Thomas Owen Smith

Thomas Owen Smith

• Father: John Owen Smith b. 20 February 1871, d. 4 December 1958
• Mother: Lou Chester McCune b. 26 August 1871, d. 23 July 1960

• Thomas Owen Smith was born on 24 July 1894 in Dolph (later Fairview), Grimes County, Texas.
• John Owen Smith and Lou Chester McCune appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Thomas Owen Smith, Mamie Gladys Smith, Lila Ethel Smith, Christina Smith, Gertrude Smith, Izzie Smith, Vera Lucille Smith, William Oliver Smith, Thelma Aline Smith, Mary Lou Smith and John Maxey Smith.
• He married Georgia Anna Hobdy, daughter of John Thomas Hobdy and Mary Elizabeth Hardy, on 26 December 1915 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Thomas Owen Smith registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 while living with his wife and child in Richards, and self-employed there farming.
• Thomas Owen Smith and Georgia Anna Hobdy appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Grimes County, Texas, in the vicinity of Anderson.. Other members of the household included Lillian Ruth Smith and Lizzie Lou Smith.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• Thomas Owen Smith and Georgia Anna Hobdy appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of Tom's parents.. Other members of the household included Lillian Ruth Smith, Georgia Juanita Smith, Mardell Smith and John Thomas Smith.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
• Thomas Owen Smith died on 8 May 1963 at age 68 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, at Huntsville Memorial Hospital.
• He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Grrimes County, Texas, near Richards.

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2016