Joseph Albert Smith

Joseph Albert Smith

• Father: Joseph H. Smith b. January 1838
• Mother: Mary M. Fakes b. circa 1841, d. between 1880 and 1891

• Joseph Albert Smith was born on 2 March 1872 in Tennessee.
• Joseph H. Smith and Mary M. Fakes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Wilson County, Tennessee, enumerated on the same page as the Richard T. Brown household.. Other members of the household included Joseph Albert Smith, Mary M. Smith and James L. Smith. Also in the household was Joseph's sister Mary C. Smith, age 43.
• He married Mary Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Richard Trousdale Brown and Vallie Victoria Patton, on 2 October 1892 in Wilson County, Tennessee, by license issued the 1st, with J. H. McFarland, JP, officiating.
• Joseph Albert Smith and Mary Elizabeth Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Wilson County, Tennessee, enumerated one household away from Joseph Albert's parents. Other members of the household included Aubrey Norman Smith, Harry Trousdale Smith and Herschel Warren Smith. Boarding in he household was farm laborer Alex Woods, age 16.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Joseph Albert Smith and Mary Elizabeth Brown appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Wilson County, Tennessee, at Old Cairo Bend Road. Other members of the household included Aubrey Norman Smith, Harry Trousdale Smith, Herschel Warren Smith, Claude Albert Smith and Valeria Smith.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• Joseph Albert Smith and Mary Elizabeth Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Claude Albert Smith and Valeria Smith.
• Joseph Albert Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Wilson County, Tennessee, at Canal Branch Road enumerated next to son Herschel. Other members of the household included Claude Albert Smith. Apparently since the actual enumeration was done on 16 April, wife Mary Elizabeth was not counted in the household.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
• He officially witnessed the death of Mary Elizabeth Brown on 3 April 1930 in Wilson County, Tennessee; of pulmonary tuberculosis.
• Joseph Albert Smith became a widower at the 3 April 1930 death of his wife Mary Elizabeth Brown.
• The following appeared on 10 April 1930 in The Lebanon Democrat: Mrs. Albert Smith, age 53, a native of Wilson county, died at her home on the Trousdale Ferry Pike about 5 o’clock Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Lebanon Baptist church with the Rev. George Ramsey of Smith county, and the Rev. Charles Yelton of Mt. Juliet in charge of the services.
       Mrs. Smith, who before her marriage was Miss Mary Eliza Brown, was a member of the Cedar Grove Baptist church. She had been in ill health since last July but her death came as a shock to her friends here.
       Surviving her are her husband and the following children, Aubrey, Harry, Herschell, Claud and Valere Smith. One sister, Mrs. Herman Holman, and two brothers, Wallace and Robert Brown, also survive.
• The following appeared on 18 July 1931 in The San Antonio Light: The body of Miss Valeria Smith, 26, who died at a local hospital Friday morning, has been sent to Lebanon, Tenn., for burial.
       Miss Smith was a native of Labanon, and had lived in San Antonio for 14 months. Surviving are: Her father, Albert Smith, of Lebanon; three brothers, Hersch Smith, of Lebanon, Harry Smith, of Birmingham, Ala., and Claude Smith, of San Antonio; also one half-brother, L. A. Norman, of Jennings, La.
• He married Roberta Lillian Hobbs, daughter of Samuel Barlow Hobbs and Frances E. Shepherd, on 7 March 1932 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
• At the time of his death Joseph Albert Smith was living in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.
• Joseph Albert Smith died on 15 November 1937 at age 65 in Wilson County, Tennessee, . His death was officially witnessed by Roberta Lillian Hobbs.
• His wife Roberta Lillian Hobbs became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Wilson County Memorial Park, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.
• The following appeared on 18 November 1937 in The Lebanon Democrat: J. Albert Smith died at his home Monday. He was 65 years old.  Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A.D. Robertson at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Burial was in the Lebanon cemetery.
       Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, three sons, Hershel, Claude and Aubrey Smith, and one daughter, Joan.
• The following appeared on 9 October 2015 in The Lebanon Democrat: Jo Ann Smith Snider. Funeral services for Ms. Snider will be held Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 at 1 p.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Brother Todd Elliott officiating. Interment will follow in Conatser Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bubba Denson, Billy Denson, Adam Smith, Randy Hankins, Chuck McCrary and Matt Smith. Visitation will be Friday from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday after 11 a.m.
       Ms. Snider, age 80, of the Rome community, died Oct. 7, 2015 at University Medical Center.
       Born in Wilson County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert Smith and Lillian Roberta Hobbs Smith. She was a nurse technician at McFarland Hospital for 21 years. She attended Berea Church of Christ.
       She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Smith; four half-brothers, Hershel, Harry, Claude and Aubrey Smith; and half-sister, Valira Smith.
       She is survived by her four sons, Albert Lee (Jean) Snider, Robert Carson Snider, Thomas Daniel (Shirley) Snider, George Baxter Snider; and sister, Mary Denson.
       Special thanks goes to her many caregivers over the years.

• Last Edited: 23 Feb 2016