Husband: Henry Mattison SMITH
Birthdate: 16 Mar 1854
Birthplace: Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Death date: 17 Sep 1925
Place of death: Durango, LaPlata, Colorado
Father: Henry Madison SMITH
Mother: Sarah Susannah HALL

Marriage date: 24 Jan 1875
Marriage place: Coryell County, Texas

Wife: Delilah Jo SMITH
Birthdate: 26 Jul 1857
Birthplace: Rusk County, Texas
Death date: 24 May 1927
Place of death: Durango, LaPlata, Colorado
Father: Joseph P. SMITH
Mother: Minerva Ann HALL

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William L. SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 9 Dec 1875
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 16 Jan 1898
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: Mollie A. GROVES

Child No. 2: Joseph Henry SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 Mar 1877
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 30 Jun 1922
Place of death: Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas
Marriage date: 23 May 1898
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: Matilda Catherine STANFIELD

Child No. 3: Malcom SMITH
Sex: m
Birthdate: 15 Mar 1881
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 25 May 1880
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 4: Charlie N. SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Mar 1881
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 28 May 1881
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 5: Sarah May SMITH
Sex:
Birthdate: 16 Jul 1882
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 14 Oct 1906
Place of death: Comanche County, Texas
Marriage date: 28 Feb 1904
Marriage place: <Texas>
Spouse's name: William K. BANDY

Child No. 6: B. L. SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8 Sep 1884
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 18 Dec 1886
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 7: Mary S. SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Jun 1886
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 17 Jun 1887
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: J. Clarence SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 Mar 1888
Birthplace: Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 3 Dec 1906
Marriage place: <Texas>
Spouse's name: A. E. THOMPSON

Child No. 9: Hayden Mattison SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 Mar 1890
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Senia May STEPHENS

Child No. 10: Robert Homer SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Jan 1892
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas
Death date: 4 Mar 1957
Place of death: buried in El Paso, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 11: Arthur E. SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 12: Clara SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 May 1895
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas
Death date: 17 Dec 1895
Place of death: Buried in Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche, Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 13: Carl LeRoy SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Oct 1896
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas
Death date: 8 Mar 1958
Place of death: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Marriage date: 1 Apr 1920
Marriage place: Aztec, San Juan, New Mexico
Spouse's name: Ella May WOOD

Child No. 14: C. SMITH
Sex: U
Birthdate: 21 Oct 1898
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas
Death date: 1 Mar 1900
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 15: Veda Exa SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 Jun 1901
Birthplace: Sipe Springs, Comanche, Texas
Death date: 2 Jan 1964
Place of death: Aztec, San Juan, New Mexico
Marriage date: 15 Jan 1920
Marriage place: Cedar Hill, San Juan, New Mexico
Spouse's name: Joseph William TINKER
 

Documentation:
Henry Mattison Smith Jr. family Sources:
Mother: Dillie Jo Smith's sources are at the very bottom of this list because there are many discrepancies in her records and her list is long.
Father: Henry Mattison Smith Jr. Sources:
* H. M. Smith Jnr. and Miss Dellie Smith are married on 24 January, 1875 in Coryell County, Texas by Elder John McLain. (Original found in Coryell County, Texas marriage records Vol. D 1 page 52. Salt Lake City, Utah Family History Library film #0984711 )
* 1860 Rusk, Texas Federal Census enumerated 14 Jun 1860 Page 202B [partial transcription] 139 145
Henry M. Smith 42 M SC 1818
Sarah S. 38 F TN 1822
H. M. Smith 6 M TX 1854
* 1870 Coryell County, Texas Federal Census pp 211-212 [partial] Family & Household: 31 31 lines 37-40 p. 211
37 Smith, Henry M 51 M W Farmer 1000 1200 North Carolina
38 Sarah S. 48 F W Keeping House Tennessee
40 Henry 15 M W do [ditto] [ditto]
* 1880 Coryell, Texas Federal census [partial] 242-243
Smith, Henry M. W M 63 SC SC SC
Sarah S. W F 59 wife Keep House TN NC NC
Henry M. W M 26 son Farm Hand TX SC NC
[Henry Mattison Smith Jr. - place of parent's birth is incorrect: should be: TX, SC, TN-see parent's listings above]
Dilly J. W F 22 Dau in Law TX TN TN
[Delilah Jo Smith married to Henry Mattison Smith Jr., She is the daughter of Joseph P. and Minerva Ann Hall Smith. She and her husband are double cousins.]
Smith, Wm. L. W M 4 Grandson TX TX TN
[son of Henry M & Dilly J. who were both born in Texas according to their census records above. Should be TX TX TX]
Joseph H. W M 3 Grandson TX TX TN [son of Henry M & Dilly J. who were both born in Texas according to their census records above. Should be TX TX TX ]
[Another son of HM & Dilly J., Malcom Smith would have been recorded in this spot, but he died in May before the census -- born 22 Feb. 1879, died 25 May 1880]
* 1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
Smith Mat head W[hite] M[ale] March 1854 46 M[arried] 24 [#years married] Texas [his parents birth places are incorrect NC and Arkansas—Father was born in SC and mother in TN. The 1920 San Juan, New Mexico Federal Census page 2A has both his parents born in Tennessee and other census records: 1850 & 1860 Rusk County, Census records also have them born in Tennessee.]
Dilla wife W F[emale] July 1857 42 M[arried] 24 [years married] 14 [children born to her] 8 living.[Her parent’s birth places are incorrect—should be father South Carolina or TN and mother Tennessee. 1920 San Juan County, New Mexico Federal Census has both her parents born in Tennessee.]
Mae daughter W F Jul 1882 17 S[ingle] Texas Texas
Clarence son W M Mch 1888 12 S TX
Mat son W M Mch 1890 10 S TX
Homer son W M Jan 1892 8 S TX
Arthur son W M Mch 1893 7 S TX
Carl son W M Oct 1897 2 S TX
* 1910 census – I have not obtained a copy or transcribed it yet.
* 1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Federal Census pg 2 a Enumerated 9 Mar 1920 27 30
SMITH, Henry m. head Renting M W 65 married Texas Tennessee Tennessee General Farm OA?
SMITH, Dillie J. Wife F W 62 Married Texas Tennessee Tennessee Occupation none
SMITH, Homer son M W 28 Single Texas Texas Texas Occupation farmer General Farm OA ?
SMITH, Carl L. son M W 23 Single Texas Texas Texas Occupation farmer General Farmer W [He married Ella May Wood 1 April 1920]
SMITH, Veda daughter F W 18 Single Texas Texas, Texas Occupation none
BANDY, William grandson M W 15 Single Texas Texas Texas Occupation, none
[His mother died when he was only 22 months old. His grandparents, Henry Mattison and Dillie Jo Smith took him into their home and raised him.]

Children:
1. William L. Smith Sources:
* 1880 census Texas Coryell Co.
His wife is in the Comanche Texas 1900 census with Joe O Groves
2. Joseph Henry SMITH
* 1880 census Texas Coryell Co.
* 1900 Comanche Texas census- Joseph L.Smith
3. Malcom SMITH (twin)
SMITH, MALCOM, 02/22/1879, 05/25/1880,
* There is a double headstone in Post Oak Cemetery in Coryell County, Texas
Charlie N. Smith; Sons of H. M. & D. J. Smith; In between his grandfather, Capt H. M. Smith [Henry Madison Smith Sr.] & his brother B. L. Smith
4. Charlie N. SMITH (twin)
Information from his double headstone in Post Oak Cemetery, near Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas
SMITH, CHARLIE N., 03/15/1881, 05/28/1881, Sharing headstone with Malcom Smith; "Sons of H. M. & D. J. Smith";
5. Sarah May SMITH
* 1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
* Headstone in Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas (Sandra Smith Gwilliam has a photo)
* Obituary of Sarah May Smith Bandy's son, William Henry Bandy from Aztec, New Mexico names his parents. William Henry Bandy was raised by his grandparents after his mother died, and is in the 1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Census with them.
6. B. L. SMITH
* Headstone in Post Oak Cemetery, near Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas
SMITH, B. L., 09/08/1884, 12/18/1886, Dau of H. M. & D. J. Smith; In between siblings Charlie N. Smith/Malcom Smith & Mary Smith
7. Mary S. SMITH
* Headstone in Post Oak Cemetery, near Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas
SMITH, MARY S. [daughter of Henry Mattison & Dilly Jo Smith], 06/11/1886, 06/17/1887, next to B. L. Smith
8. J. Clarence SMITH
* 1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
* Marriage from LDS Ancestral File
9. Hayden Mattison SMITH
* Information Supplied by his daughter, Veda Marie Smith to Sandra Gwilliam over the phone
* Sandra Smith Gwilliam has a photo of two of his children, Beatrice & HM Smith.
10. Robert Homer SMITH
* 1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
* Information supplied to Sandra Gwilliam from Robert Homer's son, Elbert Smith
* 1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Federal Census, pg 2 a Enumerated 9 Mar 1920
27 30 Smith, Henry m. head Renting M W 65 married Texas
Smith, Dillie J. Wife F W 62 Married Texas
Smith, Homer son M W 28 Single no no no Texas Texas Texas Occupation farmer General Farm OA ?
11. Arthur E. SMITH
* 1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
* Ancestral file records
12. Clara SMITH
* Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas
* Information from the book: Comanche Co. Texas Cemeteries FHL 976.4554 V3h
13. Carl LeRoy SMITH
* Carl LeRoy Smith's family records and:
* 1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
* 1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Federal Census, pg 2 a Enumerated 9 Mar 1920
27 30 Smith, Henry m. head Renting M W 65 married
Smith, Dillie J. Wife F W 62 Married Texas
Smith, Carl L. son M W 23 Single no no no Texas Texas Texas
Occupation farmer General Farmer W [Carl married Ella May Wood 1 April 1920-family records]
14. C. SMITH
* Ancestral File records
15. Veda Exa SMITH
* 1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Federal Census, pg 2 a Enumerated 9 Mar 1920 27 30
Smith, Henry m. head Renting M W 65 married l Texas
Smith, Dillie J. Wife F W 62 Married Texas
Smith, Veda daughter F W 18 Single Texas Texas, Texas Occupation none
Burial 6 Jan 1964 in Cedar Hill, San Juan, New Mexico Cedar Hill, New Mexico Cemetery records

Mother: Dillie Jo SMITH sources & comments:
Notes by Sandra Smith Gwilliam
* Dillie Jo Smith has been listed on most records as Dilly or Dillie Jo Huckabee. I am putting all of the sources with her information together to show why I think the maiden name on the Ancestral File is incorrect and to show why I think her marriage certificate was correct, and that her real name was Delilah Jo Smith.
* In spite of the information on the 1860 census and her death certificate, I am convinced from probate, marriage, cemetery and other records, that Joseph & Minerva Ann Hall Smith are Dillie's parents. I have searched in Texas census records county by county for Huckabee families for her parents. There are none who could be her parents. My daughter and I have also searched county by county for other Smith families who could be her parents.
Time line:
* 1857 Delia/Delilah/Dellie/Dillie/Dilly Jo Smith was born in Rusk County, Texas to Joseph P. Smith & Minerva Ann Hall Smith. [Information on birth date and place is taken from her death certificate. The death certificate does not have a mother, but it names her father as M. A. Huckabee. I believe the M. A. Huckabee was her mother's name.]
* 1860 - About 1860 Joseph P. Smith died. Minerva and her three children live next door to Joseph Smith’s widowed mother, (Hannah Parker) where they living during the 1860 Rusk county census. Joseph was not listed with the family.
Federal Census - Rusk County Texas – 1860 enumerated 14 Jun 1860 Henderson Beat #138 Page ___ Lines 28 B 40 Family 143
138 143 Hannah Smith 61 F 6400 6150 SC
[birthdate differs from the 1850 census]
138 143 BH Smith 21 M Texas [Burt/Birt H. Smith]
138 143 WH Morehead 26 F 3200 Texas
[The first letter looks like a W or M but should be a B] (Barsheba H. Morehead)
138 143 F E Morehead 9 F Texas (F. Elizaeth Morehead)
138 143 H Ann Timmons 13 F Texas (Hannah Ann Timmons)
138 143 W ? A? Timmons 11 F Texas (The sex looks like it was changed from M to F) ( Barsheba Ann or Julia Timmons)
Henderson Beat #138 Page ___ Lines 28 B 40 Family 144
138 144 M A Smith 30 F 3900 400 Tennessee
(Minerva Ann Hall Smith Huckabee, widow of Joseph P. Smith)
138 144 Jas J. Smith 11 M Texas (James Jasper Smith)
138 144 John T. Smith 9 M Texas
138 144 H T Smith 8 F Texas
(Texanna Smith Milner Black)
138 144 Wm Smith 3 M Texas
(The census taker apparently made a mistake here. This must be the Delila/Delilah/Dilia/Dillie Jo Smith, a female who is listed in the guardianship papers for Joseph P. Smith. No William is listed in the guardianship papers, but a daughter, Delilah is listed as an heir.]
138 144 George Cooper 66 M Texas
138 144 Martha Thompson 65 F Ireland
[At least two of Hannah Smith’s widowed daughters-in-law are living with or near her then. Sandra's theory: Apparently the 1860 Rusk census taker mistook Dillia's name and thought they said "William" so he wrote “William - 3 – M - TX” on the census record. He also made mistakes on several other Smith family member’s names & initials and he changed the sex of one of Hannah's grandchildren as shown on the original census.] Ezekiel Huckabee is in the 1860 Pontotoc, Mississippi census with his parents.
* 1861 - Guardianship of Joseph and Minerva Hall Smith's children from the Rusk County Court of Probate and Deceased persons. Probate records of Rusk County Texas Volume FHL film # 1020931 Rusk County Court probate records Volume I No 659 pages 40-45; 76-78
Guardianship of James Smith Et Al.
Page 40 Notice filed May 27, 1861
“A.J. Smith has been appointed guardian of the estates of James Smith, Thomas Smith, Texana Smith, and Delilah Smith.”
page 44 “September term 1861, To the Hon. Bennett Smith Chief Justice, A. J. Smith guardian of the minors, James Smith, Texanna Smith, & Delila (sic) Smith…” [NO William is in this probate record.]
p 77 (Minerva was paid by A. J. Smith for the board for her children from the children's account after Joseph died) : Delila Smith In acct with A. J. Smith guardian
[?]. F. M. Boyantons account $13.50
W. S. Moss one book .15 $13.65
Commissions on thirteen & 65/100 dollars .68
Minors jointly with guardian:
dr. MA Smith's [Debtor Minerva Ann Smith] account for board for
From May thru 14th 1861 to May 14th 1863 $150.00
Commissions for acc & paying out one hundred & fifty-dollars 15.00
By commissions for receiving fifteen hundred dollars 75.00
Recapitulation
Amount received $1650.00
Amount paid out 352.80
Commissions for receiving & paying out $100.13
* 1870 – Except for a daughter, Texana Smith Milner Black, there is no record found by researchers of any of the Joseph P. & Minerva Ann Hall Smith family members from 1863 – 24 Nov. 1872 when a son, James Jasper Smith, is married in Coryell County, Texas to Josephine Hall.
* 1873 - Oct 29, 1873, HM Smith applies in Coryell County, Texas, to be guardian of Delia Smith, a minor over 14 years old. Delia is cited to appear in court to choose her guardian on 29 Nov 1873.
29th November 1873 in court, HM Smith is granted guardianship as soon as he posts a bond for $1000.
29th November 1873, HM Smith posts the bond and becomes guardian of Dela Smith with Eli Wood and WD Coates as sureties.
[FHL film 09484717 pp. 211-213 County of Coryell Texas Probate book B-2 Also part is written in Coryell Kin 1995 Vol. 13 #1 Spring p. 7. ]
* 1875 - HM Smith Jn.and Miss Dellie Smith marriage. Coryell County TX. 23rd day of January 1875. Marriage performed 24 day of January 1875 by Elder John McClain.
* 1876 - Marriage of Ezekiel Huckabee and Minerva Ann Smith. FHL film 0984711 page #208 Marriage book D-1 filed January 10, 1877 Marriage 24 Dec 1876 Coryell County Texas
* 1880 – Dillie Smith is living in Coryell County, TX with her husband and her in-laws (who were also her uncle and aunt.).
* 1880 Coryell TX census has Dilly J. Smith 22 years old born in Texas, both parents were born in Tennessee which is where both Minerva Ann Hall Smith and Joseph P. Smith were born.]:
Page 483 Family 243
Smith, Henry M. W M 63 married Farmer Bronchitus SC SC SC.
[Son of James & Hannah Parker Smith of South Carolina]
Smith, Sarah S. W F 59 married wife . Tenn NC NC
[Daughter of John & Susanna Hall]
Smith, Henry M. W M 26 works on farm Texas SC NC
[Census taker made a mistake. Mother's place of birth should be changed from NC to TN]
Smith, William L. W M 16 single works on farm Texas SC NC
[Census taker made a mistake. Mother's place of birth should be changed from NC to TN].
Smith, Dilly J. W F 22 daughter in Law Texas Tenn Tenn
[Daughter of Joseph P. & Minerva Ann Hall Smith of Tennessee]
Smith, William L. W M 4 . grand son Texas Tenn Tenn
[Census taker made a mistake. Father's & Mother's places of birth should be changed from Tenn to Texas, because his parents are Henry M .Jr. & Dilly Jo Smith.].
Smith, Joseph H. W M 3 grand son Texas Tenn Tenn
[Census taker made a mistake. Father's & Mother's places of birth should be changed from Tenn to Texas, because his parents are Henry M. Jr. & Dilly Jo Smith.].
* 1898 - Minerva A. HUCKABEE died on 13 Jan 1898 Minerva Ann Huckabee was buried in Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche Co. Texas near two of Dillie Jo Smith's children and one grandchild. [Sandra has a photo of her headstone]

Sandra's Notes:
Reasons why I think Minerva Ann Huckabee is Minerva Ann Hall Smith, wife of Joseph Smith and mother of Dillie Jo Smith.:
These do not seem to be merely coincidence:
1. There are ties to both Comanche County and Coryell County, Texas for Minerva Ann Hall Smith and Minerva A. Smith Huckabee. E. Huckabee married MA Smith in Coryell County, Texas in Dec 1876, then they moved to Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas where they died and were buried. This M. A. Smith is proven to be Minerva A. Smith Huckabee from comparing census records, marriage and her tombstone. The following children of Joseph & Minerva Ann Hall Smith had ties to Rusk, Coryell, and Comanche Counties in Texas: All of Joseph and Minerva Ann Hall Smith's children were born in Rusk County, Texas: James J. Smith, Hannah Texana Smith Milner Black, Delilah J. Smith, James J. Smith moved to Coryell County, Texas and married there. He then moved with his family to Comanche County, Texas where he died. He named one of his sons, Ezekiel Hucklebee Smith. Texana Smith, married James Black in Coryell County, Texas and according to her obituary, she was buried in Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas where Minerva Ann Huckabee is buried. Delia Smith has Henry Madison Smith Sr. as guardian of at least her property in Coryell County, Texas. Dellie Smith married H. M. Smith Jr. in Coryell County, Texas. Six of Dillie Jo & H. M. Smith's children were born in Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas. Dillie Jo & H. M. Smith's daughters, Clara and Sarah May Smith died and were buried in Sipe Springs Cemetery in Comanche County, Texas in the row next to Ezekiel & Minerva A. Huckabee. James J. Smith's son, William Edward Smith is also buried in that cemetery. Joseph Henry Smith, the son of Henry Mattison & Dillie Jo Smith carries the names of both of his grandfathers. Joseph Henry Smith named one of his daughters Minerva Ann Smith.
* 2. Both Minerva A. Smith Huckabee and Minerva Ann Hall Smith, daughter of John & Susannah Hall have the same birth date and state: Minerva Ann Hall who married Joseph P. Smith, was born on 7 Sep 1829 according to the John A. Hall family Bible. Minerva A. Huckabee was born Sept. 7, 1829 according to her headstone. M. A. Huckabee (wife of E. A. Huckabee) was born in Tennessee according to the 1880 census. Minerva Ann Hall Smith was born in Tennessee according to the 1850 & 1860 Rusk County, Federal Census records.
1900 Comanche TX census family #101 ED 35 Sheet 6 line 83-90, Prec.6 pg 258b
Smith Mat head
Dilla wife W F[emale] July 1857 42 M[arried] 24 [years married] 14 [children born to her] 8 living.[Her parent’s birth places are incorrect—should be father South Carolina or TN and mother Tennessee]
1902 - Ezekiel Huckabee died. [Information from headstone: 4 Dec 1836 -30 Nov 1902 –M. E. Huckabee in census] Sipe Springs Cemetery, Comanche Co. Texas
Ezekiel & Minerva Ann Huckabee are buried near:
1. Clara Smith, daughter of H. M. & D. J. SMITH – 29 May 1895 - 17 Dec 1895
2. William Dudley BANDY son of W[illiam]. K. and S[arah] M[ay] BANDY [b & d 10 Oct 1906]
3. Sarah May BANDY wife of W. K. BANDY 16 Jul 1882 - 14 Oct 1906
4. George M. HUCKABEE --15 Nov 1861- 11 Feb 1883; Ezekiel Huckabee and Sarah Shaw Huckabee’s son.
In the same cemetery is a grandson of Joseph & Minerva Ann Hall Smith and Joseph & Minerva Hall Smith's daughter, Hannah Texana Smith Milner Black.
1906 Dillie Jo & Henry Mattison Smith raised their three-year-old grandson William Henry Bandy when their daughter Sarah May Smith Bandy died on 14 Oct 1906, shortly after giving birth to William Dudley Bandy (who also died).
Sometime in the next few years the family moved to Cedar Hill, New Mexico.
1920 1920 Cedar Hill, New Mexico Federal Census pg 2a Enumerated 9 Mar 1920 27 30
SMITH, Henry m. head Renting M W 65 married Texas Tennessee Tennessee General Farm OA?
SMITH, Dillie J. Wife F W 62 Married Texas Tennessee Tennessee Occupation none
SMITH, Homer son M W 28 Single Texas Texas Texas Occupation farmer General Farm OA ?
SMITH, Carl L. son M W 23 Single Texas Texas Texas Occupation farmer General Farmer W [He married Ella May Wood 1 April 1920]
SMITH, Veda daughter F W 18 Single Texas Texas, Texas Occupation none
BANDY, William grandson M W 15 Single Texas Texas Texas Occupation, none
[William Bandy's mother, (Sarah May Smith Bandy) died when he was only 22 months old. His grandparents, Henry Mattison and Dillie Jo Smith took him into their home and raised him.]
1925 Henry Mattison Smith died in Durango, Colorado, 17 Sep 1925. He was buried in Cedar Hill, New Mexico.
1927 Dillie Jo Smith died in Durango, Colorado, on 24 May 1927. She had lived in Cedar Hill, New Mexico, but the doctor and the hospital were in Durango. She was buried in Cedar Hill, New Mexico.
Dillie Jo Smith Death Certificate
State of Colorado Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of death Durango, La Plata, Colorado 5228R
Death certificate was filed most likely by a son-in-law on Dec 29, 1930 [Three and a half years after her death]
[Notes by Sandra Smith Gwilliam in brackets.]
Place of death: County: LaPlata Town: Durango or City: Colo [sic]
Full name: Dillie J. Smith [Delilah Jo Smith]
Residence: Cedar Hill [New Mexico] Female, White, Occupation: Housewife.
Married [widow] Husband: Henry M. Smith
Birth: July 26, 1857 Birthplace: Rusk County, Texas
Death: May 24, 1927 69 years 10 mo.
Father: MA Huckabee [This is actually her mother's name- Minerva Ann Hall Smith Huckabee.
Her father was Joseph P. Smith who was Her step-father was Ezekiel Huckabee]
The doctor certified she was in his care from April 28, 192_[unreadable but probably 1927] to May 21, 1927, and that he last saw her alive May 21, 1927. Dillie Jo died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage, with Arterial Sclerosis on 24 May 1927 at 10:00 am. It is signed T. E. Childress M.D., Durango, Colorado.
The burial date looks like either 2/27, 1927 or 4/27, 1927. but would have had to be May 27, 1927 with Hood Mortuary of Durango as undertakers. Informant: Mr. Tracker in city [I am sure it was Joseph William Tinker-a son-in-law (husband of Veda Exa Smith Tinker-married 15 Jan 1920 in Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico. Joseph & Veda were married seven years before Dillie died. Dillie's mother, Minerva Ann Hall Smith Huckabee died two years before Veda was born. Joseph Smith, Minerva's first husband and Dillie's birth father died in 1860 in Rusk County, Texas. Ezekiel Huckabee died when Veda was almost 18 months old, so she wouldn't have known her grandparents. Her husband would have only known what the children and grandchildren knew, which from the Smith family records available, isn't too much.)].