Husband: Joseph Oscar SMITH
Birthdate: 15 May 1881
Birthplace: Mt. Hope, Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: 17 Jan 1918
Place of death: near Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Father: Reuben SMITH
Mother: Susana Flora Henderson HENLEY

Marriage date: 15 May 1881
Marriage place: near Leighton, Colbert Co., AL

Wife: Mary Ella INMON
Birthdate: 19 Dec 1861
Birthplace: Pulaski, Giles Co., TN
Death date: 06 Jan 1948
Place of death: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Father: David Alexander INMON
Mother: Martha Osborn PURYEAR

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: David Earnest SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Jun 1882
Birthplace: Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: 02 Sep 1904
Place of death: Falls Co., TX
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: Mary Sue "Mae Sue" SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 Jan 1884
Birthplace: Leighton, Colbert Co., AL
Death date: 31 Dec 1963
Place of death: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Marriage date: 18 Dec 1904
Marriage place: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Junius "Gene" Elbert TOWERS

Child No. 3: Ada Pearl SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 07 Jul 1886
Birthplace: Lawrence Co., AL
Death date: 30 Jan 1964
Place of death: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Marriage date: 02 Nov 1904
Marriage place: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Charles Newton GAFFORD

Child No. 4: Jannie Estelle SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 Dec 1887
Birthplace: Leighton, Colbert Co., AL
Death date: 18 Jun 1972
Place of death:
Marriage date: 19 Dec 1915
Marriage place: Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Lewis Jackson "Jay" MORRIS

Child No. 5: John Henry SMITH
Sex:
Birthdate: 15 May 1891
Birthplace: AL
Death date: 21 Oct 1927
Place of death: TX
Marriage date: 12 Jul 1911
Marriage place: Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Clara Bell WEBB

Child No. 6: Stacy Alexander SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Aug 1894
Birthplace: Kosse, Limestone Co., TX
Death date: 26 Jan 1966
Place of death: Austin, Travis Co., TX (or 1964)
Marriage date: 16 Jan 1918
Marriage place: Slaton, Lubbock Co., TX
Spouse's name: Laura Martha Maude BALDREE

Child No. 7: Willie Clarence SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 09 Mar 1897
Birthplace: Limestone Co., TX
Death date: 07 Jun 1951
Place of death: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Marriage date: 15 Jul 1922
Marriage place: Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Mary Ellen CLAWSON

Child No. 8: Joseph Grady SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 04 May 1899
Birthplace: Limestone Co., TX
Death date: Mar 1982
Place of death: Falls Co., TX
Marriage date: 17 Dec 1931
Marriage place: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Terleta CLAWSON

Child No. 9: Herman SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 07 Mar 1901
Birthplace: Limestone Co., TX
Death date: 07 Jun 1964
Place of death: Beeville, Bee Co., TX
Marriage date: 23 May 1922
Marriage place: Limestone Co, TX
Spouse's name: Gladys Alene HEROD

Child No. 10: Samuel Alton SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 May 1904
Birthplace: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Death date: 03 Jun 1962
Place of death: Falls Co., TX
Marriage date: 07 Jan 1932
Marriage place: Marlin, Falls Co., TX
Spouse's name: Tementia Lena KILLEBREW
 
 
Documentation:
* Joseph Oscar Smith died of pneumonia (swine flu) epedemic, during WWI. His son-in-law, Junius Elbert Towers (Mary Sue Smith) also died of swine flu. Buried Kosse Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone Co., TX. Joseph Oscar Smith was buried on the day that Martha Maude Baldree and Stacy Alexander Smith married. They came from west Texas (Slaton, Lubbock Co.) on the train to Marlin, but arrived too late for the funeral.
* My grandmother, Mary Sue Smith Towers was called "Mae Sue".
* Cemetery at Kosse, Texas: Reuben Smith, Joseph Oscar Smith, Mary Ella Inmon and David Smith their son; John Henry Smith & Clara Smith; Ada (Inmon) sister to Mary Ella Inmon Smith; Mattie Loper (Mary Ella's sister), Orin's mother, Orin Loper; Henry Inmon, Pearl Inmon; Martha Inmon, David Alexander Inmon; Loper kids (per Ursula Towers Wheeler Schroeder).
* See A Family History of Limestone County, compiled by Limestone Co. Historical Museum 1986 for more information on Herman Smith and Junius "Gene" Elbert Towers and Mary Sue Smith Towers.