This is a beautiful, imposing mausoleum located in Section G, Lot 90 and containing 4 interments. The name over the door is B. Smith and the doors are locked, but have an open iron work design. The mausoleum contains Benjamin Simth and his wife Irene, plus his sister Frances "Fanny" Smith Bullitt and her husband Alexander Clark Bullitt.
Benjamin Smith was a brother of Eliza Smith w/o Merritt Mordecai Williams, brother of Irene. Benjamin & Eliza were children of William Smith & Sarah Ellis Smith of Fayette Co., Ky
From Anne (#48456023)
Benjamin Smith was a successful planter in Louisville & in Mississippi, first owner of "Longwood" in Washington Co., Miss. Irene was called "Aunt Smith". They are buried in the Smith Mausoleum at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Their summer home in Louisville on Jefferson St., has been torn down for a expressway..had 22 rooms.
Louisville City Directory of 1872: Mrs. Irene Smith, widow of Benjamin Smith & Mrs. Irene Bullitt, widow of A.C...listed at the Jefferson St Address.
Their daughter Fanny (Frances Elizabeth) Smith was a redheaded belle..two steamboats named for the "gay Miss Fanny Smith" -The Fanny Smith & The Fanny Bullitt. She was the 1st wife of Alexander Clark Bullitt
See article in the Courier Journal March 1 1961 "Landmark of Past Elegance in the Haymarket Area"
From Dona (Carr) Mooring
I believe you have the wrong Benjamin Smith connected to Irene Smith.
This memorial belongs to
Benjamin Bosworth Smith
Born 1794 Rhode Island
Died: 08 Jan 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
Benjamin Smith was a brother of Eliza Smith w/o Merritt Mordecai Williams, brother of Irene. Benjamin & Eliza were children of William Smith & Sarah Ellis Smith of Fayette Co., Ky
From Anne (#48456023)
Benjamin Smith was a successful planter in Louisville & in Mississippi, first owner of "Longwood" in Washington Co., Miss. Irene was called "Aunt Smith". They are buried in the Smith Mausoleum at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Their summer home in Louisville on Jefferson St., has been torn down for a expressway..had 22 rooms.
Louisville City Directory of 1872: Mrs. Irene Smith, widow of Benjamin Smith & Mrs. Irene Bullitt, widow of A.C...listed at the Jefferson St Address.
Their daughter Fanny (Frances Elizabeth) Smith was a redheaded belle..two steamboats named for the "gay Miss Fanny Smith" -The Fanny Smith & The Fanny Bullitt. She was the 1st wife of Alexander Clark Bullitt
See article in the Courier Journal March 1 1961 "Landmark of Past Elegance in the Haymarket Area"
From Dona (Carr) Mooring
I believe you have the wrong Benjamin Smith connected to Irene Smith.
This memorial belongs to
Benjamin Bosworth Smith
Born 1794 Rhode Island
Died: 08 Jan 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
This is a beautiful, imposing mausoleum located in Section G, Lot 90 and containing 4 interments. The name over the door is B. Smith and the doors are locked, but have an open iron work design. The mausoleum contains Benjamin Simth and his wife Irene, plus his sister Frances "Fanny" Smith Bullitt and her husband Alexander Clark Bullitt.
Benjamin Smith was a brother of Eliza Smith w/o Merritt Mordecai Williams, brother of Irene. Benjamin & Eliza were children of William Smith & Sarah Ellis Smith of Fayette Co., Ky
From Anne (#48456023)
Benjamin Smith was a successful planter in Louisville & in Mississippi, first owner of "Longwood" in Washington Co., Miss. Irene was called "Aunt Smith". They are buried in the Smith Mausoleum at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Their summer home in Louisville on Jefferson St., has been torn down for a expressway..had 22 rooms.
Louisville City Directory of 1872: Mrs. Irene Smith, widow of Benjamin Smith & Mrs. Irene Bullitt, widow of A.C...listed at the Jefferson St Address.
Their daughter Fanny (Frances Elizabeth) Smith was a redheaded belle..two steamboats named for the "gay Miss Fanny Smith" -The Fanny Smith & The Fanny Bullitt. She was the 1st wife of Alexander Clark Bullitt
See article in the Courier Journal March 1 1961 "Landmark of Past Elegance in the Haymarket Area"
From Dona (Carr) Mooring
I believe you have the wrong Benjamin Smith connected to Irene Smith.
This memorial belongs to
Benjamin Bosworth Smith
Born 1794 Rhode Island
Died: 08 Jan 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
Benjamin Smith was a brother of Eliza Smith w/o Merritt Mordecai Williams, brother of Irene. Benjamin & Eliza were children of William Smith & Sarah Ellis Smith of Fayette Co., Ky
From Anne (#48456023)
Benjamin Smith was a successful planter in Louisville & in Mississippi, first owner of "Longwood" in Washington Co., Miss. Irene was called "Aunt Smith". They are buried in the Smith Mausoleum at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Their summer home in Louisville on Jefferson St., has been torn down for a expressway..had 22 rooms.
Louisville City Directory of 1872: Mrs. Irene Smith, widow of Benjamin Smith & Mrs. Irene Bullitt, widow of A.C...listed at the Jefferson St Address.
Their daughter Fanny (Frances Elizabeth) Smith was a redheaded belle..two steamboats named for the "gay Miss Fanny Smith" -The Fanny Smith & The Fanny Bullitt. She was the 1st wife of Alexander Clark Bullitt
See article in the Courier Journal March 1 1961 "Landmark of Past Elegance in the Haymarket Area"
From Dona (Carr) Mooring
I believe you have the wrong Benjamin Smith connected to Irene Smith.
This memorial belongs to
Benjamin Bosworth Smith
Born 1794 Rhode Island
Died: 08 Jan 1863 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
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