William Henry Smith (1889 - 1975)

Ancestors

Husband of Beadie Dorothy (Mullis) Smith — married 29 Dec 1908 in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina

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Biography

William Henry Smith was born 24 October 1880 to Jacob Smith and Mary Frances (Tarlton) Smith.^[1]

William was living at home with his parents in New Salem, Union County, North Carolina when the 1900 Census was taken. He was recorded as son, born Oct 1889, age 10, attended school for 3 months, could read and write. Enumerated with him were Jacob, head, born April 1870, age 30, married 11 years.; Mary, wife, born January 1875, age 25, married 11 years, 5 children, 5 living; Della (Oct 1891); Edgar (Dec 1893); Lonnie (Sept 1886); and Ettie (May 1899)^[2]

On 29 December 1908, W. H. Smith of New Salem, 19 year old son of Jacob Smith and M. S. Smith of New Salem, appeared before the Union County Register of Deeds to obtain a license to marry Beedie D Mullis of New Salem, 19 year old daughter of W. H. Mullis and S. E. Mullis also of New Salem. All four parents were living at the time the license was issued. The couple was married the same day by M. L. Flow, Justice of the Peace, in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina.^[3]

Henry lived in Marshville in 1968.^[4]

He died 10 December 1975.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ #1983 Reunion provides this name, date of birth, and parentage
2. ↑ #1900 Census Smith - The family is split over two pages.
3. ↑ #Marriage License and Certificate abstraction provided all data in this paragraph.
4. ↑ #1968 Obituary of his brother Edgar provides the city of residence and preferred name
5. ↑ #1983 Reunion provides date of death

• 1983 Reunion (Fall) Valentine Smith Family Program. Copy in #Repository, Smith Used Files

• Source: 1900 Census - Jacob Smith Family. 1900 United States Federal Census. Population Schedule. New Salem, Union, North Carolina; Roll: 1220; Page: 3B, Lines 97-100 and Page 4A, Lines 1-3; Enumeration District: 0141; FHL microfilm: 1241220. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line viewed 21 November 2015] (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004117863_00680 and http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004117863_00681). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Citing original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

• Source: Marriage License and Certificate - W H Smith and Beedie Mullis. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line viewed 24 November 2015] (http://interactive.ancestry.com/60548/42091_343333-00655). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citing original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011. Union County, North Carolina Series : Marriage Licenses (1872 - 1967). Year 1908

• Source: 1910 Census - W Henry Smith Family. 1910 United States Federal Census. General Population Schedule. Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1134; Page: 9A, Lines 39-41; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1375147. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line viewed 24 November 2015] (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4449372_00388). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Citing original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• 1968 Obituary of Edgar H Smith - Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, North Carolina). 6 December 2015. Page 36. Viewed 22 November 2015 at GenealogyBank.com Edgar H. Smith. Copy in #Repository, Smith Electronic Files.

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