Upson County GaArchives Biographies.....Smith, Elizabeth M. 1823 - 1902
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Author: Brad Willis

Elizabeth M. Smith Smith was born June 21, 1823 in Box Springs, Talbot County,
Georgia, the daughter Charles Lee Smith, Sr. (February 10, 1795 - December 1877)
a War of 1812 veteran, and Martha T. Glenn Smith (June 1801-September 6, 1878).

She married Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. on May 14, 1848 in Upson County, Georgia.
She died February 27, 1902 and was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Thomaston,
Georgia beside her husband.

Her grandfather, Larkin Smith, Sr. (March 6, 1760 - October 20, 1834) was a
veteran of the American Revolution. Her grandfather, Larkin Smith, Sr., and her
husband's grandfather, Robert Smith, Jr. (February 7, 1749 - December 9, 1834)
were brothers. Their service in the American Revolution has been documented in
the DAR by a descendant, Hester M. Beck Willis of Waco, Texas.

The Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. home is described in detail in A Rockaway in
Talbot: Travels in an Old Georgia County, Volume II, by William Davidson. He
refers to it as the Smith-Matthews House, built circa 1830, and he describes the
interior of the house in detail. He mentions the parlor being on the right on
the first floor.



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More information on the A. G. Smith family may be found in Centennial
Anniversary of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, Oglethorpe County, GA, compiled by
Rev. Clement C. Cary, ca. 1920. Apparently this church history was reprinted ca.
1973. In the center of the reprint is an addendum which was compiled by Anthony
Joseph Smith, Sr. of Florida. This addendum mentions the Colonial and American
Revolutionary War service of Robert Smith of Cumberland County, VA, a
transcription of the Robert Smith, Jr. Bible, and a transcription of the Rev.
Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. Bible.

The following is an obituary from the Thomaston Times on February 27, 1891 for
Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr.:

"Death of Mr. Garnett Smith. Mr. A. Garnett Smith [Jr.] died at his home in this
county on Thursday, 19th instant. His remains were brought here and buried in
the cemetery on the hill Friday at 2 o'clock, services being conducted by Rev.
D. J. Myrick. He had been in failing health for some time, his last illness
being of about three weeks' duration.
He was born in Oglethorpe County in 1809, being 82 years old at his death. He
came this county about forty years ago, and has since been identified with all
its interests. He was a moral, upright man, a good citizen and neighbor, a
faithful husband and kind father. He leaves a wife and ten children, all of whom
are grown, some of them being in various place in the south and west. Our
sympathies are extending these and the other bereaved relatives."

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The Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. home is described in detail in A Rockaway in
Talbot: Travels in an Old Georgia County, Volume II, by William Davidson. He
refers to it as the Smith-Matthews House, built circa 1830, and he describes the
interior of the house in detail. He mentions the parlor being on the right on
the first floor.

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