James A. and Martha F. (Morton) Smith

Martha Morton

Children

There were other children, who died young and whose names I don't know. I believe that Ester never married.

Martha's father William and James's mother Elizabeth were brother and sister.

Censuses

1870 Census, Henry County, Tennessee, page 7 462 stamped : T. T. Morton, 44 NC, Mary A., 36 KY, Sarah E., 11, TN, Malinda T., 9 TN, Martha F., 8 TN, Joann, 7 TN, Adaline, 3 TN

1880 Census, Henry County, Tennessee, page 8 193 D stamped (2nd page of 193): W. C. Morton (m), 54 NC NC NC, M. A. E. (fem), 40 KY VA VA, S. E. (fem), 22, M. I. (fem), 20, M. F. (fem), 18, J. A. L. (fem), 16, M. A. (fem), 13
With only initials, it is difficult to tell which is Martha, but the 1870 census and my knowledge of the family will help identify them. S. E. is Sarah Ellen "Sallie;" M. I. is Malinda; M. F. is Martha; J. A. L. is Jo Ann; and M. A. is Mariah Adeline .

Death Record

Tennessee Certificate of Death #10480 Martha F. Smith, Death 3 May 1927, Henry County, Tennessee Born 20 October 1861, Calloway County, Kentucky Parents W. C. Morton, born North Carolina, and Mary A. Shackleford, born Calloway County, Kentucky, informant C. D. Bailey
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James Arnold Smith

Marriage

James A. Smith and Martha F. Morton, 11 March 1883, Henry County, Tennessee
Source: page 115, Record of Marriages, Henry Co., Tenn., 1881-1890 by Charles Robbins and Johnny D. Walker, Paris, Tenn., Oct. 1883
It is apparent that the year should be 1983 since Johnny Walker was living in 2000.

Censuses

1880 Henry County, Tennessee, page 5, 192A stamped: T. A. Smith, 26, TN TN NC

1900 Henry County, Tennessee, page 223b: Tilman Smith, 6 children/ 4 living

1910 Henry County, Tennessee, sheet 10, 29B stamped: T. A. Smith, 57, TN NC NC, m 27y, Margaret E., 49, TN NC TN, m 27y, 7ch/3liv, Minnie L., 16, TN, Ludy O., 8, TN

1920 Henry County, Tennessee, : Tilman A. Smith, 68 TN NC NC, wid, Minnie Lee, 25, TN TN TN, Ludie Ora, 17, TN TN TN

Death Record

Tennessee Certificate of Death #196, Henry County, James A. Smith, death 25 Febuary 1921, born 10 January 1853, Henry County, Tennessee, parents Sam Smith, born Henry County, Tennessee, and Eliza Morton, born Virginia, informant C. D. Bailey
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