Earl H. Smith

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 4, 1995, Page 16

Earl H. Smith, 81, of Geneva died at 1:35 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in San Augustine.

Smith, a lifelong area resident, was born Dec. 17, 1913, in Geneva as a son of Eugene and Princeanna (Dorsey) Smith. He was a member of the Baptist church and retired commissioner in Sabine County.

Survivors: wife, Ruby Smith of Geneva; a daughter, Katherine Short of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; sons, Earl P. Smith of Beaumont and Harold Smith of Geneva; sisters, Iva Bell Enos of Crockett and Madie Anders of Macon, Georgia; brothers, Clyde Smith of Geneva and Hugh Smith of Corpus Christi, and J. T. Smith of San Augustine; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. James Bonner officiating. Interment followed at Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

Pallbearers: Ed Ferrel, Bob Bourghs, Bobby Smith, Chip Smith, Donnie Crowell, Ronnie Crowell, Charles Goss, and Bobby Low.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)

Could not find a record in the Texas Birth Index for Earl P. Smith, but did locate one for a Katherine Smith, as follows. Perhaps Earl was married twice? However, this may be for a different Katherine Smith, as the obituary of Ruby Lout Smith also shows her as the mother of Katherine.

Name: Katherine Ann Smith Date of Birth: 7 Dec 1933 Gender: Female Birth County: Shelby Father's Name: Earl H Smith Mother's Name: Katherine Evel Peirce Roll Number: 1933_0007

Additionally, a Texas Birth record was located for Kenneth Earl Lout, born 13 Mar 1957 in Angelina, to Ruby Jackson Lout, with no father listed.

Earl married Ruby Olivia Lout on 19 Jun 1943. Ruby was born on 21 Sep 1925 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 4 Feb 2009 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harold Eugene Smith was born on 15 Aug 1944; died on 28 Sep 2000; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, on her annotated transcription of Sabine County's Myrtle Spring's cemetery, shows him as a son of Henry Green Smith and Mary E. Williams, and a Mason. She indicates he was married twice, first to Prince Anna Dorsey and later to Lockie Pearl McNaughten. Sue Ann Murray emailed, on March 19, 2012, that he was buried near his first wife.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Geneva Pr 8
16 April 1910
SD 2 ED 135 Sheet 1A
2-2
Darcy, Joe D and Annie
3-3
Smith, Eugene B Hd M W 37 M1 16 Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer Home Farm
Smith, Prince Wife F W 30 M1 16 5/4 Tx Ala Ga
Smith, Darcy Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Elzie Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Smth, Louisser Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Sidney Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 8
Enumerated 14 and 15 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 172 Sheet 8B
163-164
Smith, E. B. Hd M W 47 Tx Ga Ga Farmer own farm
Smith, Princes Ann Wf F W 40 M Tx Tx Ga
Smith, Louise Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Iva Belle Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Earl Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Clyde Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Terrell Son M W 3 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Hugh Son M W 11/12 Tx Tx Tx
164-168
Smith, J.J. and Ola

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine, Pr 1, Hemphill
Enumerated April 15, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 6B
128-153
Smith, Eugene Hd M W 56 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Sheriff County
Smith, Lockie Wf F W 40 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Smith, J. T. Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Clyde Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Earl Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Terrell Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Maurine Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx Tx (Stepdaughter)
Smith, Elaine Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx Tx

Eugene married Prince Anna Dorsey before 1896. Prince (daughter of Joseph Taylor Dorsey and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Hamilton) was born on 11 Aug 1878 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Feb 1922 in Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary shows him as a son of Henry Young Smith and Mary E. Williams.

Henry married Mary E. Williams. Mary was born about 1849; died about 1923; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of Hilliard Judge Williams and Martha Mobley.

Notes:

At the time of the 1870 census, Joseph was living with his sister and brother-in-law, Mary E and James T. Allen. He is listed as "Dorsey, Joseph 20 M W Working on Farm Alabama."

Joseph married Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Hamilton on 11 Jul 1872 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. Mary was born on 31 Mar 1855 in Georgia; died on 25 Feb 1926 in Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Linda King Davenport writes that they were married at the home of E.L. and C.D. King in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas by James Bond, M.G.

Notes:

According to Linda King Davenport, James H. Dorsey was one of nine children born to Alexander (Sr.) and Patsey DORSEY; and grandson of Cornelius and Martha DORSEY of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She shows that his siblings were Margaret (b. 1822 SC), Alexander, Jr. (b. 1828 SC), and Wesley (b. 1830 SC).

James married Lucinda Reeves on 23 Dec 1842 in Talledega County, Alabama. Lucinda (daughter of Richard Lawson Reeves and Alenna Rene "Allie" Bates) was born about 1825 in South Carolina; died before 1860 in Talledega County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Linda King Davenport writes that "My Lucinda Reeves and James H. Dorsey (son of Alexander & Patsey) married before 23 Dec 1842 by W. McCann, Minister of the Gospel in Talladega Co, AL. Lucinda's sister, Mary Reeves, married James H. Dorsey, Jr. (son of James H. Dorsey, Sr. & Unknown) on the same date by the same person. The marriage licenses were returned on 23 Dec 1842. "