Individual Details

Married John Boyce Smith. Lived in Scott County, 1901 according to grandfather's will. This is the family of Crystal Head. She states that they lived and died in Briggsville, Yell Co AR. Their daugher Mary Augusta Smith married James Marcus Benefield.

1900 Census. Yell Co, AR, Briggsville, Dist 145, Sheet 4B, Hh 77
John B. Smith, Born Sept 1862, age 37, married 16 years.
Mary E., wife, born May 1868, age 32, has had 8 children. Gives father's place of birth as IN, mother's as MS.
May, b. Mar 1885, age 15; Gusta, b. Feb 1887, age 13; Pernola, b. May 1889, age 11; Johnnie, b. Sep 1891, age 9; Willie, b. Dec 1893, age 7; Maurice, b. Dec 1895, age 5; Charles, b. Sep 1897, age 3; Chievous, b. Mar 1900, age 2 months.

1910 Census. Yell Co, AR, Briggsville, Dist 159, Sheet 2B, Hh 36
John B. Smith, age 49, married 1 time for 26 years. Born GA, father b. NC, mother b. SC. He was a Farmer.
Mary E., wife, age 40, has had 12 children, all living [10 of them still at home]. She lists her father as born IN and mother born TN. [both of these are wrong according to other records]
Penola H., daughter age 20; John A., 18; William H., 16; Morris N., 14; Charles L., 12; Chevous N., son age 9; Ina S., daughter age 7; Barnard O., 5; Loyd D., 3; and Clarence L. age 1.

James M. Benefield was also in Yell Co in 1910. Wife listed as Mary G., age 23. They had been married 4 years and had two children.

1920. Briggsville, Yell Co. I found Maurice M. Smith, age 24, sharecropper. Living with J. W. Woolbright.
On Sheet 3B, Hh 50, I found J. B. Smith - he had been indexed incorrectly - this census difficult to read.
J. B. Smith, age 56, b. GA, father b. NC, mother b. SC
Lizzie, wife, age 51, b. AR, father b. IN, mother b. MS
Charles, son, age 21. Suhler, daughter age 17. Odell, son age 15. Loyd, son age 13. Opal, son age 9.

1930 Census. Lower LaFave, Yell Co, AR, Hh 44
Chievous N. Smith, 30, married at age 26, Farmer
Mabel H., wife, 27, married at age 23, b. IL
Joe L., son, 3
Clara B., dau, 0 months.
Leo, brother, 21, Farmer
Lizzy, mother, 62, widow


Post-em Note on WorldConnect:
I am related to the Allen family. Augustus A. Allen is my GGGrandfather. My Grandmother's family John Boyce Smith and Mary Elizabeth Allen Smith lived and died in Briggsville, Yell Co., AR. Mary Elizabeth was born and raised in Old Cove, Polk Co., AR. My Grandmother's name was Mary Augusta Smith she married James Marcus Benefield.
Crystal Benefield Head

Buried Mount Zion Cemetery, Briggsville, Yell Co, AR

Birth	4 May 1868	Cove, Polk County, Arkansas
Marriage	28 Feb 1884	Scott County, Arkansas - John Boyce Smith
Death	19 Feb 1957	Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas

Spouse	John Boyce Smith (1862 - 1924)
Child	Texie May Smith (1885 - 1957)
Child	Mary Augusta Smith (1887 - 1969)
Child	Pernola Hasseltine Smith (1889 - 1928)
Child	John Almon Smith (1891 - 1967)
Child	William Henry Smith (1893 - 1972)
Child	Maurice Nathan Smith (1895 - 1976)
Child	Charles Lester Smith (1897 - )
Child	Chievous Nelson Smith (1900 - 1978)
Child	Sybil Inez Smith (1902 - 1968)
Child	Barnard Odell Smith (1904 - 1973)
Child	Loyd D. Smith (1906 - 1991)
Child	Clarence Leo Smith (1909 - 1967)
Child	Robert Opal Smith (1911 - 1998)

Father	Augustus A. Allen (1841 - 1882)
Mother	Mary Keeton (1841 - 1923)
Sibling	John Henry Allen (1863 - 1880)
Sibling	Mariah Helen Allen (1866 - 1941)
Sibling	Sarah Rhoena Allen (1875 - 1960)
Sibling	Charles Orrin Allen (1880 - 1880)