg.
405.
Fountain Phillip Smithson was born December 30, 1850 near
Nashville,
Tennessee. No record is available of his parents, other than his
father
disappeared during the Civil War and was never heard from again.
He married Elizabeth T. Comb (no date) in Tennessee. He
decided to come
West from Tennessee. He came first, looking for a location. He
found and
bargained for 160 acres of land, mostly timberland, at $4.00 an
acre,
located six miles northest from Nashville, Arkansas on the Center
Point
road.
He returned to Tennessee for his wife Betty (short for
Elizabeth) and
four children: Charlie, Thomas P., Albert R., and Leona. Betty
and the
children rode a train to Monticello, Arkansas in 1888. They
stayed with
her mother, Mrs. Comb, until fountain could travel by wagon and
team with
their possessions to their new location in Arkansas. There is no
record
as to the length of time he spent in making the trip. He crossed
the
rivers by ferry on the way to Arkansas.
The University of Arkansas Peach Experiment Station, which
closed in
1987, was located on part of the Smithson farm.
Mr. Smithson built his house and then brought his family there
from
Monticello. Eight more children were added to the family. They
had to
struggle to pay for the farm and cleared land as they could. Mr.
Smithson
raised hogs and cattle and did custom pea thrashing by moving a
thrasher
around the community during the fall and winter months, accepting
a toll
of the peas as pay. As the sons grew up, they worked together
with a
blacksmith shop, grocery store, grist mill and any way to try to
make a
living.
Mr. Smithson died at the family home on August 11, 1928.
Elizabeth
lived from 1862 to 1945.
Charlie (1880-1960) married May Jones (1888-1975). Thomas P.
(1881-1939) married Ida Hale (1887-1948). Albert T. (1884-1963)
married
Edith Smith (1886-1985), daughter of N. D. and Mattie Smith. Leona
(unmarried, 1885-1964). Lucy (no dates) was unmarried. Bessie
(1892-1951) was also unmarried. Dewey (unmarried) lived from
1899-1945).
Willie died young and no date is availablesa. There is also no
date of
death for an infant son. Floyd (1888-1964) married Lora McCrary
(1892-
1949). Neal, born March 7, 1901, lives in Nashville, Arkansas,
and is
married to MaryLee Hooks Tollett. Lois Smithson Vilven (no date
of birth)
lives in Austin, Texas.
The Smithson family is buried in County Line Cemetery, on
Highway 24
west of Nashville, except for Tom, Willie, and the infant who are
buried
in the Center Point Cemetery. Eleven grandchildren were born
into the
Smithson family and six are still living.
3. 1860 Census of Marshall Co., TN. pg. 1-73.
William O. Smithson family
4. 1870 Census of Dist. #8, Lewisburg P.O., Marshall Co., TN, pg.
116, #74.
William Smithson family
5. 1880 Census of Clear Creek, Drew Co., AR. ED #90, pg. 7, line #10.
Smithson, Fountain P. age 28, b. TN/VA/TN farmer
" , Elizabeth J. age 18, b. AR/TN/NC wife keeping
house
(column asks about able to work: "lying in")
" , Charles O. age 1/52, b. AR/TN/AR son b. May
Foreman, Martha . age 20, b. AR/TN/NC sister [in-law]
6. 1900 Census (soundex) of Nashville twp., Howard Co., AR
ED #70, Sheet #6, Line #54.
Fontain P. Smithson and family.
[add in the data]Comments:
Evidently the family was back and forth between TN & AR several
times from
the birthplaces of the children. Fountain's age seems to be off a
bit from
census to census unless the number was read incorrectly.Action:
Need to read the full census data for 1880.Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee - page 98
Elizabeth S Forman.Elizabeth married Fountain E Phillip Smithson.
Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee - page 98
Josephine Estelle Smithson [Parents] "Josie" was born on 13 Jun 1875 in Chinubee, Lawrence, Tennessee. She died on 25 Dec 1961 in Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama. She was buried on 27 Dec 1961 in Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama.
Other marriages:Corter, Aaron
Mason, Bill
McCrory,
Bruton, Jim
!Sources:
1. SMITHSONS AND RELATIVES by Jessie Hezekiah Smithson.
2. 1900 Census of 15th Civil Dist., Lawrence Co., TN. ED #59,
Sheet #14A.
3. 1920 Census of Colbert Co., TN. ED #18, Sheet #6, Line #81
Smithson, Jessie, age 45 and three children.
4. 1880 Census of Dist. #15, Lawrence Co., TN. ED #105, Sheet #16A.
!Notes:
Josie was age 6 in 1880.
Josie says that she was widowed by 1900, age 25. Family story
says that she
never married. Two common law spouses are also listed: McCrory and
Mason.
SMITHSON book says that her birth is 1875 and the 1900 census
shows her birth
as June 1874. She also states that she is the parent of 5 children,
3 of whom
are living in 1900.
In 1920 Jessie is age 45 and there are three children in her
household.
She had the following children:
Aaron Corter.Aaron married Josephine Estelle Smithson on 13 Feb 1889 in , West Point, Lawrence, Tennessee.
!Sources:
!Notes:
Josephine Estelle Smithson [Parents] "Josie" was born on 13 Jun 1875 in Chinubee, Lawrence, Tennessee. She died on 25 Dec 1961 in Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama. She was buried on 27 Dec 1961 in Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama. She married Aaron Corter on 13 Feb 1889 in , West Point, Lawrence, Tennessee.
Other marriages:Unknown
Mason, Bill
McCrory,
Bruton, Jim
!Sources:
1. SMITHSONS AND RELATIVES by Jessie Hezekiah Smithson.
2. 1900 Census of 15th Civil Dist., Lawrence Co., TN. ED #59,
Sheet #14A.
3. 1920 Census of Colbert Co., TN. ED #18, Sheet #6, Line #81
Smithson, Jessie, age 45 and three children.
4. 1880 Census of Dist. #15, Lawrence Co., TN. ED #105, Sheet #16A.
!Notes:
Josie was age 6 in 1880.
Josie says that she was widowed by 1900, age 25. Family story
says that she
never married. Two common law spouses are also listed: McCrory and
Mason.
SMITHSON book says that her birth is 1875 and the 1900 census
shows her birth
as June 1874. She also states that she is the parent of 5 children,
3 of whom
are living in 1900.
In 1920 Jessie is age 45 and there are three children in her
household.
They had the following children:
F i Myrtle Corter.
!Sources:
1. SMITHSONS & RELATIVES by Jessie Hezekiah Smithson, pg. 141.
2. 1900 Census of 15th Civil Dist., Lawrence Co., TN. ED #59,
Sheet #14A.
!Notes:
Myrtle is not shown with her mother in 1900 and is probably one of
the two
children (of her 5) who had died before 1900.M ii Johnnie Charles Corter M iii William Jennings Bryan Corter
William Binkley Smith was born on 10 Aug 1827. He died on 26 Jun 1878. He married Henrietta Carter Slayden on 8 Nov 1854.
Henrietta Carter Slayden [Parents] was born on 1 Jun 1840 in , Maury, Tennessee. She died on 13 Jun 1917. She married William Binkley Smith on 8 Nov 1854.
!Notes:
Henrietta Carter Slayden was age 10 in 1850.
Henrietta lived in Wayland Springs, Lawrence Co., TN.Sources:
1. SMITHSONS AND RELATIVES by Jesse Hezekiah Smithson. pg. 154+
2 . 1850 Census of Maury Co., TN, #684/#401.
Eliza Trotter and two Slayden children.
3. Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy Cole) Thomas Kelley, Rt. 7, Box 150,
Columbia, TN
38401. Ancestor Chart pub. 1976.
They had the following children:
F i Vandalia Caroline Smith F ii Viola Smith was born about 1855. F iii Alice Smith was born about 1856. F iv Laura Artency Smith M v Rufus Benjamin Smith Sr M vi Brown Smith was born about 1862. F vii Henrietta Smith
Thomas P Kelley was born in 1862 in , Lawrence, Tennessee. He died on 31 Aug 1887 in , Lawrence, Tennessee. He married Vandalia Caroline Smith on 3 Dec 1882 in , Lawrence, Tennessee.
!Sources:
!Notes:
Vandalia Caroline Smith [Parents] was born on 7 Jan 1865 in , Lawrence, Tennessee. She died on 31 Aug 1887 in , Lawrence, Tennessee. She married Thomas P Kelley on 3 Dec 1882 in , Lawrence, Tennessee.
!Sources:
!Notes:
Caroline also spelled Carolina.
T Vernon Smithson [Parents] was born on 2 Oct 1885 in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee. He died on 30 Jan 1970 in , Pulaski, Lebanon, Tennessee. He was buried in , Mount Juliet, , Tennessee. He married Birdie Lee Leigh Paisley on 26 Jan 1910 in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee.
Other marriages:Duke, Beula Mack
!Notes:
T. Vernon Smithson owned a farm near Mt. Juliet most of his adult
life.Sources:
1. SKILLERN FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY by Darlene R. Appell and
Ethelmae
Carter, pub. 1971.
2. Ancestral File ver. C401. Submission: AF83-034056 by John L.
Smithson,
1222 Deborah Dr., Huntsville, AL 35802, mf 1394157.
3. CEMETERY RECORDS OF GILES CO., TN.
Maplewood Cemetry, new white addition:
Smithson, John L. Sr. 21 Mar. 1912 [no other date]
Smithson, Birdie L. Paisley, 2 Sept. 1887 [no other date]
Smithson, Zada Pollock 8 Dec. 1912 8 Dec. 1979
4. "cruisincal@aol.com"
T. Vernon Smithson, b. Oct.2, 1885 in Pulaski, TN d. Jan. 30,
1970. He
owned a farm in Mt. Juliet, TN most of his adult life. He
married Beula
Mack Duke, b. abt 1890 in Mt. Juliet, TN and d. Mar. 16, 1954.Comments:
He married Beula Mack Duke according to "cruisincal@aol.com
Line in Record @I001@ (RIN 1) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
BAPM
Birdie Lee Leigh Paisley was born on 2 Sep 1887 in Campbellsville, Giles, Tennessee. She was buried in Maplewood Cemetary, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee. She married T Vernon Smithson on 26 Jan 1910 in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee.
SOURCE CITATION:
Title: (See source comments)
Source Comments: Giles LineageNotes:
Sources:
1. SKILLERN FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY by Darlene R. Appell and
Ethelmae
Carter, pub. 1971.
2. Ancestral File ver. C401. Submission: AF83-034056 by John L.
Smithson,
1222 Deborah Dr., Huntsville, AL 35802, mf 1394157.
3. CEMETERY RECORDS OF GILES CO., TN.
Maplewood Cemetry, new white addition:
Smithson, John L. Sr. 21 Mar. 1912 [no other date]
Smithson, Birdie L. Paisley, 2 Sept. 1887 [no other date]
Smithson, Zada Pollock 8 Dec. 1912 8 Dec. 1979
They had the following children:
M i John Laird Smithson Sr M ii Carlton Paisley Smithson
T Vernon Smithson [Parents] was born on 2 Oct 1885 in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee. He died on 30 Jan 1970 in , Pulaski, Lebanon, Tennessee. He was buried in , Mount Juliet, , Tennessee. He married Beula Mack Duke on 21 Dec 1919 in , Mount Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee.
Other marriages:Paisley, Birdie Lee Leigh
!Notes:
T. Vernon Smithson owned a farm near Mt. Juliet most of his adult
life.Sources:
1. SKILLERN FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY by Darlene R. Appell and
Ethelmae
Carter, pub. 1971.
2. Ancestral File ver. C401. Submission: AF83-034056 by John L.
Smithson,
1222 Deborah Dr., Huntsville, AL 35802, mf 1394157.
3. CEMETERY RECORDS OF GILES CO., TN.
Maplewood Cemetry, new white addition:
Smithson, John L. Sr. 21 Mar. 1912 [no other date]
Smithson, Birdie L. Paisley, 2 Sept. 1887 [no other date]
Smithson, Zada Pollock 8 Dec. 1912 8 Dec. 1979
4. "cruisincal@aol.com"
T. Vernon Smithson, b. Oct.2, 1885 in Pulaski, TN d. Jan. 30,
1970. He
owned a farm in Mt. Juliet, TN most of his adult life. He
married Beula
Mack Duke, b. abt 1890 in Mt. Juliet, TN and d. Mar. 16, 1954.Comments:
He married Beula Mack Duke according to "cruisincal@aol.com
Line in Record @I001@ (RIN 1) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
BAPM
Beula Mack Duke was born on 12 Dec 1897 in Gladeville, Tennessee. She died on 16 Mar 1954 in Mount Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee. She was buried in Mount Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee. She married T Vernon Smithson on 21 Dec 1919 in , Mount Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee.
!Sources:
!Notes:
Her mothers brother, Ephriam Guill, was shot off his horse during the
Civil War in Cedar Forrest, 40 miles from Mt Juliet.
They had the following children:
M i Winfield Thornton Smithson M ii William Vernon Smithson M iii George Duke Smithson M iv Walter Levert Smithson M v Henry Newton Smithson M vi James Lee Smithson
George Ladd Smithson [Parents] was born on 23 Oct 1890 in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee. He died on 8 Jun 1954 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. He was buried in Maplewood Cemetary, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee. He married Roal Cohen about 1926.
1 _FA3
2 PLAC 6CV7-W8
!Notes:
No children.Sources:
1. Ancestral File ver. C401. Submission: AF83-034056 by John L.
Smithson,
1222 Deborah Dr., Huntsville, AL 35802, mf 1394157.
2. CEMETERY RECORDS OF GILES CO., TN.
Maplewood Cemetry, old white section:
Smithson, George L. 23 Oct. 1890-8 June 1954
Roal Cohen was born about 1895 in , Winnepeg, Canada. She died about 1978. She married George Ladd Smithson about 1926.
1 _FA3
2 PLAC DKCC-53
William Vernon Smithson [Parents] was born on 25 Mar 1922 in Mount Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee. He died on 24 Nov 1944 in Hertgen Forest, Belgium. He was buried in Mount Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee. He married Alma Elizabeth Carter.
!Sources:
!Notes:
Johnnie Charles Corter [Parents] was born in Dec 1894 in , West Point, Lawrence, Tennessee. He died on 16 Dec 1927 in Denver, Denver, Colorado. He was buried in Fairmont Cemetary. He married Naomi Slayder. The marriage ended in divorce.
Other marriages:Tolley, Lucielle Mabel
!Sources:
1. SMITHSONS & RELATIVES by Jessie Hezekiah Smithson, pg. 141.
2. 1900 Census of 15th Civil Dist., Lawrence Co., TN. ED #59,
Sheet #14A.
!Notes:
Johnnie is not shown with his mother in 1900, yet he would be 6
years old.
Need to look under the CORTER name.