Eloise LeGrand Smith

b. 18 August 1894, d. 2 October 1962
  • Eloise LeGrand Smith was born on 18 August 1894 in Alabama.
  • She was known as LeGrand.
  • James Craig Smith and Eloise LeGrand appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 219 Church Street. Other members of the household included Eloise LeGrand Smith. Also in the household were two boarders and three servants. They were enumerated next to Eloise's first cousin Milton LeGrand Wood. Eloise's father and Milton's mother, Milton Paul LeGrand and Mary Jane LeGrand, were brother and sister.
  • Milton Paul LeGrand Jr. and Mary Virginia Goldthwaite appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 402 South Court Street and one male servant.. Other members of the household included LeGrand Smith.
  • The following appeared on 22 September 1914 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs. Annie Goldthwaite, Miss Ellie Goldthwaite, Mrs. M. P. LeGrande and Miss LeGrande Smith, have returned from Saratoga, N.Y., where they spent the summer.
  • She married Davis Fonville Stakely, son of Rev. Charles A. Stakely and Jessie (?), circa 1916.
  • The following appeared on 11 May 1919 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs. Davis F. Stakeley and her beautiful children, Davis Fonville, Jr., and Eloise LeGrand. They are twenty-two months of age and are twins. Mrs. Stakeley was before her marriage, Miss LeGrand Smith, one of Montgomery's most popular and charming young women.
  • Davis Fonville Stakely and Eloise LeGrand Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 912 South Perry Street. Other members of the household included Davis Fonville Stakely Jr. and Eloise LeGrand Stakely.
  • Davis Fonville Stakely and Eloise LeGrand Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 1428 South Perry Street and one female domestic servant.. Other members of the household included Davis Fonville Stakely Jr. and Eloise LeGrand Stakely.
  • Eloise LeGrand Smith died on 2 October 1962 at age 68 in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 1 Oct 2012

Family: Davis Fonville Stakely b. 27 January 1883, d. January 1964