Individual Details

Elizabeth Jane b. 23 March 1834 d. December 1919 m.10 March 1860 Eli Blankenship Pentecost. Mr. Pentecost b.13 June 1830 d.12 January 1872. Elizabeth Jane second m. Jonathan Smith, 15 Feb 1873 in Clay Co, TN; and following his death she third m. Pleasant Earls and was again left a widow. She 4th m. Andrew Hunter, 29 Apr 1897 in Howell Co, MO (she was 63, he was 68 and she married as Elizabeth J. Earls) and lived out the remaining years of her life near W. Plains, Missouri.

1860 Census. Dist 2, Cumberland, KY, Hh 52
E. B. Pentacost, 29, male, Farmer, b. IL
E. J., 26, female, b. KY as were their children
Miriam, 7
M. E., 5, female (Mary Elizabeth)
C. W., 3, male (Charles Wesley)
J. W. C., 1, male (John William Calvin)
W. Zachary, 13, male, b. TN
Elizabeth Johnson, 22, Weaver, b. KY

1870 Census. Dist 16, Overton, KY, Hh 52
Eli B. Pentecost, 40, b. IL
Elizabeth, 36, b. KY
Miriam S., 18. Mary E., 16. Char.es W., 13. John W. C., 11. Ruth A., 7. All b. KY
James E. S., age 3, b. TN

1880 Census. Dist 7, Clay Co, TN, Hh 34.
P. Earls, 59, Farmer, b. AL
E. J. Earls, 36, wife, b. KY
Sam Earls, son (not Elizabeth's), b. TN
James Pentacost, 12, son, b. TN

1900 Census. Sisson, Howell, MO, Hh 83
Andrew Hunter, b. Dec 1828, 71, married three years, b. MO
Elizabeth J., wife, b. Mar 1834, 66, had 8 children - 4 are living, b. KY
Will W. Hunter, son, b. Apr 1858, 41, b. MO

1910 Census. Howell Twp, Howell, MO, Hh 42
James B. Liles, 44, married twice, this time for 10 years, b. GA, makes railroad crossties
Cora A., wife, 31, 3 children - 2 are living, b. TN
Rosa G., dau, 9, b. MO
Dorthy J., dau, 4, b. MO
Elizabeth J. Hunter, grandmother, 76, widow, b. KY

Even though she married Andrew Hunter in Missouri she is found in a 1914 Nashville, TN City Directory as:
Elizabeth Earls (wid Pleasant G), 1709 Nassau.

She has a marked grave in Meltabarger Cemetery, West Plains, Howell Co, MO(>

Birth	23 Mar 1834
Marriage	10 Mar 1850	Cumberland County, Kentucky - Eli Blankenship Pentecost
Death	28 Dec 1919	Howell County, Missouri

Spouse	Eli Blankenship Pentecost (1830 - 1872)
Child	James Eli Shields Pentecost (1867 - 1941)

Father	Rev Charles Wesley Smith (1810 - 1887)
Mother	Miriam Poindexter (1813 - 1862)
Sibling	Rebecca Flynn Smith (1832 - 1880)
Sibling	Mary Wells Smith (1835 - 1896)
Sibling	Sarah Radford Smith (1837 - 1877)
Sibling	Martha Miller "Patsy" Smith (1843 - 1874)
Sibling	Nancy Wright Smith (1847 - 1900)