Tombstone Tuesday - Francis Marion Smith

Francis Marion "Frank" Smith

Born on November 24, 1867

Son of 

James Luther and Henrietta D. Smith

Brother to

Virginia "Jennie", Catherine "Kate", James William "Jim", and Edward Dorsey

Husband of

Nettie Watson

Father to

Isom James, Jennie, Mollie, Jessie, Clayton Francis, William Edward "Buck",

Sadye and Sydney

Died on July 7, 1953

Buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery

Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Friday's Faces From the Past ~ Sadye Smith Nolen

Sadye Smith Nolen

(1898-1957)

Daughter of

Francis Marion "Frank" Smith and Nettie Watson

Sister of

Isom, Jennie, Mollie, Jessie, Clayon,

Buck and Sidney Smith

Wife of

Marvin Bishop Nolen, Sr.

Mother of

Marvin Bishop Nolen, Jr.

Sadye Smith Nolen was my third cousin, 3x removed.

Note:  The story of Sadye Nolen, The Bunk Car Lady can be found here.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Smith Golden Anniversary

From the September 30, 1936 edition of the Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana:

Francis Marion "Frank" Smith was the son of James Luther and Henrietta D, Smith of Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

On September 19, 1886, Frank Smith married Nettie Watson in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

Nettie S. Watson was the daughter of Elias W. and Sarah Ann Mathis Watson of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

Frank Smith was a brother to my great great grandmother, Virginia Jane "Jennie" Smith Blackman.