TX Family Groupsheet for William Henly Washington SMELLEY Family ************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ************************************************************************** Submitted by: Renee Smelley Email address: IRSmelley2@aol.com Husband: William Henly Washington Smelley Birthdate: May 29, 1860 Birthplace: Bibb County, Alabama Death date: June 14, 1949 Place of death: Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas Father: John Landon Churchwell SMELLEY Mother: Sarah Jane HOWARD Marriage date: June 5, 1881 Marriage place: Wife: Epsie Paralee Walker Birthdate: September 13, 1856 Death date: January 3, 1933 Place of death: Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas CHILDREN Child No. 1: James William Sex: M Birthdate: July 1889 Death date: September 02, 1962 Place of death: Marriage date: June 18, 1913 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Kathryn Lucinda DESMUKE Child No. 2: Leola Sex: F Birthdate: October 26, 1891 Birthplace: Cottondale, Bibb County, Alabama Death date: May 28, 1986 Place of death: Marriage date: September 23, 1920 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Noah L. HAINES Child No. 3: Allen Sex: M Birthdate: December 04, 1893 Death date: July 15, 1918 Place of death: Marne, France Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Never Married Child No. 4: Nellie Estelle Sex: F Birthdate: September 20, 1895 Death date: September 22, 1962 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Willie L. COOK Documentation: William & Parilee Smelley went to Atascosa County, Texas in 1910 from Cottondale Alabama. William Smelley and his son James owned the Smelley Construction Company. Allen Smelley was one of the first in Atascosa County to die in World War I. Documentation: Family Bible, Family Group Sheets from Margaret Smelley Richardson, Atascosa County History Book. .