Susan E. Smith1

b. 5 August 1846, d. 16 February 1903
Birth5 Aug 1846 Susan E. Smith was born on 5 Aug 1846 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.2 
Marriage22 Jan 1874 She married Claiborne Shugart Clark, son of William Clark and Harriet Shugart, on 22 Jan 1874 in Lincoln County, Tenessee.3 
Cens-18802 Jun 1880 Susan and Claiborne spent their married lives farming in Lincoln County. They also provided a home for Claiborne's widowed mother Harriet.4 
  Two of the couple's children died young: daughter Mary in 1888 and daughter Martha in 1889. Clairborne died in Jan. 1899. 
Cens-19001900  The 1900 census enumerated Susan, a 53 year old widow, living with her son William. Her entry stated that she was the mother of 4 children, 2 of whom were living.1 
Death16 Feb 1903 Susan died on 16 Feb 1903 in Lincoln County, Tenessee, at age 56.2 
Burial She was buried near Fayettesville at Unity Cemetery in Lincoln County, Tenessee.2 

Family

Claiborne Shugart Clark b. 25 May 1839, d. 5 Jan 1899
Children
Last Edited11 Jul 2010

Citations

  1. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann abstracted the 1900 federal census for Howell Village, Lincoln Co., TN: Susan E. Clark, 53, b. Aug 1846 in TN, widow, 4 children and 2 living, farmer, son, William S., 22, b. Oct 1877 in TN, single, farmer.
  2. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann cites Cemetery Records of Lincoln-Moore Counties, Tennessee, by Helen C. & Timothy R. Marsh (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1996).
  3. [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann cites Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 as viewed at Ancestry.com.
  4. [S1875] C. _. Clark household, 1880 U.S. cens., Lincoln Co., Tennessee, pop sched., 9th district, ED 124, page 2B, dwelling 15, family 15, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2007, image 2 of 17. Household includes: C._. Clark, 42, farmer, b. TN, father b. VA, mother b. VA; Susan, 33, b. TN, parents b. Georgia; Mattie, dau, 5, b. TN; Willie, son, 2, b. TN; Harriett, mother, 77, b. VA, father b. Penn, mother b. M'd, ill from old age; Rebecca H., 56, sister, ass't housekeeper, b. TN.
  5. [S118] Lincoln Co. TN Biographies, p. 882.