Smith

The Smith family of Covington, LA was descended from a founder of the village of Wharton in St. Tammany Parish, which became Covington when later incorporated as a town. This Smith genealogy was assembled by Archie R. Smith III. Data on John Edis Smith is largely taken from Legends of Covington Cemetery No. 1, 1988.

1a. John Edis (Edes) SMITH, Sr., b. 4/17/1815 (possibly 1809) in England (1880 census says in MD, father b. in England), d. 5/15/1893 in Covington; m. (1) 7/1/1843 in Baltimore, MD Eliza Jane MASSON, b. 8/10/1823 (possibly 7/10/1823) in Baltimore, d. 10/14/1882 in Covington, d/o Capt. William MASSON, Sr., and Eliza MASSON (See Masson 1.1.1.2.6). John Edis SMITH migrated to the United States with his parents, to Baltimore, in 1827. His parents died in Baltimore of yellow fever. He lived with an uncle on Kent Island, farmer William Legg. In 1832 he went to work for Joseph G. Galibert in Baltimore to learn the coopers trade. In 1837 he shipped on board the schooner Captain Shaw to Mobile, AL, and from there went to New Orleans, where he was a foreman for D. S. Dervees & Stockton. He returned to Baltimore after seven years and married Eliza Jane MASSON. They returned to New Orleans on the Tippecanoe, and later in 1843, moved to St. Tammany Parish, settling near the town of Sun. He started Smith Hardware around 1846. By 1857, they moved to Covington to have a better education for their children. The Smiths lived in an attractive house on East Rutland Street, which remained in the Smith family for about 125 years. It now houses the St. Tammany Homestead. Smith Hardware continues to be carried on by the descendents of John Edis Smith, his son Hardy Horatio Smith, and Hardy's sons Archie and Alfred Smith. However, two of his sons, Hardy and Henry, had a fight which led to the establishment of a separate store by Henry Smith. The business H. J. Smith's Sons is still run by descendants of Henry James Smith, his son J. Lewis "Deed" Smith, and his son J. Louis "Red" Smith.

1. William Theodore SMITH, b. 4/19/1845 in New Orleans, LA, d. 9/25/1931; m. 5/2/1871 Regina Francis CHILDS.

. 1. Theo SMITH (F); m. Carl TURKS.

2a. Josephine Eliza SMITH, b. 9/7/1846 in St. Tammany Parish, LA, d. 1/10/1936; m. (1) 3/28/1872 William Henry CUSHMEY, d. 6/29/1895; no children. Following child may have been William's child by a different mother.

. 1. Lydia Jane CUSHMEY, d. 9/24/1874.

2b. Josephine Eliza SMITH; m. (2) ______ FORD.

3a. Henry James SMITH, b. 8/23/1848 in northern St. Tammany Parish, d. 8/18/1935 in Covington; m. (1) 10/10/1871 Emily Virginia "Jennie" KENNEDY, b. 10/19/1847 in Covington, d. 7/22/1912 in Covington.

. 1. Annie Cecile "Nan" SMITH, b. 8/14/1872 in Covington, d. 3/12/1960 in Covington; never m.; lived much of her life with her brother and sister-in-law, Deed and Anna Smith (#1.3a.3, below).

. 2. Julian Henry SMITH, Sr., b. 3/1/1875, d. 3/19/1945; m. 10/27/1909 Rachel Louise LINTON "Nani", b. 11/15/1884, d. 11/13/1946, bur. Covington Abbey (see Linton 1.2).

. 3. John Louis (Lewis) "Deed" SMITH, Sr., b. 3/5/1877 in Covington, d. 8/15/1958 in Covington; m. 1/29/1919 in Covington Anna "Nan" MOREELL "Deeden-Nan", b. 10/6/1882 in New York City, d. 8/11/1974 in Covington. (Anna was a sister of Admiral Ben Moreell, who founded the Navy CBs.)

3b. Henry James SMITH; m. (2) Nellie ______; no children.

4. Sara (Sallie) Louisiana "Lou" SMITH, b. 3/20/1850 in Sun, St. Tammany Parish, d. 1/24/1923 (some sources give 2/24/1923) in Chubby Hill, bur. in Chubby Hill; m. 1/26/1871 in Covington Milton Sidney BURNS, b. 11/11/1846 in New Orleans, d. 6/12/1917 in Chubby Hill, bur. Chubby Hill.

. 1. Ella Mae BURNS, b. 3/5/1873 (possibly 3/26/1872, Clerk Court birth 3/25/1873), d. 12/14/1942, bur. Chubby Hill; m. Thomas Leo DRUMMOND, b. 12/10/1870, d. 5/11/1935, bur. Chubby Hill; no children.

. 2. Josephine Virginia "Josie" BURNS, b. 12/25/1873, d. 12/27/1947, bur. Chubby Hill; m. 7/27/1891 Jacob Milton CORE, b. 6/1877, d. 3/7/1901.

. . 1. Emma Mae CORE, b. 7/1/1892; m. in Durham, NC J. D. MCKEITHAN.

. . 2. Edith Wilton CORE, b. 4/22/1894; m. in Cleveland, TX Dal HUNT.

. . 3. Dudley Harrall CORE, b. 12/18/1898 in LA, d. 4/1982 in Baton Rouge, LA; m. in Baton Rouge, LA Maggie CASTON.

. 3. John Preston BURNS, b. 6/8/1876 in Covington; m. 7/7/1900 Nellie DANIELS, d. 3/18/1942; no children.

. 4. Louis Singleton BURNS, b. 5/11/1880 (Clerk Court birth 5/1879) in Covington; m. 10/16/1904 Mary FUSSELL.

. 5. Clara Eliza BURNS, b. 11/25/1882 in Covington, d. 11/4/1934, bur. Chubby Hill (Clerk Court birth 11/1881, death 11/24/1934); m. 10/8/1903 Weston Hulon (Hewlin?) SHAW.

. 6. James Howard BURNS, b. 1/25/1884 (Clerk Court b. 6/25/1884) in Folsom, LA, d. 10/21/1968, bur. Bogalusa, LA; m. 4/23/1916 Elulia TALLEY, b. 6/8/1895 in Sun, LA, d. 3/20/1948, bur. Bogalusa, LA.

. 7. Sidney Milton BURNS, b. 5/29/1886, d. 1957, bur. Chubby Hill; m. Edna Mae MILLETT, whose first husband was ______ FRIEDLANDER.

. 8. William Masson BURNS, Sr., b. 6/16/1888 (Clerk Court birth 6/14/1888) in Covington, d. 9/7/1962, bur. Roselawn Memorial, Baton Rouge, LA; m. 5/21/1921 in Folsom, LA Edna Mae VICKERS, b. 5/1/1899, d. 10/22/1955, bur. Roselawn Memorial, Baton Rouge, LA.

. 9. Ruble Francis BURNS, b. 4/6/1891, d. 12/3/1918 in Paris Island, SC, in military.

5. Hardy Horatio SMITH, b. 1/7/1852 in Sun, LA in St. Tammany Parish on the Bogue-Chitto River near the Washington Parish line, d. 10/16/1937 in Covington, bur. Covington Cemetary; m. 10/3/1878 in Abita Point, LA Margie (Majoire?) Barkley VIENNE, b. 2/21/1861, d. 3/31/1938 in Covington.

. 1. Dr. Hardy Horace SMITH, b. 4/4/1880 in Covington; m. (1) 3/31/1906 Roberta MANTON; m. (2) 6/23/1934 Eva JAY, d. 9/10/1936 (burned to death); no children of this marriage; m. (3) Mildred MARTIN; no children of this marriage.

. . 1. Francis SMITH, d. 1931; unmarried.

. 2. Archie Rubin SMITH, Sr., b. 10/5/1881 in Covington, d. 1/17/1958 in Covington, bur. Chubby Hill; m. 7/17/1907 Corinne Burns BLOSSMAN, b. 10/29/1887 in New Orleans, d. 1/29/1966 in Covington, bur. Chubby Hill.

. 3. Clarance Edis SMITH, b. 7/18/1883 in Covington, d. 8/6/1884 in Covington.

. 4. Alfred Vienne SMITH, Sr., b. 10/31/1884 in Covington, d. 3/11/1954 in Covington, bur. Covington Cemetery; m. 2/21/1905 in New Orleans Lavinia E. PERRONCEL, b. 11/2/1884 in Marshall, MO, d. 6/23/1974 in Covington, bur. Covington Cemetery.

. 5. Clara Pearl SMITH, b. 7/28/1886 in Covington, d. 12/9/1958 in Los Angeles, CA; m. 9/6/1905 Samual Logan BELKNAP, Sr., b. in New Orleans.

. 6. Barkley Mason SMITH, b. 4/23/1890 in Covington, d. 7/4/1954 in Covington, bur. Pinecrest Memorial, Covington; m. 4/23/1929 in Bogalusa, LA Doris PURVIS, b. 11/17/1906 in Hazelhurst, MS; div.

. 7. Warren Howell SMITH, Sr., b. 9/17/1893 (possibly 1892) in Covington, d. 6/1963 in New Orleans, bur. Covington; m. 10/24/1914 in Covington Mabel HOSMER, b. 4/23/1894 in Summit, MS, d. 9/1973 in Covington; div.

6. Isabella Amelia SMITH (Amelia), b. 11/27/1853 in Covington, d. 12/25/1933 in Slidell, bur. Covington; m. 12/5/1871 Hiram Rivers SINGLETON, b. 4/16/1848 in Jeanerette, LA, d. 3/25/1910 in El Paso, TX, bur. Covington.

. 1. Hampton Richardson SINGLETON, b. 6/24/1873 in Covington, d. 3/22/1916; m. 10/6/1897 Harriet Virginia THEUS.

. 2. Eliza Amelia SINGLETON, b. 9/20/1874; m. 4/24/1901 J. Henry BLUMER.

. 3. Ruth SINGLETON, b. 4/22/1876, d. 12/22/1927; m. 11/23/1897 Claude N. R. GAMES.

. 4. Frank Edis SINGLETON, b. 8/29/1877, d. 8/11/1935; m. 8/28/1907 Ola SMITH.

. 5. Marion Alma SINGLETON, b. 3/2/1880, d. 10/13/1880.

. 6. Foote Rivers SINGLETON, b. 12/19/1881, d. 5/23/1962; m. 3/25/1908 Mary Edith TOMB, d. 5/3/1961 in Slidel, LA.

. 7. Ewall Dulton SINGLETON, b. 6/26/1885, d. 6/27/1950; m. 11/23/1910 Minnie Gertrude WOODS.

. 8. Charles Galloway SINGLETON, b. 11/16/1886 in Yazoo City, MS, d. 4/30/1974 in Houston, TX, bur. Dallas, TX; m. 9/1/1909 in St Louis, MO Sadie May DONALDSON, b. 11/16/1886 in Yazoo City, MS, d. 4/30/1974 in Houston, TX, bur. Dallas, TX.

7. Susan Virginia SMITH (Virginia), b. 9/15/1855 in St. Tammany Parish, d. 6/15/1953, bur. Covington Cemetary #1; m. 10/13/1873 William Gogan KENTZEL, b. 11/28/1847 in Philadelphia, PA, d. 10/13/1907.

. 1. Lydia Jane KENTZEL, b. 1/22/1875 in Galveston, TX; m. (1) Alexander H. HAMMETT; m. (2) William WARD.

. 2. Catherine Tyler KENTZEL (Katherine, Katie), b. 4/17/1876 (possibly 1877) in Covington, d. 3/21/1943; m. Edward J. TERREBONNE, Sr.

. 3. William Henry KENTZEL, b. 7/25/1878 in Covington, d. 8/15/1938; m. Mary Carmelite PADIN, b. 5/11/1886, d. 1/31/1941.

. 4. Edward D. KENTZEL, b. 1/22/1880, d. 5/17/1965; no children.

. 5. Ida Mae KENTZEL, b. 5/12/1887; m. George Fontaine POOLE.

. 6. Frank H. KENTZEL, b. 6/29/1892; spouse unknown.

8. Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" SMITH, b. 9/8/1857 (possibly 9/15/1857) in Covington, d. 12/9/1947; m. Louis Rundell FEATHERSTONE.

9. Charles Layton SMITH, b. 3/9/1860 in Covington, d. 4/10/1941; settled in Baton Rouge, LA; m. 11/2/1882 Maria C. THAYER.

. 1. Lillian SMITH; m. P. C. REIDY.

. 2. Gladys SMITH; m. ______ O'HARA.

. 3. Alvin W. SMITH; spouse unknown.

. 4. Doris SMITH; m. Leonard A. GOWENS, Sr.

. 5. Constance Lucille SMITH; unmarried.

. 6. Jasper Lawrence SMITH.

10. John Edis SMITH, Jr., b. 12/1/1861 in Covington, d. 6/6/1920; m. 2/1884 Margaret PURNELL, b. Yazoo City, MS.

. 1. Jennie E. SMITH; m. William NABORS.

. 2. Alton SMITH (M), b. 9/12/1892 in LA, d. 2/22/1988 in Covington.

. 3. Mildred SMITH; m. Archie C. GILBERT.

. 4. Claude SMITH.

. 5. Cecile SMITH; m. Leroy HAYNES.

. 6. John Henry SMITH.

. 7. Margaret SMITH; m. Hosey PARKER.

. 8. William SMITH; no children.

. 9. Lydia SMITH; m. (1?) ______ RIVERS (?); m. (2?) George WATTS.

. 10. Clifford Kenner SMITH, Sr.; spouse unknown.

. 11. Percy E. SMITH; spouse unknown.

. 12. Alma SMITH (F); m. ______ BUDD.

11. Cora May SMITH, b. 6/23/1863 in Covington, d. 10/13/1943; m. 11/7/1884 Sidney D. ANDERSON, d. 1/18/1930.

. 1. Albert Sidney ANDERSON, b. 8/28/1889.

. 2. Ethel Marie ANDERSON, b. 9/10/1890 in LA, d. 5/1979 in Baton Rouge, LA; m. Arlie D. KIDD, d. 1/1/1939.

. 3. Ruby Dale ANDERSON, b. 1/26/1894; m. Manuel SANTOS; no children.

. 4. Leslie Bernard ANDERSON, Sr., b. 9/13/1895; spouse unknown.

12. Eugene Emile SMITH, b. 6/23/1865 in Covington, d. 4/4/1942; m. 12/20/1888 Hattie C. ABNEY.

. 1. Frank Emile SMITH.

. 2. Eugene Emile SMITH, Jr., d. age 19; no children.

. 3. Enola SMITH; m. Ray E. PATRICK.

?. Alabama SMITH. According to Virginia Smith Friedman, one of the sisters above had this name.

1b. John Edis SMITH, Sr.; m. (2) ______; no children

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