Husband: Thomas Elridge SMITH
Birthdate: 29 Mar 1869
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Death date: 23 Oct 1944
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Father: Thomas Green Smith (1847-1885)
Mother: Pearcy Ann Braswell (1844-1919)
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Marriage date: 25 May 1889
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Wife: Annie Eliza SUMNER
Birthdate: 8 Mar 1872
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Death date: 17 Oct 1949
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Father: Benjamin Phillips Sumner (1847-1881)
Mother: Jane Ellen (Jency) Bridges (1850-1946)
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Jennie Mae Smith
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 Jul 1890
Birthplace: Washington, Georgia
Death date: 4 Sep 1956
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Burial: Carter's Chapel
Marriage date: [1] Jul 1908 [2] 10 Jul 1921
Marriage place: [1] Laurens County, GA
Spouses' names: [1] Luman Holmes [2] Henry Ira Hilbun

Child No. 2: Nora Rebecca Smith
Sex: F
Birthdate: 30 Jun 1892
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Death date: 1892
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Child No. 3: Laura Lee Smith
Sex: F
Birthdate: 19 Jan 1894
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Death date: 20 Mar 1988
Place of death: Oldsmar, FL
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Spouses' names: William Odum

Child No. 4: Robert E Smith
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 Apr 1895
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Death date: 1895
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Child No. 5: Thomas Cecil Smith
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Jul 1896
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Death date: 15 Feb 1967
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Marriage place: Gladys Bush
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Child No. 6: Lonnie Darrell Smith
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 May 1898
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Spouses' names: Eliza Anderson

Child No. 7: Vivian Smith
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 Aug 1899
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Death date: 1901
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Child No. 8: Gainor Smith
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Mar 1901
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Death date: 1901
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Child No. 9: Leo Gordon Smith
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 Sep 1902
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Death date: 9 Feb 1993
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Marriage date: 25 Nov 1923
Marriage place: S Alice Coxtuckey, Wheeler, GA
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Child No. 10: Annie Ruth Smith
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Nov 1907
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Spouses' names: [1] Joe Smith [2] Rufus Leach

Child No. 11: Rubye Dell Smith
Sex: F
Birthdate: 9 Oct 1909
Birthplace:
Death date: 7 Oct 1997
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Spouses' names: M.L. Reed
 
 
Documentation:
Notes for Thomas Elridge Smith:
* Thomas Elridge Smith was said to have moved from Washington County, Georgia to Laurens County, Georgia; then to Wheeler County, Georgia; then to Savannah, Georgia; then back to Laurens County, Georgia, where they moved in with Henry Hilbun & Jennie Smith Hilbun in 1937. A photo of Thomas Earl Hilburn & Darrell Smith, son of Lonnie Smith, taken at their 50th wedding aniversary in poss of George Hilburn (identified by Ruth Hilbun, sister of Thomas Hilburn).
* RESIDENCE-BIRTH: 1900 GA Census Soundex; 1900; Vol. 42, E.D. 54 sheet 8, Line 21; Family History Center, San Diego CA; Film 1242878; Notes: living in Johnson County.
* Tom had a beautiful singing voice and was a well know singing school teacher among the local churches - from the book, Colby Smith and His Descendants.