Columbus Jefferson Smith
Family

1873 -1955

NAME BORN DIED CEMETERY
Columbus Jefferson "Jeff" Smith #994 19 Mar 1873
Louisiana
17 Dec 1955 Terry County Memorial
Brownfield, Terry, Texas
Married: 1891
Susan Ann "Susie" Johnson #243
Prob. Robertson Co., TX
25 Jul 1876
Madison County, TX
14 May 1969
Brownfield, Terry, TX
Terry County Memorial
Brownfield, Terry, TX
Children:
S. L. "Sherdie" Smith #1236
26 Aug 1892
Texas
24 Aug 1955
Hereford, Deaf Smith, TX
West Park
Hereford, Deaf Smith, TX
William Pleasant "Will" Smith #1237 22 May 1894
Madison Co., TX
14 Feb 1966
Lubbock, Lubbock, TX
Obituary
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
Henry Ross Smith #1192 24 Jan 1897
Texas
6 Aug 1929
Garza County, TX
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
Eskel Idell Smith #1191 9 Aug 1898
Texas
30 Jul 1990
Texas
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
John Roy Smith #1238 May 1899
Texas


Alma T. Smith #1962 1902
Texas
not on marker
aft. 1969
Terry County Memorial
Brownfield, Terry, Texas

Columbus Jefferson migrated from Louisiana with his parents to the Robertson/Madison County vicinity. In the 1890s, he followed his older brothers, Willis Anderson "Toby" and William Pleasant Thomas "WPT" Smith in the Dickens/Kent County area, settling in the Dry Lake Community of Dickens.
Records: 1880 Census TX Robertson JP6 Jun 25: (with parents) Jeff 8 LA.
1900 Census TX Dickens 167/168 Jun 25: C. J. Smith 26, Mar 1874 LA, S. A. 22 Jul 1877 TX, marr. 8 yrs, 5/5 children. Also Marandia Smith 66 MS MS MS, mother, widow, 8/6 children.
1910 Census TX Dickens JP3 124/124 May 5: Jeffries C. Smith 36 LA, Susan B. 33 TX, six children.
1920 Census TX Dickens JP3 33/38 Mar 5: C. J. Smith 46 LA, Susis 44 TX, R. T. 17, dau, Claudia Smith 5, grandaughter.
1929 "Drowning Incident."
1930 Census TX Terry (with widowed daughter R. Idell McBroom)Jeff Smith 53, father, age 18 when first married, Susie Smith 53, mother, age 16 when first married.
1955 Death Certificate: Columbus Jefferson Smith b. 19 Mar 1873 LA, d. 17 Dec 1955 Brownfield, Terry, TX. Susan "Susie" Johnson is the daughter of William Johnson and Mary Imogene Brantner
S. L. married Eunice McBroom Obituary (1898 - c. 1917-18) on 10 Nov 1913 in Dickens County, Texas
William Pleasent married Alice Jones Obituary (c. 1902 - 28 Oct 1972) on 21 Dec 1919 in Haskell, Haskell, Texas
Henry Ross married Eva Harris.
Eskel Idell married A. Escal McBroom (1890 - 6 Aug 1929)
Alma married Euell V. George (1897 - 1960)
Drowning tragedy August 6, 1929 claims three lives.
Pleasant S. Smith
Father
W. I. Johnson
Father
George McBroom
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