Individual Details

Married 23 Aug 1829 to Rev. Charles Wesley Smith, a Methodist preacher who was born 15 Feb 1810 and d. 21 Feb 1887 in Cumberland Co KY, son of John Smith & Elizabeth Speer. There were 10 daughters.

1850 Census. Cumberland, KY, Hh 549
Charles Smith, 40, Methodist Preacher, b. KY
Marium, 37
D. P., 19, female.
R. F., 17, female (Rebecca Flynn)
E. J., 15, female
P. O., 14, female
S. R., 12, female
R. M., 10, female

The ten children born to this union were all girls and all born in Cumberland County:
1. Dorothy Cap b. 25 August 1830 d. 23 September 1864 m.18 August 1860 Calvin C. Hughes.
2. Rebecca Flinn b. 28 September 1832 d. - m.11 April 1854 James Pierce. Between 1880 and 1886 this family moved to Washington County, Arkansas.
3. 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 and following his death she third m. Pleasant Earls and was again left a widow. She 4th m. Andrew Hunter and lived out the remaining years of her life near W. Plains, Missouri.
4. Mary "Polly" Wells (m. Lt. John Brown of Cumberland County, Kentucky)
5. Sarah "Sally" Radford b. 28 August 1837 d. 2 October 1862 m. 2 October 1858 William Capps.
6. Ruth "Ruthey" Marion b.16 June 1839 d. 19 January 1876 m. - (thought to have married a man by the name of Barger).
7. Martha "Patsy" Miller b. 7 June 1843 d.10 September 1874 (or 1876) m. 6 February 1868 John E. Coop.
8. Nancy Wright b. 9 February 1847 d. - m. 18 June 1863 James Watson.
9. Manerva Lucinda b. 4 December 1849 d. 22 February 1930 m. 24 January 1881 Charles R. Smith. Charles died after 1870 and about 1873 Manerva moved to Evansville, Indiana where she married her widowed brother-in-law Thomas A. Smith. About 1888 this family moved to Collin County, Texas and lived there the remainder of their lives.
10. Louisa Thomas b. 26 October 1861 d. 9 September 1896 m. Hamilton Rutledge.
Three of the above listed sisters, Nancy Wright Watson Jordan, Manerva Lucinda Smith and Louisa Thomas Rutledge are all buried at Wilson Chapel graveyard east of McKinney, Texas.

Birth	4 Mar 1813
Marriage	23 Aug 1829	Cumberland County, Kentucky - Rev Charles Wesley Smith
Death	24 Jul 1862	Cumberland County, Kentucky

Spouse	Rev Charles Wesley Smith (1810 - 1887)
Child	Rebecca Flynn Smith (1832 - 1880)
Child	Elizabeth Jane Smith (1834 - 1919)
Child	Mary Wells Smith (1835 - 1896)
Child	Sarah Radford Smith (1837 - 1877)
Child	Martha Miller "Patsy" Smith (1843 - 1874)
Child	Nancy Wright Smith (1847 - 1900)

Father	ARCHIBALD PLEDGE POINDEXTER (1780 - 1842)
Mother	REBECCA FLYNN (1780 - 1830)
Sibling	Archibald Thomas Poindexter (1802 - 1881)
Sibling	DOROTHY AMOS POINDEXTER (1805 - 1846)
Sibling	William Archibald "Arche" Poindexter (1807 - 1878)
Sibling	Elizabeth Poindexter (1808 - )
Sibling	William Micajah "Cage" Poindexter (1811 - 1870)
Sibling	Belinda/Malinda Poindexter (1816 - 1875)
Sibling	John Thomas Poindexter (1818 - 1893)
Sibling	Zadock Wright Poindexter (1820 - 1859)
Sibling	Josiah Poindexter (1822 - 1866)