Eastland County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....KARNES, Eliza Maria 
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Cemetery:           Oakwood Cemetery In Cisco, Eastland County Texas
Name:               Eliza Maria KARNES

Date Of Photograph: September 23, 2003
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G. L. SMITH    Feb 5. 1841  - Jan 29, 1886  FATHER (Green Lafayette SMITH)



Eliza M.    Sept 29, 1840 – Sept. 21, 1915   Wife of G. L. SMITH   MOTHER 

(Eliza Mariah KARNES)



Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.



Additional Comments:
Eliza Mariah KARNES was born on 29 Sep 1840 in Kentucky to Charles T. & Mary

KARNES. Eliza M. died on 21 Sep 1915 in Stephens County, Texas.  The cause of

death was poisoning. She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Cisco, Eastland County,

Texas. 

She married Green Lafayette SMITH on 28 Mar 1866 in Coryell County, Texas. 





Reverend Green Lafayette SMITH was born on 5 Feb 1841 in Nacogdoches County,

Texas to Captain Henry Madison SMITH and Sarah Susannah HALL SMITH. 

Green Lafayette SMITH died on 29 Jan 1886 in Stephens County, Texas. He was

buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Cisco, Eastland County, Texas. 



Green Lafayette Smith was a circuit riding minister of the Methodist Episcopal

Church South at the time of his death. 



(Information compiled by the General James Smith Family Organization.



More information from Helen Price:  Eliza Mariah Karnes (wife of Green) took

care of her grandchildren (Mary Susannah SMITH ALEXANDER'S children) after their

parents died. Eliza Karnes Smith and Bettie Alexander were poisoned and both

died in Sep 1915.

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