David Stuart Smith was raised to be a farmer, but went into the merchantile business in Tyler, Texas, at A. Harris & Company. He married Fannie Rebecca Friday on 26 July 1885 in Smith County. They had four children. Fannie Rebecca died shortly after the birth of their fourth child, Little Fannie, in 1896. With children to raise, he remarried to Fannie Rebecca Bauman, a widow from Smith County on 2 January 1898. He went into a shared business, a merchantile store in Lindale, Texas, Rice & Smith, where he and Fannie Rebecca Bauman had their four children.
In 1909, David moved the family to Ogburn, Texas, to open his own store. While there, he also served as the postmaster for Ogburn from 19 April 1910 until his death in 1911. He was buried near the family of his first wife in Hopewell Cemetery in Swan, Texas with a Woodman of the World Memorial. (A physical legacy of the organization are headstones in the shape of a tree stump. The sawed off limbs represent a life cut short. The headstones were used across the US U& CN until about 1930.)
In 1909, David moved the family to Ogburn, Texas, to open his own store. While there, he also served as the postmaster for Ogburn from 19 April 1910 until his death in 1911. He was buried near the family of his first wife in Hopewell Cemetery in Swan, Texas with a Woodman of the World Memorial. (A physical legacy of the organization are headstones in the shape of a tree stump. The sawed off limbs represent a life cut short. The headstones were used across the US U& CN until about 1930.)
David Stuart Smith was raised to be a farmer, but went into the merchantile business in Tyler, Texas, at A. Harris & Company. He married Fannie Rebecca Friday on 26 July 1885 in Smith County. They had four children. Fannie Rebecca died shortly after the birth of their fourth child, Little Fannie, in 1896. With children to raise, he remarried to Fannie Rebecca Bauman, a widow from Smith County on 2 January 1898. He went into a shared business, a merchantile store in Lindale, Texas, Rice & Smith, where he and Fannie Rebecca Bauman had their four children.
In 1909, David moved the family to Ogburn, Texas, to open his own store. While there, he also served as the postmaster for Ogburn from 19 April 1910 until his death in 1911. He was buried near the family of his first wife in Hopewell Cemetery in Swan, Texas with a Woodman of the World Memorial. (A physical legacy of the organization are headstones in the shape of a tree stump. The sawed off limbs represent a life cut short. The headstones were used across the US U& CN until about 1930.)
In 1909, David moved the family to Ogburn, Texas, to open his own store. While there, he also served as the postmaster for Ogburn from 19 April 1910 until his death in 1911. He was buried near the family of his first wife in Hopewell Cemetery in Swan, Texas with a Woodman of the World Memorial. (A physical legacy of the organization are headstones in the shape of a tree stump. The sawed off limbs represent a life cut short. The headstones were used across the US U& CN until about 1930.)
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Woodsmen Of The World Stone
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Single upright W.O.W stone
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