Jefferson County AlArchives Divorce.....Vardaman, Willie May - Smith, Ben H. 1913 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: L. Hanke lhbham@yahoo.com September 5, 2007, 6:03 pm Loose Records, Jefferson Co AL Willie May Smith vs Ben H. Smith - Bill of Complaint and Cross Bill Box 8522 Case No. 686 Genealogical information from records: Benjamin H. Smith md. Willie May Vardaman 5 Oct 1905. They had, at the time of divorce, one child - Roland Smith 7, born 7 May 1906. Testimony by neighbors mentioned Willie May usually wore black, since she was mourning the death of a child. At time of divorce, Ben Smith was 31, and his parents lived in Carrollton GA. Others mentioned were Mrs. L. A. Vardaman and Mrs. Blankenship, sister to Willie May. A Decree Pro Confesso was granted Ben against Willie May, but there is no resolution of the matter shown in the files. ********* 1910 Jefferson Co AL census shows the following: Smith, Benjamin H. wm 27 b.GA , Willie May wf 22 b.AL 2 ch born, 2 living , Roland wm 4 b.AL , Mildred wf 1+ b.AL (the child who died by 1913) 1920 Jefferson Co AL census shows the following: (23rd Street, Ensley) Vardaman, W. A. 65 AL 'carpenter, steel plant' , Laura A. 61 AL Blankenship, Amy (dau) 39 AL , Arthur (son-in-law) 44 AL 'invalid' McLane, Ruby (dau) 19 AL , Ben A. (son-in-law) 27 AL 'conductor on rr' I could find no record of Benjamin H. Smith, son Roland Smith, or Willie May Smith/Vardaman on the 1920 census, either in AL or GA. Additional Comments: -notes gathered while cleaning and indexing loose records. I am not related to any of the parties. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jefferson/vitals/divorces/vardaman11gdv.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb