Saundra Hummer

Elijah Craig Smith was the son of John B. Smith and Nancy Jane Miller. He was the grandson of Elijah and Elisabeth A. Miller. He was nephew to Jacob H. B. Miller and John Ransom Miller.

Grandson(by marriage) of Gabriel & Nancy Lea Wallis Jessee, Tazewell Cowan Smith and his children by the 3rd marriage. Their daughter is, (Lethea L. Jessee) Tazewell was born; Nov.20, 1854. Died; May 11, 1928.
More info; Taken from the Jim Jessee genealogy.Sent in by; Patricia Thomas Pegram.
the following are buried in the cemetery with no stone marker.

Lorenzo Dow Smith - son of Gillispie and Lethea Smith

John Buryl Smith - son of Gillispie and Lethea Smith

Mary Smith Younger - daughter of Gillispie and Lethea Smith

Lola Smith Ray - d/o Barbara Smith (dau of Gillispie & Lethea Smith)

It appears that Tazewell was married three times. The tombstones read the children belonged to Lethea L. Jessee & Tazewell Smith! (THEY WERE BURIED AS LETHEA & TAZEWELL'S CHILDREN)!




People in photo include: Tazewell Cowen

A photo of Vancyil Verdine and Floyd Viva Vermillion. My grandmother had this photo in her belongings. The back of the photo says: H.S. Vermillion's two children: Vancyil Verdine and Floyd Viva Vermillion. My great grandmother was a Vermillion but I do not know these names???
People in photo include: Vancyil Verdine Vermillion

Depicts the family of William Harry SMITH, born 1871 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas; died 1927 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Left to right are Isabel Smith Jetton (1904-1986), Myra Smith Fuller (1907-2003), William Harry Smith, Nancy Claudia Price Smith (1875-1951), Gerald Brann Smith (1901-1966). A fourth child, a stillborn infant son, was also born to Harry and Claudia, probably before 1901. Harry, Claudia, their stillborn son, and Myra are all buried in Antioch Cemetery, Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas; Isabel in Richardson, Texas, and Gerald in Bellevue, Texas.

From the effects of Nancy Claudia Price Smith, 1875-1951, Lamar County, Texas.

From the collection of Isabel Smith Jetton of Dallas, Texas(1904-1986), most likely having come from the collection of her mother, Nancy Claudia Price Smith of Lamar County, Texas. The photograph bears no identifying marks as to subject, location or date. If a relative, the lady is most likely from the northeast Texas Biard, Price or Smith families. She may also have been a classmate of Claudia at Sam Houston Normal Institute about 1894-1895.

picture found in family album

who are the people in this picture?

This Tintype was found at a Flea Market in Waxahachie, Texas. It shows a young couple, the woman probably not over 17, in a studio setting.

Mystery Solved.
The tintype was returned to descendants of James L. Wilson who married Susanah V. Brookshire (prominent family) of Hickory Co., MO and moved to Wise County Texas.