Maxaline (Riley) Smith (1866 - 1954)

Born 3 Nov 1866 in Breathitt, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Brock — married 24 Aug 1884 in Breathitt, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1954 at age 88 in Letcher, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Maxaline was born November 3, 1866 in Longs Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky to Granville "Lawyer Gran" Riley and Sarah Jane Baker. Some trees show or Isabelle "Icy" Burton as her mother, but Icy was apparently her step-mother, not her biological mother.

Her brothers and sisters included:

Martha (1867 - 1943)
Robert B. "Robin" (1868 or 29 May 1868 - 22 May 1940)
George W. (1871 or 1873 - 1914)
Edward (03 Jul 1872 - d. 21 May 1926)
Betsey Margaret "Maggie" (22 May 1874 - 1954)
Elizabeth (1875- )
Wiley (1877 or 23 May 1879 - 03 Jul 1924 or 12 Jan 1929)
Betsey Margaret "Maggie" (22 May 1874 - 1954)
Elizabeth (1875- )
Edmond (1878 - ) John D. (1883 - 1927)

She married Alexander Brock on August 24, 1884 in Longs Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky.

She appeared on the 1870 census in Breathitt, Kentucky.

She appeared on the 1880 census in Crockettsville, Breathitt, Kentucky.

She married James C. Smith in 1892.

She passed away December 3 or 4, 1954 in Letcher County, Kentucky.

She is buried in Kelley Stamper Cemetery, Roxana, Letcher County, Kentucky.

Maxaline is listed as #19 on the pedigree chart in the book Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. This book states that she and Alexander Brock divorced, and both remarried and had additional children. This book also confirms that her mother was Sarah Jane Baker, and not Isabelle Burton.

Note: Some family trees and Find-a-grave show that Maxaline's mother was Isabelle "Icy" Burton, however, Massie's death certificate shows that her mother was Sarah Jane "Sally" Baker. Sally married three times, and Granville also married more than once.

Sources

Death certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9RZ-49H

Note: there are many references in Maxaline's father's profile. Relevant ones will be added to this profile soon.

• Sourced Familysearch trees:

Familysearch tree 1: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9NH3-XKS

Familysearch tree 2: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:39TV-PXT (This one shows Susan's parents as Alexander Brock and Maxaline Riley)

Familysearch tree 3: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QCG-1VJ (This one shows Susan's parents as Alexander Brock and Maxaline "Massie" Riley, and show's all of Susan's grandparents)

Familysearch tree 4: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QYF-KBD (This one shows Susan's parents as Alexander Brock and Maxaline Riley, and shows Alexander's parents)

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99893908

Danielle Whitehead, firsthand knowledge, entered Jul 18, 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Danielle and others. (Granville Riley and Icy Burton as parents of Massey Riley

Morris, Leon. Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. Elkhart, Indiana, 1995.

• https://books.google.com/books/about/Morris_Fork_Kentucky.html?id=eda1GwAACAAJ

• http://www.kykinfolk.com/breathitt/reading/morris_fork/mf_corrections.html