Ida Smith

Ida Smith

• Father: William T. Smith b. circa 1819
• Mother: Amanda L. Moore b. circa 1826

• Ida Smith was born in October 1861 in Georgia or 1859.
• Her name was recorded as Ida Williams in the obituary of her aunt Mary Edwards.
• William T. Smith and Amanda L. Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Ida Smith, Catharine A. Frances Smith, William B. Smith, Affa M. Smith, Joseph B. Smith, Ada J. Smith, Emma Smith and Cullie A. Smith.
• John William Cameron and Catharine A. Frances Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Nances, Muscogee County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Ida Smith, Anna Cameron, Amanda Cameron, Hattie Cameron, Emma Francisca Cameron and Stanford Murdock Cameron.
• Ida Smith appeared in the 1890 Atlanta, Georgia, City Directory at 224 West Fair as a boarder, and working for Atlanta Paper Company..
• She married John William Mitchell, son of Solon Wood Mitchell and Helen K. Tate, circa 1891.
• The following appeared on 26 March 1895 in the Columbus Daily Enquirer-Sun: Miss Emma Cameron left yesterday afternoon for Pensacola, where she will join Miss Cullie Smith, who is on a visit to Mrs. J. Mitchell. And on 28 May: Miss Emma Cameron has returned from a pleasant visit to Pennsacola, Fla.
• The following is excerpted from an obituary of Mary J. Edwards, published on 10 December 1898, Mrs. Edwards was an aunt of Mrs. J. M. Diffley, at whose residence she died; Mrs. John Cox, of East Highlands; Mrs. Dr. Cameron, of Atlanta; Mrs. William Boothe, Mrs. A. A. Richards and Mrs. J. A. Barr, of Phenix City, Mrs. Ida Williams [sic], Mrs. Emma Hadley, Mrs. C. LeFrancis, of Pensacola, Fla; Mrs. Affa Moore, of this city. She also leaves three nephews, as follows: Mr. W. B. Smith, of Hamilton; Mr. Joe Smith, of Truitt, Ala; Mr. R. E. Moore, of Phenix City. [There is little doubt that Ida Williams Ida Smith, wife of John William Mitchell.]
• John William Mitchell and Ida Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida. Other members of the household included J. Cameron Mitchell, Solon Wood Mitchell and Stanford Murdock Cameron.
• Her husband John William Mitchell became a widower at her death based on his subsequent marriage.
• Ida Smith died between 1900 and 1904 based on John Mitchell's subsequent marriage.

• Last Edited: 23 Sep 2010

• Charts: Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine