Mary Eliza Ellington Smedley

Birth: 7 Jun 1861
Morgan County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 15 Oct 1941 (aged 80)
Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Alfrey Cemetery

Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 38.1033945, Longitude: -83.50805
Plot: #1376
Memorial ID: 5126928 View Source

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Reinterment from Hargis Cem. Cave Run Tract # 2205-2-C

Gravesite Details

This grave was moved to the Alfrey Cemetery in 1971 when the Corps of Engineers' created Cave Run Lake. It was formerly in the Hargis Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky. SOURCE: Kentucky Ancestors, 11:3, January 1976

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Parents

David C Ellington Jr

1837–1862
Ruth E Jones Ellington

1845–1908

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Daniel Boone Smedley

1858–1947

Children

Jefferson Davis Smedley

1878–1957
Sarah Frances Smedley

1880–1886
Frank Forrest Smedley

1883–1952
Ruth Katherine "Kate" Smedley Hargis

1885–1966
Della Jane Smedley Foster

1888–1984
Ora William Smedley

1890–1977
John David Smedley Sr.

1893–1964
Emma Ellen Smedley Pigman

1893–1979
Charles Aaron Smedley

1898–1961
Mary Ethel Smedley Black

1900–1988
Jesse E Smedley

1903–2006

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Mary Elizabeth ELLINGTON Smedley
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Daniel Boone Smedley
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Mary ELiza ELLINGTON Smedley
Born June 7, 1861 Morgan County Kentucky
Died October 15, 1941

Jesse Emmett Smedley
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Mary Ethel SMEDLEY Black
Took in 1903 in Kentucky

Mary ELiza ELLINGTON Smedley was Cherokee Indian

The Daughter of
David C. Ellington
&
Rutha A JONES
Or Ruth A. JONES

Mary Eliza ELLINGTON
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Daniel Boone Smedley
Married
February 1, 1877

They Had the following children
In Rowan County Kentucky.

1) Jefferson Davis Smedley
Born February 11, 1878
Died January 5, 1957

Wifes

(1) Georgia Ann Pettit

(2) Serana Williams

2) Sarah Frances "Fannie" SMEDLEY
Born 1880
Died December 29, 1886

3) Forest Franklin "Frank" Smedley
Born June 29, 1883
Died September 23, 1952

4) Ruth Catherine "Kate" SMEDLEY
Born December 1885
Died December 5, 1966
Married
William Lemuel Hargis

5) Della Jane SMEDLEY
Married December 24, 1908
Jesse Eli Foster

6) Ora William Smedley,
Born August 4, 1890
Married
Jennie CAREY

7) Emma Ellen SMEDLEY
Born March 4, 1893
Died December 1979

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(1) William T. Alfrey

(2) John Pigman

(3 Fred Wheatley

8) John D. Smedley
Born July 9, 1895
Died May 12, 1964

9) Charlie A. Smedley
Born February 14, 1898
Died September 10, 1961

10) Mary Ethel SMEDLEY Black
Born September 7, 1900

11) Jesse Emmett Smedley
Born May 30 1903
Died April 17, 2006

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David C Ellington Jr

Ruth E Jones Ellington

Daniel Boone Smedley

Jefferson Davis Smedley

Sarah Frances Smedley

Frank Forrest Smedley

Ruth Katherine "Kate" Smedley Hargis

Della Jane Smedley Foster

Ora William Smedley

John David Smedley Sr.

Emma Ellen Smedley Pigman

Charles Aaron Smedley

Mary Ethel Smedley Black

Jesse E Smedley

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