Jacob Breckinridge Smith (1870 - 1957)

Born 31 Jul 1870 in Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama

Husband of Josephine Ann (Brooks) Smith — married about 1890 in Alabama [uncertain]

Husband of Eliza Ellen (Crawford) Smith — married 15 Aug 1906 in Fulton County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1957 at age 86 in Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia

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Biography

Jacob was born in Roanoke, Alabama on 31 July 1870 to Abraham Smith and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Snyder Smith. ^[1]

On the 1870 Census, Jacob Smith (aka on this census as Rufus Smith) was living in Randolph County, Alabama with his parents, Abraham/Abram Smith and Elizabeth Snyder Smith. ^[2]Others in the household were: Sarah Smith, Mary Smith, and Frances Smith. Sarah Smith was a sister or half-sister of Jacob Smith. I'm not sure of the connection of Mary and Frances Smith, but the assumption is that they are also sisters.

On the 1880 Census, Jacob Smith (aka on this census Jacob Hanks) is living in the household of his mother, Elizabeth Snyder Smith.^[3] His sister, Sally/Sarah Smith Hanks, and her two children are also living in the household. Jacob B. Smith's mother is listed as divorced on this census. The whereabouts of Jacob's father, Abraham, are not known at this time.

Jacob Smith married Josephine Ann "Josie" Brooks around 1890 (according to the 1900 Census ^[4]) in Alabama. Josephine died sometime before 15 Aug 1906. They had four children: James T. Smith, Jacob Wesley Smith, Mary Smith, and Jesse Jackson Smith.

In 1899, Jacob signed a marriage bond with his nephew, John W. Hanks, in Marshall County, Alabama. John W. Hanks married Lee Ola Brooks, sister of Jacob's wife, Josephine Ann Brooks.^[5]

According to the 1900 Census, Jacob Smith and his wife, Josie/Josephine Brooks Smith, were living in Marshall County, Alabama with three of their children: James T. Smith, Jacob Wesley Smith, and Mary Smith. Jacob Breckinridge Smith's mother, Elizabeth Snyder Smith, was also living with the family.^[4]

On 15 Aug 1906, Jacob B. Smith married Eliza Ellen Crawford Brookshire in Fulton County, Georgia.^[6] They had three daughters; Ruby Smith, Lillie Ann Smith, and Rosie Irene Smith.

On the 1910 Census, Jacob B. Smith was living in Waco, Haralson County, Georgia.^[7] Also living in the household were his wife, Eliza, and children: James T. Smith, Jacob Wesley Smith, Mary Smith, Jessie Jackson Smith, Ruby Smith, and Lillie Smith. He also had three stepchildren living with him: Jessie William Brookshire, Lydia Marion Brookshire, and Milton Monroe Brookshire. Jacob was working as a farmer at the time.

According to the 1920 Census, Jacob B. Smith was living in Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia.^[8] Also in the household were Eliza Crawford Smith, his wife, and three children: Ruby Smith, Lillie Smith, and Rosie Irene Smith. There was also a boarder in the household named Walter M. Smith; it is unknown if he was a relative to the family or not at this time. He was working as a merchant in a meat market which he owned in Bremen, Georgia.

On the 1930 Census, Jacob B. Smith was living in Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia with his wife, Eliza Ellen Crawford Smith.^[9] Their two youngest daughters, Lillie Ann Smith and Rosie Irene Smith, were living with them. They were also raising their granddaughter, Lura Ellen Hendrix/Smith, daughter of Ruby Smith Davis. They were living next door to daughter Ruby Smith Davis and her family. Jacob Smith was working as a farmer.

Jacob B. Smith ran for County Coroner in Haralson County, Georgia in 1932. A newspaper article appeared in the Haralson County Tribune in Buchanan, Georgia on 7 Apr 1932 stating that he had won the election.^[10]

According to the 1940 Census, Jacob B. Smith was living in Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia with his wife, Eliza Ellen Crawford Smith, and granddaughter, Lura Ellen Hendrix Smith.^[11] Jacob was working as a farmer.

He passed away on 4 Mar 1957 in Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia. He was a patient in Brawner's Sanitorium at the time of his death. According to his death certificate ^[1], he died of Cerebral Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis due to Senility. He was buried at Bremen City Cemetery in Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia.^[12]

Jacob B. Smith's will was probated in Buchanan, Haralson County, Georgia in April 1957. ^[13]He left all of his assets equally divided among all of his children by Josephine Ann "Josie" Brooks Smith and his stepchildren by Eliza Ellen Crawford Brookshire Smith.

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Sources

• 1870 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKY-JG8), Rufus Smith in household of Abram Smith, Alabama, United States; citing p. 93, family 692, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,536.

• 1880 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4V8-N47), Jacob B Hanks in household of Elizabeth Smith, Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 171, sheet 369B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0030; FHL microfilm 1,254,030.

• "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMY-MSZ3); John W Hanks and Lee Ola Brooks, 17 Sep 1899; Marshall County, Alabama, USA; Marriage Bond and Marriage License; Marriage Bond Signed By J.B. Smith (Uncle of John Hanks).

• 1900 United States Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D6-YLS ), Jacob Smith, Precincts 2-3, 15 Crossroads, Big Spring, Red Hill, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,030.

• Marriage License; State of Georgia; Fulton County; 15 Aug 1906

• 1910 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK5-DZV), Jake Smith, Waco, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 8B, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,201.

• 1920 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ6Q-TXM), Jake B Smith, Bremen, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,261.

• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDNM-GG8), J. B. Smith in entry for Jesse Jackson Smith, 09 Oct 1924, Bremen, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing reference 30626, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2322572.

• Local and Personal; The Guntersville Advertiser; Guntersville, AL; 20 July 1926; Page 3.^[14]

• 1930 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3WQM-JZM), Jake B Smith, Bremen, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0009, sheet 6A, family 125, line 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 368; FHL microfilm 2,340,103.

• Newspaper Article of Election Results; Haralson County Tribune; Buchanan, Georgia; 7 Apr 1932; Page 1.

• 1940 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7G8-B46), Jake Smith, Bremen, Militia District 1251, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71-10, sheet 8A, family 174, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 683.

• Obituary of Eliza Ellen Crawford Smith; The Bremen Gateway; Bremen, GA; 21 Mar 1946; Spouse: J. B. Smith; Daughters: Mrs. W. P. Otwell, Mrs. Otis Bolden, Mrs. Ivey Davis, Mrs. Clifford Munroe; Sons: J. W. Brookshire and M. M. Brookshire; Pallbearers: W. P. Otwell, J. W. Smith, J. T. Smith, J. J. Smith, C. M. Brookshire, Ivy Davis.

• Death Certificate; Georgia Department of Public Health; Cobb County, Georgia,

• Grave Marker; Bremen City Cemetery; Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia.

• Find-A-Grave; Jacob Breckinridge Smith Memorial; Burial: Smith Family Cemetery^[15]; Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia, USA; https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33387945.

• SMITH-Mr. Jake B. Smith; The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia; 5 Mar 1957; Page 20.

• Will of Jacob Breckinridge Smith; State of Georgia; Haralson County Courthouse, Buchanan, Georgia; April 1957.

• Obituary of Ruby Smith Davis; The Haralson Gateway-Beacon; Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia, USA; 5 Sept 1996; Spouse: Ivey Davis; Parents: Jake B. Smith and Eliza Crawford Smith; Sister: Irene Munroe.

• Obituary; Rosie Irene Smith; Haralson Gateway-Beacon; Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia, USA; 17 May 2001; Parents: Jacob B. Smith and Eliza Crawford Smith.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death Certificate; Georgia Department of Public Health; Cobb County, Georgia
2. ↑ 1870 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKY-JG8), Rufus Smith in household of Abram Smith, Alabama, United States; citing p. 93, family 692, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,536
3. ↑ 1880 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4V8-N47), Jacob B Hanks in household of Elizabeth Smith, Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 171, sheet 369B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0030; FHL microfilm 1,254,030
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1900 United States Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D6-YLS ), Jacob Smith, Precincts 2-3, 15 Crossroads, Big Spring, Red Hill, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,030
5. ↑ "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMY-MSZ3); John W Hanks and Lee Ola Brooks, 17 Sep 1899; Marshall County, Alabama, USA; Marriage Bond and Marriage License; Marriage Bond Signed By J.B. Smith (Uncle of John Hanks).
6. ↑ Marriage License of Jacob B. Smith and eliza Ellen Brookshire; State of Georgia; Fulton County; 15 Aug 1906
7. ↑ 1910 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK5-DZV), Jake Smith, Waco, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 8B, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,201
8. ↑ 1920 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ6Q-TXM), Jake B Smith, Bremen, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,261
9. ↑ 1930 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3WQM-JZM), Jake B Smith, Bremen, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0009, sheet 6A, family 125, line 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 368; FHL microfilm 2,340,103
10. ↑ Newspaper Article of Election Results; Haralson County Tribune; Buchanan, Georgia; 7 Apr 1932; Page 1
11. ↑ 1940 United States Census; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7G8-B46), Jake Smith, Bremen, Militia District 1251, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71-10, sheet 8A, family 174, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 683
12. ↑ Grave Marker; Bremen City Cemetery; Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia
13. ↑ Will of Jacob Breckinridge Smith; State of Georgia; Haralson County Courthouse, Buchanan, Georgia; April 1957
14. ↑ This article stated that Milton Brookshire, his stepfather, Jake Smith, and half-sister, Lillie Smith, stopped in for a visit at the Guntersville Advertiser while visiting relatives for a few days near Albertville.
15. ↑ The Smith Family Cemetery borders Bremen City Cemetery, but it is not actually owned by the city. Jacob B. Smith set aside part of his land to start this cemetery for the family, and it is still owned and maintained by family members today.