Area 1 on the Alabama Map:
Autauga County Area where John H. Smith married in 1864 and lived until he left for Texas after 1870.
Area 2: where John Hunter Smith's older brother Joseph T. Smith was reported from 1857to 1880; Barbour, Russell, and Bullock Counties. (Three connected counties) In 1880 Joseph was reported as a famer on the 1880 Census on the Union Springs district Bullock County.

John Hunter Smith
and
Amanda Lewis Murph

Photo: Dorothy Smith Goodwin

John Hunter Smith (WILLIAM BRYANT SMITH) was born January 22, 1834 in Georgia, and died November 25, 1901 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX. He married (1) Harriet Sophia Murph April 19, 1864 in Autauga, Alabama and then Harriet's sister (2) Amanda Lewis Murph December 19, 1871 in Autauga County, Alabama, daughter of John Murph and Julia Goodwin. She was born October 26, 1848 in Autauga County, Alabama, and died May 21, 1942 in Van Zandt County, TX.

John served in the Confedrate Army in Alabama, in Company A, 56th Alabama Calvalry and was discharged in April 1865. He was a private.

John has one known sibling, a brother: Joseph T. Smith

More About John Hunter Smith:
Burial: Rock Hill Cemetery

More About Amanda Lewis. Murph:
Burial: Rock Hill Cemetery

Children of John Smith and Harriet Sophia Murph are:

  1. Julia Elizabeth Smith born Feb. 1 , 1865 and died May 2, 1936 Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas.

  2. William Henry Smith born Dec. 16, 1866 in Alabama and died Mar. 20, 1868.

  3. Mary Edna Smith born Feb 8, 1868 in Alabama and died June 2, 1870 in Alabama.

  4. Eugene Edgar Smith was born Nov. 1 1869, and died Sep. 3, 1942 in Kaufman County, Texas. He is buried in the Weaver Cemetery.

Children of John Smith and Amanda Murph are:

    1. Nettie Lee Smith, born September 23, 1872; died November 29, 1925. She married William Henry Fields December 24, 1895 in Texas; died Deceased.
      More About Nettie Lee Smith: Burial:
      Rock Hill Cemetery, Van Zandt Co. TX.

    2. Lonie Rebecca Smith, born May 07, 1874; died November 10, 1926. She married Hubert Scobey February 02, 1894; died Deceased.
      More About Lonie Rebecca Smith:
      Burial: Rock Hill Cemetery, Van Zandt Co. TX.

    3. Vascar Seth Smith, born March 12, 1876; died July 31, 1949. He married Cora Idella Rainey December 23, 1900; died Deceased.
      More About Vascar Seth Smith:
      Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas

    4. Perry Spurgeon Smith, born August 17, 1878; died April 06, 1957 in Edgewood, Van Zandt CO., Texas. He married Theo Docia Rainey December 25, 1904 in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas; died Deceased.

      More About Perry Spurgeon Smith:
      1.Burial: April 08, 1957, Oak Hill Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas
      2.. Named after famous minister named "Spurgeon".

      Perry Spurgeon Smith
      Photo: Ray Anderson


    5. Albert Tarpley Smith, born September 24, 1880 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX; died September 23, 1941 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX. He married Alice Rebbeca Duke July 01, 1906 in Tx; died Deceased.

      More About Albert Tarpley Smith:
      Burial: Rock Hill Cemetery

    6. Minnie Irene Smith, born July 26, 1882; died May 17, 1956 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas. She married Telley Rainey August 17, 1900 in TX; died Deceased.

      More About Minnie Irene Smith:
      Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas

    7. John Murph Smith, born August 11, 1884 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX; died March 23, 1958 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX. He married Bertha May Daughery November 24, 1911 in TX; died Deceased.

      More About John Murph Smith:
      Burial: Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX

    8. James Yantis Smith, born August 25, 1886 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX; died July 15, 1953 in Medical Arts Hospital, Dallas, Texas. He married Willie Ivy Simmons December 24, 1908 in TX; died Deceased.

      More About James Yantis Smith:
      Burial: Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX

    9. Otty Ola Smith, born August 14, 1888 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX; died October 26, 1890 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX.

      More About Otty Ola Smith:
      Burial: Rock Hill Cemetery

    10. Lemuel Deck Smith, born February 02, 1892 in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, TX; died March 22, 1961 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. He married Hattie Pearl Parker April 22, 1917 in TX; died Deceased.

      More About Lemuel Deck Smith:
      Burial: Laurel Land Cemetery, Tarrant Co., TX

     

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