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Ruth Elizabeth Smedley 1830–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: November 1830

Birth Location: Georgia, USA

Death Date: 1918

Death Location: Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA

Father: Thomas Smedley

Mother: Elizabeth Smedley

Spouse(s): Elijah Garrett

Children(s): Thomas Garrett, Samuel Garrett, Charles Garrett, Avarilla Hodges, John Garrett, Mary Garrett

Ruth Elizabeth Smedley was born in 1830 in Georgia, USA, the child of Thomas D Smedley And Elizabeth G Smedley. Ruth Elizabeth Smedley married Elijah Winstead Garrett, and had children including Avarilla Elizabeth Hodges, Charles Eugene Garrett, John T Garrett, Mary Mariah Susie Garrett, Samuel Winstead Garrett, Thomas D Tom Garrett. Ruth Elizabeth Smedley passed away in 1918 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Elizabeth Smedley was born in 1830 in Georgia, USA, the child of Thomas D Smedley And Elizabeth G Smedley.
  • Ruth Elizabeth Smedley married Elijah Winstead Garrett, and had children including Avarilla Elizabeth Hodges, Charles Eugene Garrett, John T Garrett, Mary Mariah Susie Garrett, Samuel Winstead Garrett, Thomas D Tom Garrett.
  • Ruth Elizabeth Smedley passed away in 1918 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Smedley
1804–1880
Birth Location: South Carolina, South Carolina, USA
TS
Elizabeth Smedley
1806–1839
Birth Location: –
ES

Spouses(s)

Elijah Garrett
1822–1908
Birth Location: Campbell County, Georgia, USA
EG

Children(s)

Thomas Garrett
1864–1920
Birth Location: Belton, Bell, Texas, USA
TG
Samuel Garrett
1858–1954
Birth Location: Arkansas, USA
SG
Charles Garrett
1870–1966
Birth Location: –
CG
Avarilla Hodges
1861–1953
Birth Location: Arkansas, USA
AH
John Garrett
1867–1965
Birth Location: Hunt County, Texas
JG
Mary Garrett
1860–
Birth Location: Arkansas, USA
MG

Ruth Smedley's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Smedley
1830–1918
Birth Place: Georgia, USA
Parents
Thomas D Smedley
1804–1880
South Carolina, South Carolina, USA
Elizabeth (G) Smedley
1806–1839
Grandparents
William Smedley
1777–1860
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Poe
1776–1853
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Smedley
1745–1790
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Col Smedley
1705–1771
Jane Sturges
1703–1747

Ruth Smedley's Descendants

1.
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Ruth (Elizabeth) Smedley (November 1830–1918) m. Elijah (Winstead) Garrett (May 1822–1908)
  1. 1. Thomas (D "Tom") Garrett 1864–1920
    1. 1. Florence (Ava) Garrett 1904–1983 m. Eli (Edward 'Fat Daddy') Hall 1897–1980
      1. 1. Paul (Douglas) Hall 1931–2013
      2. 2. Roy (Van) Hall 1929–2001
      3. 3. Edward (Rice) Hall 1926–2005
      4. 4. Joseph (Thomas) Hall 1924–2000
      5. 5. Violet (D.) Hall 1922–1998
      6. 6. Herbert (henry) Hall 1934–2019 m. Betty (Louise) Brumley 1936–2017
  2. 2. Samuel (Winstead) Garrett 1858–1954
    1. 1. Clara (Mae Garrett Taylor) Scott 1891–1975
      1. 1. Leroy (Vernon) Taylor 1919–1954
      2. 2. Betty (Ruth) Moshier 1922–2009
        1. 1. Jerry (Lee) Henley 1944–2019
    2. 2. Rose (Ella) Garrett 1897–1991
      1. 1. Marguerite (Louise) Kincannon 1921–1991
    3. 3. Francis (Winfred) Garrett 1913–2003
      1. 1. Francell Lowe 1938–2011
  3. 3. Charles (Eugene) Garrett 1870–1966
    1. 1. Otis (B.) Garrett 1905–1990
      1. 1. Willis (Elwood) Garrett 1925–1994
      2. 2. Mary (E) Garret 1932–1986
    2. 2. Roy (E.) Garrett 1919–1999
      1. 1. Lola (D) Garrett 1939–2005
  4. 4. Avarilla (Elizabeth) Hodges 1861–1953
    1. 1. Lillian (Maud "Lillie" "Lilly") Hodges 1881–1971
      1. 1. William (Arthur) Gray 1909–1989
    2. 2. Albert (Ross) Hodges 1887–1977
      1. 1. Juanita (Mahoma) Hodges 1921–2010
    3. 3. Claude (Eugene Hodges) Sr 1891–1979
      1. 1. Zona (Mae) hodges 1929–2011
  5. 5. John (T) Garrett 1867–1965
    1. 1. Patrick (Obadiah 'Pat') Garrett 1891–1976
      1. 1. Marjorie ("Margie" Alice) Garrett 1913–1990
        1. 1. Brady (Don Emmons) Jr 1935–1979
        2. 2. Alice (Marie) Emmons 1945–2003
      2. 2. Sidney (Alfred) Garrett 1915–1999
      3. 3. Lillian (Moselle) Garrett 1918–1992
      4. 4. Thurman (Patrick) Garrett 1922–2005
        1. 1. Pat Garrett 1944–2016
      5. 5. Juanita (Inez) Garrett 1925–1997
        1. 1. Warren (Dale Smith) dna-c 1944–2019
      6. 6. Kenneth Garrett 1929–1967
  6. 6. Mary (Mariah "Susie") Garrett 1860–
    1. 1. Mary (Susan) Turner 1887–1964
      1. 1. Odetta (June) Farris 1906–1983
        1. 1. Cecil (Arthur Riley) Jr 1926–2009

Ruth Smedley's Timeline

2 Records

1830
November 1830
Birth of Ruth Elizabeth Smedley in Georgia, USA
Georgia, USA
1918
1918
Age 88
Death of Ruth Elizabeth Smedley in Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: November 1830
    Event Place: Georgia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Franklin, Arkansas
    Record Source: Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1918
    Event Place: Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
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