Submitted by: Julie Smith Oliver julie_oliver87@yahoo.com on Sat Mar 1 15:59:38 2003Husband Thomas H. SMITH Born 1847 Location NC Married 20 Dec 1868 Location McNairy Co., TN Died Ca 1895 Location TN Cemetery Unknown Location TN Father Bennett SMITH Mother Anny Other Spouses Wife Maletha Ann Crabtree Born 02 Nov 1851 Location McNairy Co., TN Died 25 Aug 1919 Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Father Alfred Crabtree Mother Eliza Horn Other Spouses Children 1 Name William Wesley SMITH Born 12 Apr 1869 Location McNairy Co., TN Died 29 Apr 1937 Location Kaufman Co., TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location TX Spouse 1 Ella A. James Married Location Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 2 Married Location 2 Name James Thomas SMITH Born 1871 Location McNairy Co., TN Died 29 Oct 1871 Location TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 1 Emma Scott Married 24 Dec 1893 Location Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 2 Married Location 3 Name John J. SMITH Born Sep 1873 Location McNairy Co., TN Died Unknown Location MS Cemetery Unknown Location MS Spouse 1 Never wed Married Location Spouse 2 Married Location 4 Name Joseph Cay SMITH Born 17 Jul 1877 Location McNairy Co., TN Died 12 Aug 1940 Location TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 1 Fannie Fowler Married 25 May 1887 Location Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 2 Married Location 5 Name Robert Andrew SMITH Born 17 Dec 1885 Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Died 08 Dec 1964 Location TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 1 Ida Christian Married 13 Oct 1907 Location Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 2 Married Location 6 Name Boss SMITH Born 23 Dec 1888 Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Died 24 Oct 1947 Location TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 1 Pearl Cain Married 03 Apr 1907 Location Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 2 Married Location 7 Name Henry Harrison SMITH Born 11 Jan 1892 Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Died 11 Feb 1953 Location Styx, Henderson Co., TX Cemetery Shiloh Cemetery Location Kemp, Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 1 Vera Etoyal Chandler Married 13 Oct 1910 Location Greenville, Hunt Co., TX Spouse 2 Married Location 8 Name Susie Martha SMITH Born June 1895 Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Died 24 Oct 1917 Location Kaufman Co., TX Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Location Cottonwood, Kaufman Co., TX Spouse 1 Larkin Richard Married Unknown Location TX Spouse 2 Married Location 9 Name Born Location Died Location Cemetery Location Spouse 1 Married Location Spouse 2 Married Location 10 Name Born Location Died Location Cemetery Location Spouse 1 Married Location Spouse 2 Married Location
Comments: Thomas and Maletha moved to Kaufman County in the late 1870's. Sometime in the mid 1890's Thomas had to go back home to TN to take care of some family business. When he got off the train in TN he had to walk a long distance in the rain. He became ill with pneumonia and died. His place of burial is unknown. Also note: Maletha had birthed 13 children total but only 8 lived. I do not have names for them but one was a male child which showed up in Kaufman Co.'s 1880 census (no name, born in 1879). I can find nothing else on this child.
Sources: *Marriage license of Thomas and Maletha Crabtree- McNairy Co., TN, Book D, page 209- I have a certified copy and a photocopy of the original. * 1880 Kaufman County, TX Census- Precinct 5 (Cottonwood) * 1900 Kaufman County, TX Census- Precinct 5, 366/373 * 1910 Kaufman County, TX Census- Precinct 5/ Red Bank Rd., note: Malethas house was on the same road as Williams, Josephs and Bosses. * Death certificate of Maletha SMITH, pg. 36/vol. 4 (Kaufman County, TX) Some of the childrens marriages- * Joseph and Fannies marriage- Kaufman Co. Vol 9/pg 433 * Boss and Pearls marriage- Kaufman Co. Vol. 10/ pg 36 Other sources- Maletha and her children that are buried at Cottonwood all have headstones. Most of these can be viewed through the Kaufman County website via the Cottonwood Cemetery enumeration.
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