Mary Catherine “Polly” Smith Birchett (1836-1908)

Mary Catherine “Polly” Smith Birchett

Birth

17 Jan 1836

Tennessee, USA

Death

24 Mar 1908 (aged 72)

Myrtle, Oregon County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Myrtle Cemetery

Myrtle, Oregon County, Missouri, USA Add to Map

Plot

buried next to her husband, Abner Owens Birchett

Memorial ID

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Daughter of Wright G. SMITH SR. and Margaret Doss (per high # of DNA markers to Lanita). Married Abner Owens BIRCHETT ca 1853 in Tennessee [prob. Henderson Co.]. By 1860, the family moved to Oregon Co., MO as proven by the Census].

Polly and Abner had these children:

1. Martha E. (1855-1921)

2. William Jasper (1855-1946)

3. Mary Matilda (1859-1949)

4. Wright S. [aka Right] (1861-1905).

5. Ellen Elizabeth (1863-1949).. mar. John A. STEWART [source: marriage records]. She is bur. Jonesboro, AR.

6. George Washington (1865-1954).. mar. Mary Catherine LEWALLEN [source: marriage records]. They are bur. at Chelsea, OK.

7. Marion Franklin (1869-1938).. mar. Alice PURINGTON.

8. Helen Jane (1870-1961).. mar. John FERNIMEN [source: marriage records.] Both are buried at Myrtle Cem., Oregon Co., MO.

9. Robert Kingston (1871-1896). unmar. Was killed in a freight train wreck in Clark Co, AR. [source: family knowledge]

10. Henry (Died as Child) (1873-1879).. Was 6 yrs old when he was killed when he was kicked in the stomach by a mule. Bur. at Jeff, Oregon Co., MO. [source: family knowledge.]