Peter Lesley Smith (1870 - 1941)

Born 4 Feb 1870 in Mississippi, United States of America

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Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for P.L. Smith, 75 year old resident of the Floyd community, who died at his home early Saturday morning. The Rev. T.J. Fair officiated at the services which were held at Bayou Macon church under the direction of Catron-Golden Funeral Home of Oak Grove.The father of 14 children, 10 of whom survive him. Mr. Smith was born February 14, 1866 in Smith County, Miss. He moved his family to West Carroll in 1916, settling near Pioneer in Ward 2, where he was active in the community and church life of the parish until his health failed several years ago.Surviving the deceased are his wife, five sons, five daughters, one sister, 30 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The sons are John and Earl of Darnell, Norris of Texarkana, Ark., P.L. Jr. of Ft. Benning, Ga. and James of Floyd community. Daughters surviving are Mrs E.C. Smith of Oak Grove, Mrs. Paul Gentry of Darnell, Mrs. R.L.Hooper of Floyd, Mrs. Walter Brown of Shreveport and Mrs. O.E. Materne of Baton Rouge. One sister, Mrs. R.D. Blackwell of Taylorsville, Miss.,also survives.^[1]

Buried in Bayou Macon Cemetery, Oak Grove, Louisiana.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary, January 1942, West Carroll Gazette

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDL-L88 : accessed 7 March 2016), household of Smith, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,771.

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1910

Event Place: Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

District: ED 123

Sheet Number and Letter: 3B

Household ID: 53

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Affiliate Publication Number: T624

Affiliate Film Number: 758

GS Film Number: 1374771

Digital Folder Number: 004972596

Image Number: 00677

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

P. L. Smith Head M 40 Mississippi

Matilda Smith Wife F 34 Mississippi

Lula Smith Daughter F 15 Mississippi

J D Smith Son M 14 Mississippi

Bury Smith Son M 12 Mississippi

Minnie Smith Daughter F 11 Mississippi

Bessie Smith Daughter F 9 Mississippi

Earl Smith Son M 7 Mississippi

Winnie Smith Daughter F 4 Mississippi

Noran Smith Son M 2 Mississippi

Pearl Smith Daughter F 0 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWC-Z3T : accessed 7 March 2016), P L Smith, Epps, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,633.

Name: P L Smith

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1920

Event Place: Epps, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States

District: ED 136

Gender: Male

Age: 50

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Can Read:

Can Write:

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Birth Year (Estimated): 1870

Birthplace: Mississippi

Father's Birthplace: Mississippi

Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi

Sheet Number and Letter: 8B

Household ID: 163

Line Number: 64

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Affiliate Publication Number: T625

Affiliate Film Number: 633

GS Film Number: 1820633

Digital Folder Number: 004966011

Image Number: 00323

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

P L Smith Head M 50 Mississippi

Matilda Smith Wife F 44 Mississippi

John Smith Son M 23 Mississippi

Edward Smith Son M 17 Mississippi

Winnie Smith Daughter F 13 Mississippi

Norris Smith Son M 12 Mississippi

Pearl Smith Daughter F 9 Mississippi

Gondel Smith Son F 8 Mississippi

B L Smith Son M 3 Louisiana

James Smith Son M 0 Louisiana

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTX-KLZ : accessed 7 March 2016), Pete L Smith, 1930.

Name: Pete L Smith

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1930

Event Place: Police Jury Ward 2, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States

District: ED 2

Gender: Male

Age: 60

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Birth Year (Estimated): 1870

Birthplace: Mississippi

Father's Birthplace: Alabama

Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

Sheet Number and Letter: 3A

Household ID: 51

Line Number: 15

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Affiliate Publication Number: T626

Affiliate Film Number: 825

GS Film Number: 2340560

Digital Folder Number: 004950943

Image Number: 00819

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Pete L Smith Head M 60 Mississippi

Matilda Smith Wife F 52 Mississippi

Norris Smith Son M 21 Mississippi

P L Smith Son M 13 Louisiana

James Smith Son M 11 Louisiana

Pearl Felker Daughter F 20 Mississippi

• Peter L Smith Profile on East Texas Genealogy Blogspot