Mariah Hester (Brown) Smith (1847 - 1918)

Biography

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Mariah was born in 1847. Mariah Brown ... She passed away in 1918. ^[1]

Mariah Hester Brown was born on Nov 28, 1847 in Elbert County, Georgia, USA. She died on Oct 29, 1918 in Buchanan, Haralson County, Georgia, USA (Age at Death: 70).

When she was 18, she married Charles P. Smith, son of John R. Smith and Elizabeth Randal, on Feb 09, 1866 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA.^[2]

Mariah Hester Brown was buried in Haralson County, Georgia, USA (Brannon Perryman Cemetery).^[3]

Race: (White) She lived in Subdivision 51, Franklin, Georgia, United States in 1870 (Age: 22). She lived in Big Smiths, Franklin, Georgia, USA in 1880 (Age: 32; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She lived in Red Hollow, Franklin, Georgia, USA in 1900 (Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She lived in Buchanan, Haralson, Georgia, USA in 1910 (Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

Charles P. Smith and Mariah Hester Brown had the following children (Note: 1900 & 1910 census has the mother had 16 children with 13 living.) (Note: below places may be findagrave source only)

1. Joseph H. Smith was born about 1866 in Georgia, USA.
2. James D. Smith was born about 1868 in Georgia, USA.
3. Pinkney Onie Smith was born on May 22, 1870 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. He died on Apr 07, 1953 in Baldwin County, Georgia, USA (Age at Death: 82).
4. William Moses Smith was born on Oct 30, 1871 in Georgia, USA. He died on Jul 23, 1888 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA (Age at Death: 16).
5. Orra L. Smith was born about 1874 in Georgia, USA.
6. Hester L. Smith was born in Apr 1874 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. She died in 1940 in Greene County, Georgia, USA (Age at Death: 65). She married Absalom A. "Abb" Pearson in 1887.
7. Floyd J. Smith was born about 1875 in Georgia, USA.
8. Dicy Lela Smith was born on Feb 23, 1877 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. She died on May 09, 1916 in Anderson County, South Carolina, USA (Age at Death: 39). She married Walker Ertzberger in 1897 (based upon 1900 census).
9. Eliza C. Smith was born about 1878 in Georgia, USA.
10. Asa L. Smith was born about 1879 in Georgia, USA.
11. Mattie Victoria Smith was born on Sep 03, 1882 in Georgia, USA. She died on Oct 12, 1963 in Putnam County, Georgia, USA (Age at Death: 81). She married Adolphus Malon Teet about 1900 (based upon 1900 census).
12. Charles D Smith was born in Jun 1884 in Georgia, USA.
13. Nancy L Smith was born on Aug 24, 1885 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. She died on Feb 16, 1889 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA (Age at Death: 3).
14. John R Smith was born in Jan 1887 in Georgia, USA.
15. Doctor L Smith was born in Mar 1889 in Georgia, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Stephen Eades, Thursday, December 11, 2014.
2. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXV7-JD6 : accessed 14 March 2016), Charles P. Smith and Mariah Brown, 01 Feb 1866; citing Marriage, Franklin, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 361,855.
3. ↑ See headstone at Findagrave - Mariah Hester Brown Smith

• Headstone; Inscription: Hester M. Smith, Born Nov 28, 1847, Died Oct 29, 1918; Mother
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK5-G5H : accessed 14 March 2016), Maria Smith in household of Charles P Smith, Buchanan, Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 5B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,201.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NP-SHY : accessed 14 March 2016), Mariah Smith in household of Charles P Smith, Militia District 1377, Red Hollow Martin town, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,197.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LB-PFT : accessed 14 March 2016), Mariah H Smith in household of Charles P Smith, Big Smiths, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 30, sheet 577B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0147; FHL microfilm 1,254,147.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC33-QZ1 : accessed 14 March 2016), Mariah Smith in household of Charles P Smith, Georgia, United States; citing p. 132, family 954, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,649.