Martha E. Smith

Martha E. Smith

• Father: James E. Smith
• Mother: Narcissus Shirley

• Martha E. Smith was born in May 1895 in Alabama.
• She was known as Mattie.
• She married Thomas Beauregard Daves Jr, son of Thomas Beauregard Daves and Sarah A. Pegues, circa 1914.
• Thomas Beauregard Daves Jr and Martha E. Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Mobile, Alabama, at 957 Dauphin Street. Other members of the household included Louis Clifton Bridges.
• Martha E. Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at 3912 Canal Street. Other members of the household included Sadie Belle Daves.
• Thomas Beauregard Daves Jr and Martha E. Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Mobile, Alabama, at 265 Park Terrace. Other members of the household included Sadie Belle Daves.
• Martha E. Smith became a widow at the 2 December 1948 death of her husband Thomas Beauregard Daves Jr.
• The following appeared on 3 December 1948 in the Mobile Register: Thomas Beauregard (T.B.) Daves, native of Tuscacoosa AL, but a resident of Mobile for the past 55 years, died at a local infirmary Thursday afternoon, Dec 2, 1948. He is survived by his wife, Mattie E. Daves; one daughter, Mrs. Sadie Belle Atkins; two grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Funeral services will be held from the family residence, 265 Park Terrace, Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Arrangments by Martin-Chevalier Funeral Home.
• She married William H. Earl.
• Martha E. Smith died on 8 August 1973 at age 78 in Mobile, Alabama.
• The following appeared on 10 August 1973 in The Mobile Register: Funeral services for Mrs. [Martha E.] Earl were held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home Thursday, Aug. 9, 1973 at 4 p.m. with Rev. Steve Dill officiating. Active pallbearers were Michael O. Pond, Thomas M. Pond, Jack L. Watkins, Donald C. Smith, Eugene Bailey, and Kyle Owens. Entombment was in Pine Crest Chapel of the Pines. Funeral arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, 3155 Dauphin Street Extension, west of Sage Avenue, Mobile, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 3 Sep 2013

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders