John Vinson Smith (1901 - 1994)

Born 18 Jul 1901 in Warren, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dovie Ethelinda (Evans) Smith — married 25 Jul 1920 in Cannon, Tennessee, United States

Died 6 May 1994 at age 92 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

John Smith was an Appalachian. See Appalachia Project.

John Vinson was born in Warren County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1901 to William Smith and Maudy Blanton.^{[1] [2]} He married Dovie Ethelinda Evans, daughter of John William Evans and Sarah Agnes Cantrell, in the summer of 1920.^[3] They had four known children:^{[4] [5]}

• 1922-1997: Wauleen
• 1928-2017: James Linwood
• 1930-2019: Maudie Agnes
• 1931-2020: Neely Marie

Dovie died in the spring of 1982.^[6] John lived another twelve years, passing in May 1984.^[7] They are buried together in Blues Hill Cemetery in Warren County, Tennessee.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNN-48V : accessed 24 July 2021), John U Smith in household of Willie E Smith, Civil District 11, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 183, sheet 3A, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1524; FHL microfilm 1,375,537.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGR-BPD : 3 February 2021), John V Smith in entry for William E Smith, 1920.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-JP3G : 10 March 2021), Vinson Smith and Dovie Evans, 25 Jul 1920; citing Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,618.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7L-P1Z : accessed 24 July 2021), Vinson Smith, District 11, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 4A, line 43, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2283; FHL microfilm 2,342,017.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HF-GMV : 11 January 2021), Vinson Smith, Civil District 12, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-19, sheet 5B, line 48, family 92, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3943.
6. ↑ FindAGrave memorial # 18554870 for Dovie E. Evans Smth.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V985-HYF : 9 January 2021), John V Smith, 06 May 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ FindAGrave memorial #18554830 for John Vinson Smith.