Talbot-Upson-Crawford County GaArchives Biographies.....Smith, Martha Johanna Smith [Maiden Name] October 23, 1856 - December 11, 1933
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Source: Daniel Allen's Family Register, Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. Family Bible
Author: Jack Grubb and Bradford Willis

By: Jack Grubb and Bradford Willis
 
Martha Johanna Smith (Oct. 23, 1856-Dec. 11, 1933) was the daughter of Anthony 
Garnett Smith, Jr. (1809-1891) and Elizabeth Mary Smith (1823-1902), pioneers 
of Upson and Talbot counties.
 
On May 20, 1875, according to her parents' family Bible, Martha Johanna Smith 
married a relative, Edmund Jackson Smith (Apr. 13, 1850-Jan. 9, 1919).  He was 
the son of Carey Hull Smith and Sarah Amanda Jackson Smith.  Martha J. and 
Edmund J. Smith were members of the Antioch Methodist Church of Thomaston.
 
Around 1918, Edmund J. and Martha Johanna Smith moved to Fulton County, 
Georgia.  Their children were Mary Elizabeth Smith Bryan (1876-1912), Garnett 
Hull Smith (1878-1965), Claud Daniel Smith (1881-1955), Emmie Jackson Gordy 
(1887-1971), Lucile Parks Smith Grubb (1889-1982), and Sarah Evelyn Smith 
(1894-1982).
 
The Smith family is appreciative to Mr. Claude C. Burgess of the Thomaston-
Upson Archives for locating the following obituary in the Thomaston Times on 
Jan. 17, 1919:
 
"Mr. Ed. J. Smith Killed By Atlanta Street Car
 
The people of Upson county were greatly shocked and saddened by the sudden and 
untimely death of Mr. E. J. Smith which occured [sic] at East Point last 
Thursday. He was run over and killed by a street car.  His body was brought to 
Thomaston Friday and the remains were intered [sic] at Antioch church Saturday 
morning at 10 o'clock, the funeral being conducted by Rev. M. S. Williams, 
pastor Thomaston Methodist church.  A large number of sorrowing relatives and 
friends attended the exercises.
 
Until a few months ago Mr. Smith was a resident of this county when he moved 
to Hapeville to make his home with his son, Mr. G. H. Smith.  He was one of 
Upson's most highly respected and best beloved citizens.  He had been a 
citizen of this county for many years having served as Justice of the Peace in 
the Delray district for a long time.  He was a member of Antioch church and 
was one of the leaders of that congregation.  
 
The following account of the death appeared in the Atlanta Journal Friday:
 
Struck by an outgoing East Point street car on Ware avenue, opposite the sub-
station of the Georgia Railway and Power company, E. J. Smith, sixty eight 
years old, of Hapeville, was instantly killed at 6 o'clock Thursday night.
 
It was stated by officials of the power company that Mr. Smith crossed the 
track in front of an incoming car and did not see the outgoing car....  The 
body is now at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond.
 
Mr. Smith was in the employ of the leather department of Couch Brothers 
Manufacturing company, at East Point.  He came here about two months ago from 
Thomaston, Ga.  He is survived by his widow;  two sons, G. H. Smith, who is 
employed at the consolidated ticket offices in Atlanta, and C. D. Smith, of 
Thomaston, and three daughters, Mrs. Douglas Gordy, of Perry, Ga., Mrs. Paul 
Grubb, of Thomaston, and Miss Evelyn Smith, of Hapeville. - Atlanta Journal.
 
The relatives of the deceased have the sympathy of the people of Upson county 
in their bereavement."
 
Edmund Jackson Smith, Martha Johanna Smith, and many descendants are buried in 
the Antioch Methodist Church Cemetery in Thomaston.  Mr. Daniel A. Brown, a 
descendant, presently resides in the home of Edmund J. and Martha Johanna 
Smith located in Thomaston.


Additional Comments:
This article was published in the Talbotton New Era, Talbot County, Ga., on 
Feb. 21, 2013 with the help of Mr. Vann Chapman, the editor.

The Smith family is most appreciative to Mr. Claude C. Burgess of the 
Thomaston-Upson Archives for locating many records and obituaries in 
preparation for this article.



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