Born in Missouri, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Dayton Balfour Jr.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Pauline Balfour
Died
at age 21
[location unknown]
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Biography
In the 29 April 1910 census she was identified as Jessie Smith Balfour age 20, born in Missouri, and living in Justice Precinct 7, Smith, Texas, United States with her husband Dayton Balfour Jr. age 28 born in Texas and her daughter Pauline Balfour age 9 months, born in Texas.[1]
Her daughter Pauline, born 31 Jul 1909 in Red Springs, Texas died on 28 Sep 1910 as a result of typhoid complicated with spinal affection. According to the death certificate for her daughter Pauline, Jessie Smith was born in Missouri.
She died 2 days after her daughter.
She is buried, along with her daughter, in Sand Flat Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SR-3JT : accessed 12 April 2018), Jesse Smith Balfour in household of Dayton Balfour Jr., Justice Precinct 7, Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 9A, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1589; FHL microfilm 1,375,602.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2018), memorial page for Jessie L Smith Balfour (20 May 1889–30 Sep 1910), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42698928, citing Sand Flat Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Tyler (contributor 46592885) . Find A Grave: Memorial #42698928
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3WN-TM2 : 13 March 2018), Jessie Smith in entry for Pauline Balfour, 28 Sep 1910; citing certificate number 1011, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,050,143.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile L.-50 created through the import of 2003-01-07_Supplied-By-James-S-Carroll.GED on Oct 6, 2012 by Don Wells.
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Kay (Sands) Knight
Kay (Sands) Knight
It appears that her Last Name at Birth should be Smith
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