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     Dorothy Emeline Smith married Anson Walter Olds, son of Raymond Fenton Olds and Abbie Olive Storrs.¹ Dorothy Emeline Smith was born on 14 Nov 1926.¹ She died on 23 Jun 2002 at age 75.¹

     Edson Bernard Olds Smith married Alice Stover.¹ Edson Bernard Olds Smith was born on 14 Sep 1868.¹ He was the son of George Hunter Smith and Mary Olds.¹

     Edward Smith left a will on 17 Apr 1815 at Spartanburg District, South Carolina. "L. W. T. of Edward Smith of Dist. of Spartanburg, rec. 15 Aug 1814 [sic]; to wife Salley during her widowhood, all my real & personal property; at her decease to be divided among my seven children Charles Smith, Holman Smith, my son in law John Lipscomb, David Lipscomb, Richard Simmons, Reuben Smith and John Willis, requesting my two sons to be liberal to my three daughters Betsey, Frances & Patsey; to son in law William Burton, s5; to my son Thomas Smth s5, to the heirs of my son William Smith s5, sons Charles & Holman Smith, Exrs; 17 Apr 1815; Edward Smith (Seal), Wit: William Smith, Moses Waters, Betsey Waters. Proven by William Smith (not dated). The executors requested one month of deliberation on qualifications which was granted them. W. Lancaster O. S. D."²
     On 3 July 1815, Holman Smith was granted a citation in the Spartanburg County Court of the Ordinary to prove the will of Edward Smith, deceased. On 22 July 1816 Holman was qualified as executor of Edward's will.³ "4 June 1817. Settlement of estate of Edward Smith . . . seven legatees."⁴

     Elizabeth Smith was born c 1602 at England.³ She was the daughter of Philip Smith.² Elizabeth Smith married Samuel Smith, son of John Smith and Mary Gardiner, on 6 Oct 1624 at St. Margaret's Parish, Whatfield, Suffolk County, England.⁴ Elizabeth Smith died on 16 Mar 1686 at South Hadley, Massachusetts.⁵

     Elizabeth Smith was baptized on 28 Jan 1627 at St. Mary the Virgin, Hadleigh, Suffolk County, England.² She was the daughter of Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Smith.¹ Elizabeth Smith married Nathaniel Foote, son of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth (?), by 1647.³ Elizabeth Smith married (2) William Gull.⁴ Elizabeth Smith died a 5 Jan 1701/2.⁵

     Elizabeth Smith was born on 1 Jan 1869 at Texas.^1,2 She was the daughter of Samantha Ann Rachel Jones.¹

     Ellis E. Smith married Rosie Schoolcrest at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.^2,3 Ellis E. Smith was born on 13 Feb 1913.^4,5 He was the son of Ross Cleveland Smith and Metta Mildred Ensor.¹ Ellis E. Smith died on 8 Oct 1963 at Richland Memorial Hospita1, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, at age 50.^5,6 He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois.⁷
     His obituary states:
     "Ellis E. Smith, age 49, a resident of 711 W. Chestnut street, passed away very suddenly this morning in the emergency room of the Richland Memorial Hospital where he was taken following an apparent heart attack at his home.
"Mr. Smith was born in Parkersburg the son of Ross Smith and Metta Ensor Smith. He had lived in the county all his life.
"He was employed as a driller for the Zanetis Oil Properties of Olney for the last 11 years. He was a member of Olney Lodge No. 926, B. P. O. E; Olney Lodge No. 1372 of the Loyal Order of Moose and Olney Aerie No. 2549 Fraternal Order of Eagles.
"Mr. Smith leaves his wife, Rosie, owner and operator of the Welcome Inn on Route 130, a son, Captain Lanny Smith of Woodriver, Illinois; two step children, Jack Burnett of Linton, Indiana, and Mrs. Janice Wilson of Bloomington, Indiana. There are 3 grandchildren and 6 step grandchildren. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Metta Smith of Parkersburg, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Vivian Broeg of Parkersburg, William Albert Smith and Mrs. Leona Dean, both of Olney. His father, Ross Smith, passed away in 1943.
"Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later from the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home."⁸

     Elsie Ann Smith was born on 22 Jul 1851 at Fairmont, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.^1,2 She was the daughter of Daniel J. Smith and Sarah Ann Pearson. Elsie Ann Smith married Martin Dean Rodgers, son of Moses I. Rodgers and Eliza J. West, on 6 Jun 1874 near Berry's Pond, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.¹ Elsie Ann Smith died on 11 Oct 1935 at Reidville Township, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at age 84.³ She was buried on 12 Oct 1935 at Wood's Chapel United Methodist Church, Spartanburg County, Virginia.^2,4
     She is named as Elsie Ann Smith Rodgers in obit of her daughter, Nettie Bragg.
ToDo: Check the Greenville News OBIT of 12 Oct 1935 to see whether it names D. D. or D. B Rogers.

     Her obituary states:
"Welford. Oct. 11. Mrs. Elsie Smith Rogers, 84, wife of M. D. Rogers, died at the home, Welford, Route 3, this afternoon at 3 o'clock following an illness of three weeks.
"She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. W. W. Bragg, Mrs. T. B. Johnson, Mrs. T. C. Gaston, Mrs. J. T. Bright; two sons D. D. Rogers and D. O. Rogers; two brothers, A. L. and James R. Smith; 40 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
" Mrs. Rogers had been a devoted member of Abner Creek Baptist church.
"Funeral services will be conducted from Wood's Chapel Methodist Church at 3 o'clock by Rev. D. R. Hill. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
"Pall bearers will be Jeb, Boyce and Golden Bright, Wilson Gaston, Harvey and J. C. Rogers, all grandsons.
"The body is at the home pending the hour for the funeral service."⁵
     The Spartanburg obituary specifies that children Mrs. W. W. Bragg, Mrs. T. B. Johnson, D. B. Rogers, and D. O. Rogers were all of toute 3, Wellford, Mrs. T. C. Gaston was of Woodruff and Mrs. J. P. Bright was of route 1, Duncan. A. L. Smith was of route 3, Wellford and J. R. Smith was of Tucapau. The funeral was held on Saturday.⁴

     Florence Smith was born on 18 Dec 1886.¹ She was the daughter of William Albert Smith and Nancy Ann Ridgely.¹ Florence Smith died on 7 Feb 1896 at age 9.¹

     Frank Carolus Smith was born on 24 Sep 1862.¹ He was the son of George Hunter Smith and Mary Olds.¹ Frank Carolus Smith died on 26 Aug 1863.¹

     Franklin Smith married Mary Olds, daughter of Ira Mather Olds and Roxanna Whitney.¹

     Gabriel Smith was baptized on 20 Feb 1567 at Erwarton, Suffolk County, England.¹ He was the son of Philip Smith and Joan (?).¹
     He was "bp, 20 Feb 1567/8, son of Philip, d. young; not named in his father's 1588 will."¹

     George C. Smith was born on 25 Nov 1833.¹ He was the son of John O. Smith and Hannah Gunn.¹ George C. Smith died on 27 Aug 1883 at age 49¹ and was buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bonpas Township, Richland County, Illinois.¹

     George Hunter Smith was born on 24 Dec 1836.¹ He married Mary Olds, daughter of Edson Baldwin Olds and Anna Maria Carolus, on 7 Mar 1860.¹ George Hunter Smith died on 14 Nov 1899 at age 62.¹
     George Hunter Smith appeared on the census of 11 Jul 1870 at Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, as follows:
     48/51 Smith, George H., Jr., 34, sewing machine agent, $15000 real estate, $800 personal, b. Ohio
      , Mary O., 33, keeping house, b. Ohio
      , Rose B., 9, at home, b. Ohio
      , Harry C., 6, at home, b. Ohio
      , Edson B. O., 2, at home, b. Ohio
      Olds, Lucy, 31, lives with brother-in-law, b. Ohio.²

     Grace Smith married Jonathan Fairbanks, son of John Fairbank, on 20 May 1617 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England.^2,3 Grace Smith died on 20 Dec 1673.^4,5
     "Jonathan Fayrbanke to Grace Smith (Warley), 20 May 1617
"(This is the marriage of Jonathan Fayrbanke who came to New England in 1633, and settled at Dedham in 1636. All his children were baptized in the great parish church of Halifax, most of them having been born in Warley, which adjoins Sowerby, although Mary and George were born in Shelf, which is to the northeast of Halifax. All of these townships are in the parish of Halifax. George Fayrbanke of Sowerby, who was church warden in 1612, and who died in 1620, was evidently a near relative of this Jonathan, for all his children had the same names as those of the emigrant. . . ."⁶
     "FAIRBANKS, Jonathan (1629 - 1665) & Grace SMITH; ?Warley, in Eng. 20 May 1617; Halifax, Dedham "
NB: He could not have been born in 1629 and married in 1617.⁷

     Harriet Smith married Daniel Ferdinand Olds, son of Elijah C. Olds and Mrs. Mary Ann Poole, on 22 Mar 1869 at Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.^1,2

     Helen Angeline Smith was born on 18 May 1915.¹ She was the daughter of Melvin Smith and Myrtle Orenda Brines.¹ Helen Angeline Smith married Walter Isom Waggoner on 28 Sep 1940.² Helen Angeline Smith appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died 15 Dec 2002 with the last place of residence listed as Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Helen Angeline's SSN was issued in Illinois. Also, her birth date is given as 18 May 1915.³ She died on 15 Dec 2002 at age 87.³

     Henry Smith was baptized on 19 Apr 1607 at Burstall Parish, Suffolk, England.¹ He was the son of John Smith and Mary Gardiner.¹
     "was named in the wills of his grandmother Gardiner in 1615 and his father in 1618 but not in the will of his aunt Elizabeth Hayward in 1635.¹'

     Henry Charles Smith married Jennie Morehead.¹ Henry Charles Smith was born on 2 May 1864.¹ He was the son of George Hunter Smith and Mary Olds.¹

     Holman Smith married Elizabeth (?).³ Holman Smith was born c 1782.⁴ He was the son of Edward Smith.² Holman Smith died on 28 May 1855.⁵
     ToDo: Look for evidence that he was a soldier of 1812 as mentioned on Rootsweb.

     Holeman Smith is listed as the owner of 15 slaves in 1850 at Spartanburg County, South Carolina.⁶ He left a will in Jan 1850 at Spartanburg District, South Carolina. "I Holeman Smith of the district and State aforesaid being of Sound mind & memory but knowing according to nature that I Cannot live a great many years more -- Make & ordain this my Last will & Testament hereby revoking all other former Will or Wills that I may have made hertofore -- First I reccommend my Soul to almighty God who gave it. and my Body to the dust from whence it Came to be decently Burried at the discretion of my Executors-- hereinafter mentioned and for Such Worldly goods as it hath pleased God to blefs me With after my Just Debts and funeral expenses are paid I give and bequeath in manner and form following
"(Viz) Item I give to my beloved Wife Elizabeth Smith all the Tract of Land whereon I now live containing Thirteen or fourteen Hundred Acres -- Also three negroes to be chosen by her -- Also as much of the Hosehol & Kitchen furniture as She may choose to Keep -- Also two cows & calves --- two Horses two or three Beef Cattle Hogs Enough for one years Killing & one Sow & Pigs -- and as Much corn wheat fodder & ots &d as will Support her and her family & Stock for one year or the remainder of the year untill She can have a new crop gathered -- Which She is to Enjoy in her own Right during her natural live [sic] or Widowhood.
"Item -- I give to Jacob A. Pugh & Lucy Pugh & their Heirs -- five Shillings -- all that Intend [sic] for them of all my Estate Real & personal --
"Item -- I Will to my daughter Nancy Patterson three Hundred Dollars in Cash to her& the Heirs of her body not to be under the Controll or in any way to belong to her husband Charles Patterson or in way [sic] to the payment of any of his Debts or Contracts --
"Item I will to my Son Edward Smith three Hundred dollars in Cash which is all that intend for him. with the Land that I have already given him
"Item I leave my Daughter Martha Moore three Hundred Dollars to belong to her and the heirs of her body -
"Item I will to my Son Holeman, R. Smith four negroes, namely Bill - Adeline - Willis - and Charles - which is all that I Intend him to have With the Tract of Land I have already Deeded to him -
"Item I give to my other five children, Namely, Rice Smith Willis Smith - Charles Smtih - Elizabeth Littlejohn - & Mary Smith all the remainder af my Real & personal Estate that I may leave at My Death Except the part that I have left to my Wife. & at My Wife Elizabeths Death or Intermarriage all that I have left to her to be Equally divided between the said Rice Smith - Willis Smith - Charles Smith Elizabeth Littlejohn & Mary Smith -- Which property I desire Should all be put up at Public Sale & Sold on a reasonable cedit - Except the negro girl Minerva. which I desire that my daughter Mary Smith - Shall have at Valuation & to come out of her Equal Share of said Real & personal Estate which I have willed to my last five named Children - and my will is that if Said mary Should die without bodily Ifsue that her Share Willed to her be equally between the other four children or their heirs, Viz, Rice Smith, Willis Smith, Elizabeth Littlejohn - & Charles Smith -
"Lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my two Sons - Willis Smith & Holeman R. Smith my Executors to this my Last Will and Testament - declaring this to be my Last Will and Testament In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this [blank] day January In the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty
Witnefses
R. C. Poole Holeman Smith (seal)
J. W. Trimmier Recorded in Will Bood D page 427
J. Belton Tolleson Box 20 Package 23
Recorded 19th June 1855."⁷
     The census enumeration of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, for 25 Oct 1850 listed Holman as follows:
     2033/2033 Holman Smith, 68, farmer
      Elizabeth, 65
      Mary, 26
      H. Smith, 24, farm.⁴
     On 28 May 1855 a coroner's inquest was held to investigate the death of Holeman Smith. It was convened by Davis Moon, a magistrate acting as coroner, at the late residence of Holman Smith. The finding was
"upon their oaths do say [deceased] was wilfully, maliciously, & feloniously murdered at his own residence … by Phillis and John, slaves of the deceased, by beating him with an Axe and a stick … and that Charley, a slave of dec's'd, was accessory to the murder being present and making no effort to prevent the murder".⁸
     His obituary states:
     "On Monday, last, 28th ult, Mr. Holman Smith, residing in the Eastern part of Spartanburg District, near Limestone Springs, was brutally murdered by two of his negros.
"A trial was held the next day, and the mother and son (not quite grown) sentenced to be hung on the 6th of July next. They are in jail awaiting execution."⁵
     In response to a petition (D. D. Webber & wife vs Rice Smith and others) to probate the will, an order dated 25 June 1855 was directed to Elizabeth Smith, widow, Jacob A. Peugh and Lucy his wife, Rice Smith, Charles Paterson & Nancy his wife, Willis Smith, Edward Smith, Holeman R. Smith and Eldridge G. Littlejohn, Thomas M. Littlejohn, Mary E. Littlejohn and Samuel F. Littlejohn, minor children of Elizabeth Littlejohn, Dec^d, heirs and distributees at law of the Estate of Holeman Smith Dec^d. It required that they appear in the Court of Ordinary the next September 21^st
On 13[?]th July 1855, an inventory of the estate of Holman Smith included $400 due from the state of South Carolina "for two Negroes hanged Phillis and John". The inventory also included an amount due from D. D. Weber and wife M. E. Weber "on a written contract for the hire of negro" This shows that they were married by this time.⁹

     Horace P. Smith married Jane Chandler, daughter of John D. Chandler and Mary Olds, on 10 Mar 1852.¹ Horace P. Smith died on 25 Dec 1869.¹

     Ina Smith married William Nelson Reid, son of George William Reid and Minnie Harrison.¹ Ina Smith was born on 11 Aug 1895.¹ She died in 1970?²

     Iva Smith married Mack Daniel "Dan" Duncan, son of Joseph Lee Duncan and Belle B. Byars.² Iva Smith was born on 28 Jan 1916.¹ She died on 3 Feb 2006 at age 90.¹ She was buried at Lower Fairforest Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina.¹
     Her obituary states:
Iva Smith Duncan
Tennessee native
Iva Smith Duncan, 90, of 216 Raymond Road, Union, widow of Mack Daniel Duncan, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 at her home.
Mrs. Duncan was born in Newport, Tenn. Jan. 28, 1916, the daughter of the late Lawson Smith and Macie Gaddy Smith Duncan. She attended Calvary Christian Center.
Survivors are: two daughters, Louise Sprouse of Union and Ruth Estes and husband Donald of Sedalia; three sons, Raymond Duncan and wife Bessie, Ralph Duncan and wife Mary and Billy Joe Duncan, all of Union; a brother, Fred Smith of Washington State, 12 grandchildren, Eddie and Rhonda Duncan, Jimmy and Beth Hawkins, Gettys and Tammy Knox, Jill Duncan, Steve and Tina Lipsey, Jamie and Connie Smith, Wayne and Kaye Smith, Jimmy and Stephanie Estes, Donnie and Amanda Estes, Danny Brittin, David Brittin, Bobby and Angie Pristwood, Joe and Tanya Duncan; 22 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Duncan was predeceased by three sons, Jim Duncan, Terry Duncan and Bobby Duncan; two sisters, Mae Fallow and Margie Mooney; three brothers, Claude Smith, Clyde Smith and Luther Smith, and a great-grandchild, Nikki Nelson.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 6, 2006, at the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Chapel conduced by Pastor Ted Oldaker and Carol Oldaker. Burial was in Lower Fairforest Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Duncan’s grandsons served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Donnie Estes and Eddie Duncan.
The family received friends Sunday at the funeral home.
The family is at the home, 216 Raymond Road, Union.³

     James Smith was baptized on 7 Apr 1575 at Erwarton, Suffolk County, England.¹ He was the son of Philip Smith and Joan (?).¹
     He was "bp. 7 Apr 1575 son of Philip and Joane; bur. Erwarton 30 Dec 1619; m. Erwarton 27 April 1600,Elizabeth Munt. His 1618/19 will his wife Elizabeth but no children."¹

     James Hays Smith married Eunice Foust, daughter of Henry Foust and Mary Olds, on 15 Jul 1846.¹

     James R. Smith married Sarah Elizabeth Robertson.¹ James R. Smith was born on 31 Oct 1859 at Spartanburg County, South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Daniel J. Smith and Sarah Ann Pearson. James R. Smith died on 13 Apr 1938 at Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at age 78.
      His on-line death certificate is too difficult to read to be sure of his parents' names.^2,3
     His obituary states:
     "An inquest into the death of James R. Smith, 82-year-old resident of the Tucapau mill village who died at the Mary Black Hospital here at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning, will be conducted at 10 o'clock this morning at J. F. Floyd mortuary, county officers announced last night.
"Mr. Smith, who had lived in the Tucapau section since 1891, and who was one of the best-known residents of Spartanburg county, died of injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile near his home on the night of Sunday, April 3.
...
"Funeral services for Mr. Smith will be conducted at 11:30 o'clock Friday morning at the Tucapau Methodist church by the Rev. D. W. Smith, and the Rev. B. S. Drennan, of Clinton. Interment will be in the Fairmont cemetery.
"The following grandsons will serve as active pallbearers: Claude Chandler, Wilbur Weir, Louis Smith, James Brannon, LeFoy Bright, and Paul Howell.
"A native of Spartanburg county, Mr. Smith was a charter member, and the oldest member, of the Tucapau Methodist Church. His wife died in 1903.
"Surviving are a son, C. L. Smith of Clinton; five daughters, Mrs. Bertie Chandler and Mrs. Minnie Bright of Tucapau, Mrs. Bessie Brannon of Greer, Mrs. L. C. Howell of Spartanburg, and Mrs. Effie Weir of Clinton; a brother, Albert Smith of Duncan; 22 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
"Following the inquest this morning, the body will be carried to the home of a daughter, Mrs. L. B. Chandler, Main Street, Tucapau, and remain there until the hour of services."³

     Jane Smith was born s 1481.¹ She was the daughter of William Smith and Katherine Brown.²
     She "was name in the1492 will of her father as his youngest daughter, under 14, also to receive £100 at marriage. In one place in the will she is called Johanne, but elsewhere in the will she is called "the said Jane". She apparently became ill, and prepared an undated will which was probated in June 1510 (see above). She bequeathed the "money gove me by my father in his testament" to buy aa silver cross for the church, the residue to be used wisely by her mother, Dame Kathryn Smith. Katherine, in her own will, mentioned "daughterJanys goodes".¹

     Jean Juanita Smith was born on 30 Jan 1917.¹ She was the daughter of Melvin Smith and Myrtle Orenda Brines.¹ Jean Juanita Smith married Reginald Scott Weaver on 21 Sep 1940.² Jean Juanita Smith appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died 19 Jul 2001 with the last place of residence listed as Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Jean Juanita's SSN was issued in Illinois. Also, her birth date is given as 30 Jan 1917.³ She died on 19 Jul 2001 at age 84.³

     Joan Smith was born s 1468.¹ She was the daughter of William Smith.¹
     She is named in her fathere's 1492 will as "Johanne myn oldest Doughter" aand was to receifed one hundred pounds at marriage.¹