MARTHA ROENA JOSEPHINE WHITE SMITH 1864 - 1906

January 11, 2022

Happy 158th birthday to my paternal great-great grandmother, Martha Roena Josephine White Smith.

Other names she was known by were Lorena White, Josephine White and Roena Smith.

11 JAN 1864 - Born in Tennessee. Parents were Lewis C. White and Martha Pierce White. She was the 5th of 5 children.

1870 - Residence - District 14, Lexington, Henderson, TN.

29 JUL 1880 married John Dawson Smith in Van Buren, AR when she was 16 and he was 26.

1880 - Residence - Valley, Van Buren, AR.

12 MAY 1881 - Birth of daughter, Martha Etter, [AR].

24 FEB 1884 - Birth of son, John Lewis, [Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR].

14 AUG 1886 - Birth of son, William “Forest,” [Heber Springs, Cleburne Co., AR].

16 APR 1890 - Birth of son, Adolph, [Heber Springs, AR].

16 SEP 1892 - Birth of son, Randolph Dee, [Heber Springs, Cleburne, AR]. My great-grandfather.

25 APR 1895 - Birth of daughter, Bertha Roena, [AR].

29 APR 1897 - Birth of daughter, Minnie Mae, [Heber Springs, AR].

19 JUN 1898 - Birth of daughter, Cora D, [Heber Springs, AR]

1900 - Residence - Valley, Cleburne, AR.

1900 - Death of father, Lewis C White, 1900 [NY].

19 MAY 1901 - Birth of son, Samuel H. [AR].

1903 - Death of mother, Martha [NJ].

15 DEC 1905 - Birth and death of infant son, Bogata Cemetery [Bogata, Red River County, TX].

11 DEC 1906 - Passed away in [Midway, Red River, TX] at the age of 42. They had been married 26 years.

Burial - Bogata Cemetery, [Bogata, Red River County, TX].