Nellie Pender Smith grew up in Fayetteville, NC and went to a finishing or training school in SC. She was sent there by her brother Ernest Smith "when the family was breaking up." Her mother had died when she was 5 years old. Nellie's sister, Mabel, worked for the railroad as the Seaboard Railroad Station Agent in Estill, SC. It had been built from Carolina to GA in 1890. Nellie moved from Fayetteville to Estill with Mabel and taught school (somewhere in SC). Nellie apparently did not like teaching very much and helped Mabel in the summer at the railroad. She trained somewhere in SC for telegraphy. Mabel got Nellie a job with the railroad, and Nellie moved to Rincon, GA, to work as a depot agent and telegrapher for SeaBoard Air Line Railroad between 1900 and 1905. She was the first female station agent in Rincon. In Rincon, she boarded close to the depot with the Simmons and the Andrew Gnanns (one of the oldest houses in the area). She quit work when she married Elliott Bascom Hinely. Nellie loved to tell tales about the railroad people. Because she was a woman, the crews were especially nice to her--would do her favors and bring her gifts.
Nellie Pender Smith grew up in Fayetteville, NC and went to a finishing or training school in SC. She was sent there by her brother Ernest Smith "when the family was breaking up." Her mother had died when she was 5 years old. Nellie's sister, Mabel, worked for the railroad as the Seaboard Railroad Station Agent in Estill, SC. It had been built from Carolina to GA in 1890. Nellie moved from Fayetteville to Estill with Mabel and taught school (somewhere in SC). Nellie apparently did not like teaching very much and helped Mabel in the summer at the railroad. She trained somewhere in SC for telegraphy. Mabel got Nellie a job with the railroad, and Nellie moved to Rincon, GA, to work as a depot agent and telegrapher for SeaBoard Air Line Railroad between 1900 and 1905. She was the first female station agent in Rincon. In Rincon, she boarded close to the depot with the Simmons and the Andrew Gnanns (one of the oldest houses in the area). She quit work when she married Elliott Bascom Hinely. Nellie loved to tell tales about the railroad people. Because she was a woman, the crews were especially nice to her--would do her favors and bring her gifts.
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Nellie Smith Sept 8, 1875 - July 9, 1959 - Mother
Elliot Bascom Jan 30, 1880 - Mar 28, 1941 - Father
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