Susan E. Smith1
b. 5 August 1846, d. 16 February 1903
Birth | 5 Aug 1846 | Susan E. Smith was born on 5 Aug 1846 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.2 |
Marriage | 22 Jan 1874 | She married Claiborne Shugart Clark, son of William Clark and Harriet Shugart, on 22 Jan 1874 in Lincoln County, Tenessee.3 |
Cens-1880 | 2 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-1900 | 1900 | 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 |
Death | 16 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 |
Citations
- [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.
- [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).
- [S2326] Joann Tortarolo research, 2009-2010 (7512 Aloe Court., Highland, CA 92346). Joann cites Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 as viewed at Ancestry.com.
- [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.
- [S118] Lincoln Co. TN Biographies, p. 882.