yesterday's tennessee
Marriages
William M. Bailey and Mary E. Byrd were married J__ 6, 1885
William M. Bailey was born in 1863 ______
Mary Elen Byrd was born Sept. 15, 1865
Ernest W. Bailey was born Oct. 1, 1887
Robert E. Bailey was born Nov. 22, 1889
James E. Bailey was born Feb. 19, 1892
Margie Caroline Bailey was born Aug. 4[?], 1894
Mary F. Bailey was born Aug. 19, 1897
Edgor Bailey to Margaret Holly
Margaret Bailey to George Bucham
William Bailey to Mollie Byrd 2nd to Josie Bray
James Bailey to Clara Heath
Flora Bailey to Miles Little
Albert M. Bailey to Nancy Scott
Theodore Bailey to Etta Alexander
Harriet Bailey to Arthur Scott
Marriages
W. L. Smith and Martha Elizabeth Benson was Married Nov. 8, 1888
H. O. McCall and Grace Dexter Smith was married June 4, 1916
Ernest Wesley Bailey and Minnie Esterlee Smith was married Marck 14, 1917
Births
_____ Smith was born on the 25th of November A.D. 1851
Louise Catherine Smith was born on the 17th day of April A.D. 1853
Lucinda Elizabeth Smith was born on the 18th day of March A.D. 1855
Mary Ellender Smirh was born on the 5th day of April A.D. 1857
Mariam Tennessee Smith was born on the 2nd day of July 1859
William Levy Smith was born on the 25th day of October A.D. 1860
Martha Suzen[?] Smith was born on the 7th day of October A.D. 1862
Joseph Lee Smith was born on the 1st day of January A.D. 1865
Cyrena[?] Isabella Smith was born on the 3 day of December A.D. 1866
Mazyann Smith was born January the 23rd A.D. 1869
Mazyann Smith died the Twenty 2 day of September A.D. 1869
Mary Elender Smith died January the 8th A.D. 1878
Lucinda Elizabeth Smith died March the 25th A.D. 1878
Mariam Tennessee Buck Died January 12 A.D. 1885
Jane Stinson wife of S.[?] F.[?] Stinson Died July 11th 1887 [blurred]
Marth Susan Smith Died June 25th A.D. 1897
Joseph D. Smith died July the 10th eighteen hundred and seventy one
Lucinda Smith died January the 6th A.D. 1893
Joseph D. Smith and Lucinda Woods was married on the 26th day of September
A.D. 1850
Joseph D. Smith was bord A.D. 12th of March 1829
Lucinda Smith wife of Joseph D. Smith was born July the 25th[?] A.D. 1825
Bertena P. Stewart was Bornd May 4 1837
William R. Stewart was Bornd March 22 1839
Alford M. Stewart was Bornd ___ September 30th 1861
[the xerox copy of the following was very poor and difficult to read]
J. R. Stewart D_ to Wm Carrol for the ____ 430 feet of plank 4 30
William W. R. Stearts
A. M. Stewart is my ___ ______
A. M. Stewart is 19 Year 6 mo and __ day old this May the 12 1861 and waigh 141[?]
It is with sadness that I try to write of the life and death of our much beloved father-in-jaw, A. M. Stewart. He was horn in North Carolina, September 30, 1841. His father died when he was ten days old, and he was named for his father, Merrill. He moved to Henderson County, Tenn., with his mother, three brothers and three sisters at the age of thirteen years, in the year 1854, all having preceded him in death except one sister. He was married to Miss Rebecca Harper, March 18, 1871. To this union were born eleven children, four boys and seven girls, all of whom lived to be grown, but three at whom preceded him to the glory world, one boy and two girls. He was a Federal soldier in the Civil War. I have often heard him speak of difficult battles he was in, one of which was the siege of Vicksburg.
He had a stroke of paralysis on the 7th day of March about 1130 a. m. which render him helpless in one side. He seemed to have a faint knowledge for a moment at times of persons he knew, and especially the family. He gradually grew worse until the death angel came on the 2oth of March about 4:30 p. m. to claim his spirit. His body was placed in Friendship Cemetery beside his daughter, Mrs. Missie Holcomb, four miles southeast of Milan, Gibson County, there to await the resurrection. Elder J. C. Ross conducted the funeral services, speaking on the divine law of God being in our room and stead by our dear Savior, thereby atoning for our sins. He spoke very beautifully to the comfort and satisfaction of the family. Brother Ross was one of his favorite preachers. Many times I have seen him sit under the sound of his preaching and the tears would fall freely from his eyes. Oh how he feasted on the _____ [remainder, perhaps two lines, unreadable]
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