Martha Emily (Fortenberry) Smithee (1847 - 1886)

Born 26 Oct 1847 in Jesup, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Harrison Smithee — married 27 Oct 1867 in Jesup, Lawrence Co., Arkansas

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1886 at age 38 in Cooke, Texas, United States

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Biography

Martha Emily Fortenberry Smithee was born 26 Oct 1847 in Jesup, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Emily married Samuel Harrison Smithee October 27, 1867 in Jesup, Arkansas.^[1] She passed away in 1886 in Texas.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQRZ-5JG : 10 February 2018), Samuel H. Smithe and Martha E. Fortenberry, 25 Nov 1867; citing Lawrence County, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,290,703.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 March 2021), memorial page for Martha Emily Fortenberry Smithee (26 Oct 1847–26 Mar 1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #43358674, citing Moss Cemetery, Cooke County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by msmithee (contributor 47319744) .

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-3PK : 2 March 2021), Emily M Falkenbury in household of Oliver R Falkenbury, Read's Creek, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States; citing family 256, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-CZD : 18 February 2021), Ervin Fortenbery in entry for Oliver R Fortenbery, 1860.