Hobart
McKinley
Smith
Born in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander King Smith
and Sarah Louvenia Smith
Brother of
Cleopatra Araminta Smith, Susan Mack Kansas (Smith) Campbell, Texas Anna (Smith) Gladden, Preston Andrew Smith, Hubert Hunter Smith, King Edward Smith and Sadie Virginia (Smith) Riggs
Husband of
Pearl Malinda Smith
— married
28 Nov 1917 in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Husband of
Brookie Faye (Meadows) Smith
— married
6 Jun 1959 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Father of
Mckinley Paris Smith, Alma Vawn Smith, Luther Peyton Smith, Maude Ruth Smith, Charlotte Texas (Smith) Fields, Dorothy Lou (Smith) Shaw, Ernest Paxton Smith and Wiley Johnson Smith
Died
at age 67
in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Hobart was an Appalachian Folk Artist
Hobart Smith is Notable.
Hobart Smith was an Appalachian American old-time musician often remembered for his virtuosic performances on the banjo, and had also mastered various other instruments, including the fiddle, guitar, piano, harmonica, accordion and organ.
Hobart McKinley Smith was born on May 10, 1897 in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, the oldest son of eight children born to Louvine and Alexander King Smith.[1]
In 1900, Hobert (3), was a single son, in the household of King A Smith (29) in Rich Valley District, Smyth, Virginia, United States. [1]
Hobart (20) married Pearl Smith on November 28, 1917 in Sullivan, Tennessee.[2]
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Smith was first recorded in 1942 by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress and four years later by Moe Asch of Smithsonian Folkways. Smith once joked, "I can play anything except a car bumper and a barbed-wire fence," and he was not exaggerating. [3]
After his beloved Pearl died in 1958, Hobart married Brookie Faye (Meadows) Smith (1912-1990) in Tazewell, Virginia in 1959.
Hobart died on January 11, 1965 in Saltville, aged 67 and was buried in Smith Cemetery in Smyth County, Virginia.[4] [5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 47; FHL microfilm: 1241728; Record number: 28682;
FamilySearch Record: MMJ4-7HG (accessed 17 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6737-ZTC Image number 00585
Hobert Smith (3), single son, in household of King A Smith (29) in Rich Valley District, Smyth, Virginia, United States. Born in North Carolina. - ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-3TSH : 10 March 2021), Hobart Smith and Pearl Smith, 28 Nov 1917; citing Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,116,147.
- ↑ In Sacred Trust: Celebrating the Music of Hobart Smith (Accessed 17 May 2023)
- ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR8-B5L8 : 16 August 2019), Hobart M Smith, 11 Jan 1965; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173160780/hobart-m-smith: accessed 17 May 2023), memorial page for Hobart M. “Hobe” Smith (10 May 1897–11 Jan 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173160780, citing Smith Cemetery, Smyth County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by David Harmon (contributor 48003686).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hobart by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hobart:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hobart by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hobart:
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