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Several years ago I met a very nice man named Johnny Earl Smith. He had
gathered information on this family for many years by talking to the ones
that have long since passed, and going through old court house records. He
pointed me in the right direction, so........with much digging and a lot of
help from Johnny Earl Smith, this is...
The Harbard B. Smith Family
by: Robin Adams Latham
Harbard B. Smith was born ca1812 in Georgia. He died August 16,1885 in
Franklin Co. Ms. and is buried at the old Demascus Cemetery. He was the son
of Everett Smith and Elizabeth Furr.
Harbard's first wife's name is not
known, although I have been told by some that it may have been Betty, and
that she was Indian. They had two dauhgters,
1. Elizabeth Rosanna Smith ca1834 Copiah Co. Ms. married John C.
Wilson
in Franklin Co. Feb. 8,1855. John was born July 4, 1833.
2. Catherine Smith ca1836 Copiah Co. married George L. Martin in
Franklin Co.
Feb. 11,1855.
Harbard's second wife was Nancy Wooley and they
married in Franklin Co. on June 18,1837. Nancy died soon after the birth of
her last child in 1846. They had four children,
3. James Monroe Smith was born ca1837 Copiah Co. and died before
1898, married
Frances Jeanette Cupit in Franklin Co. May 25,1858.
4. Granberry Smith was born ca1838 Copiah Co.
5. Amanda Smith was born ca1841 Copiah Co.
6. Harbard Brunson Smith was born Feb. 2,1846 Copiah Co. and died
Feb. 22,1936 La.
married Mary Linder in Franklin Co. March 18,1865.
Harbard's third wife was Frances "Fannie " Johnson and they married in
Franklin Co. May 20,1846. Fannie was born ca1815 and died 1865. She is
buried at the old Demascus Cemetery. In 1850 Harbard and Fannie were living
in Copiah Co Ms. Within a few years they had moved to Franklin Co near
McCall Creek. I was told that around 1860 Demascus Church was built on
Harbard's property near where the old cemetery is located. In later years
when the church began to deteriorate, a new Demascus Church was built nearby
where in now stands. I have eight children for Harbard and Fannie, but
according to their son Isaiah's grave maker there were two other daughters,
Blanch and Ruby.
7. Nancy Smith was born ca1847 Copiah Co. married Robert Wooten in
Franklin Co.
May 4,1865.
8. Everett Smith was born Feb. 4,1850 in Copiah Co. and died May
23,1919 in Franklin
Co. He married Decia Ann "Decie" Linder in Franklin Co.
Aug.28,1870. Decie was
born April 30,1854 the daughter of Samuel & Decia Linder.
She died Jan.26,1936.
They are buried at Demacus Church Cemetery in Franklin Co. They
had abt 20 children.
9. Sarah Jane Smith was born Oct 7,1851. She married Nicholas
Lazarus
in the spring of 1867. Nicholas was born ca1830, the son of
Edward P. & Malinda
Lazarus.
10. William Isom "Bill" Smith was born May 29,1852, and died June
24,1905.
He married Matilda Elizabeth Rodriguez (date unknown) Matilda
was born July 18,1852
and died Aug.27,1917. She was the daughter of Dr. Jose Rodriguez
and Elizabeth
Rebecca "Becky' Lazarus. Bill and Matilda are buried at Demascus
Church Cemetery.
11. Isaiah Smith was born Dec.30,1854. He married Mary S. "Teenie"
Rodriguez born March 6,1865. She was the daughter of Dr. Jose
Rodriguez & Elizabeth
Rebecca "Becky" Lazarus. They are buried at Demascus Church
Cemetery. Graves
marked by a pipe that at one time had a metal plate that read..
"ISAIAH SMITH FAMILY
THREE BOYS, FIVE GIRLS, FATHER, MOTHER TEENIE RODRIGUEZ SMITH,
AND TWO SISTERS BLANCH & RUBY, FOUR GRAVES DIED HERE 1908" The
last time that I was at the cemetery the inscription on the pipe
marker was gone.
12. Robert Jeptha "Jep" Smith was born Jan.24,1856 in Franklin Co.
He married Lucy
Martin in Franklin Co. Jan.17,1875.
13. Mayberry "Britt" Smith was born Oct.6,1857 in Franklin Co. and
died in 1928. He
married Rosalee Jenkins in 1886. Rosalee was former wife Granberry
Smith, son of
Maryberry's brother James Monroe Smith. (Granberry and Rosalee
divorced in 1886)
They are buried at Demascus Church.
14. Malona "Lonie" Smith ca 1862 Franklin Co. married Joseph
Campbell. Lonie is buried
at the old Demascus Cemetery in and unmarked grave.
Harbard's fourth wife was Eliza Jane Linder sometime in 1869. She was born
Sept. 14,1843 and died April 13,1899. She is buried at the old Demascus
Cemetery. They had one child,
15. Cynthia Rosella Smith was born Jan.9,1869 in Franklin Co. She
married William L.
"Willie" Furr. He was born June 10,1874 and died Nov.2,1938.
Hw was the son of
Henry Furr and Barbara Anding.
According to census records, Harbard
was a black smith by trade.
Compiled by: Robin Latham