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James Govie Smith

Male 1893 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name James Govie Smith  [1, 2
    Born 23 Apr 1893  Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • The Draft Registration card for World War I shows his name as James Govvie Smith, though census records consistently show it simply as "Govie." When he completed this registration, on 5 Jun 1917, he was a resident of Remlig, Texas, and was working as a brakeman on a log train for Alex's Gilmer Lumber Company in Remlig. He was single, of medium heighth and build, with brown eyes and black hair.
    Person ID I40714  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2012 

    Father James Abraham Smith,   b. Abt 1863, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Lucinda Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wright,   b. Abt 1870, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Bef 1894 
    Family ID F12298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Apr 1893 - Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Newton County, JP 3 Enumerated 4 Feb 1920 SD 2 ED 141 Sheet 4A Hemphill Road 65-65 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.