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Sarah Emma <I>Smith</I> Owen

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Sarah Emma Smith Owen

Birth
Death
9 Feb 1874 (aged 24)
Burial
Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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After the Civil War, ex-slaveholder, physician, newspaper publisher and businessman Joseph Riley Smith divided up his corn and cotton fields into residential lots to develop Smithfield, now a neighborhood of Birmingham. He named the streets after his children, including Sarah.
After the Civil War, ex-slaveholder, physician, newspaper publisher and businessman Joseph Riley Smith divided up his corn and cotton fields into residential lots to develop Smithfield, now a neighborhood of Birmingham. He named the streets after his children, including Sarah.


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  • Created by: Howard Cobb
  • Added: Jan 24, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47072000/sarah_emma-owen: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Emma Smith Owen (14 Feb 1849–9 Feb 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47072000, citing Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Howard Cobb (contributor 47205196).