| 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 |
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| 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 Connection |
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