Baltimore County MD Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Mary Jane June 1895
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The Democrat  June 8, 1895
The funeral of Mary Jane Smith, colored, whose age was given at one hundred 
and three years, took place Tuesday afternoon from her late home on St. George 
avenue, Waverly.  She was born a slave in the family of the late Samuel H. 
Tagart, who had an extensive farm known as "Black Rock," on the Falls road.  
She often statedd that she remembered the War of 1812, the visit of Lafayette 
to Baltimore and other notable events of the beginning of the century.  She 
was the mother of ten children, among whom is William H. Smith, a New York 
caterer.

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