One Smith Family (Part 13)

 

by Rocky Macy

(More profiles of the heirs to the 1920 estate of William C. SMITH of Newton County, Missouri.)

33.  Oscar N. REED was born Oscar Newton REED in Pope County, Arkansas, to John Franklin and Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED on February 1, 1900.   Oscar’s mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED was the daughter of Martha Parthena (SMITH) CLINE, a younger sister to William C. SMITH.  That made Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED William’s niece, and her son, Oliver Newton REED, William’s grandnephew.

(Oscar Newton REED became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when his mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED, passed away in Pope County, Arkansas, on April 12, 1915, nearly five full years before her uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)

Oscar’s first appearance in the public record came with the 1900 US census for Galla Creek Township, Pope County, Arkansas.  At that time he was just two-months-old.  The household included eight individuals, all REEDs:  John F. (age 54), “Liddie” F. (31), Walter A. (16), Bettie M. (13), Lee F. (7), Arie E. (a female, 6), Mamie A. (4), and Oscar N. (2/12).  The two older children, Walter and Bettie, were John’s from a previous marriage, and the four younger ones were born to John and Lydia.

(John Franklin REED’s children by his first wife were:  Mary Viola (REED) Cotton (1872-1954), William J. REED (1875-1944), Mattie Pearl (REED) McDONALD (1877-1973), Edward E. REED (1880-1975), Walter Arthur REED (1884-1973), and Bettie M. REED (ca. 1887-?).)

When the 1910 US census took place Oscar was a 10-year-old living in his parents’ household in Illinois Township, Pope County, Arkansas.  The household included the following individuals:  John F. REED (age 64), “Liddie” F. REED (41), Lee F. REED (17), Arie E. REED (16), “Minnie” (Mamie) A. REED  (14), Oscar N. REED (10), “Altie” N. REED (8), Ruth H. REED (6), and Cassie J. CLINE (44).  Cassie was Lydia’s unmarried, older sister.

The REED family has yet to be located on the 1920 census, but Oscar was living in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, the following year when he and Lillie (Mae) LONG applied for a marriage license on August 1, 1921, in Pulaski County.  Lillie was also noted as being a resident of North Little Rock.

Oscar and Lillie were living in a rented house in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, at the time of the 1930 US census.  Oscar was working as a truck driver. The census reported that the family did not own a radio.  Present in the household were:  Oscar REED (age 30), Lillie Reed (26), Shelby REED (a son, 7), Dorothy Reed (4) and Lillie’s mother, Annie LONG (56).  (A subsequent social security document revealed Shelby’s full name to actually be “Oscar Shelby REED.”)

By the time of the 1940 US census Oscar and Lillie and their family were back in Pulaski County, Arkansas, where they were residing in the community of “Hill.”    At that time Oscar was working as a carpenter’s helper snf he and Lillie had six children.  That census also stated that Oscar had a fifth grade education.  It further stated that the family had been living in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1935, but the Little Rock city directory for 1935 had them living in that city for part of that year as well.

Present in the REED household in 1940 were the following, all REEDs:  Oscar (age 40), “Lilly” (36), Shelby (17), Dorothy (24 - but should have been 14), Robert (10), Betty Jane (8), Francis (a daughter, 6), and Bernise (4).

Oscar registered for the World War II draft on February 16, 1942, in Pulaski County, Arkansas.  At that time he declared his place of residence as North Little Rock in Pulaski County.  He listed his wife, Lillie Mae REED, as his nearest relative.

Sometime between his draft registration in 1942 and the year 1956, Oscar and Lillie and perhaps some of the children moved to Vallejo, Solano County, California.  The couple were listed in that city’s directory in 1956 and he was noted to be working as an “automobile wrecker.”  In 1957 they were still in Vallejo, and the city directory listed Oscar’s occupation as a carpenter.  Oscar and Lillie were also in the Vallejo city directory for 1958,1961,1962,1963, 1965,1966, and 1970 - even though they had both passed away the previous year. 

Lillie died in Vallejo, Solano County, California, on February 15, 1969, and according to the Social Security Death Index, Oscar REED was still a resident of Vallejo, California, when he died on December 3, 1969.  He would have been sixty-eight-years-old.

34.  Mamie SMITH was born Mamie Alice REED in the state of Arkansas to John Franklin and Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED on March 5, 1896.   Mamie’s mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED was the daughter of Martha Parthena (SMITH) CLINE, a younger sister to William C. SMITH.  That made Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED William’s niece, and her daughter, Mamie A. REED, William’s grandniece.

(Mamie Alice REED became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when her mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED, passed away in Pope County, Arkansas, on April 12, 1915, nearly five full years before her uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)

Mamie’s first appearance in the public record was in the 1900 US census when she was a 4-year-old residing in the home of her parents.  They were living in Galla Creek Township of Pope County, Arkansas.  The members of the household were all REEDs and included:  John F. (age 54), “Liddie” F. (31), Walter A. (16), Bettie M. (13), Lee F. (7), Arie E. (a female, 6), Mamie A. (4), and Oscar N. (2/12).  (The two older children, Walter and Bettie, were John’s by a previous marriage, and the four younger ones were born to John and Lydia.)

(John Franklin REED’s children by his first wife were:  Mary Viola (REED) Cotton (1872-1954), William J. REED (1875-1944), Mattie Pearl (REED) McDONALD (1877-1973), Edward E. REED (1880-1975), Walter Arthur REED (1884-1973), and Bettie M. REED (ca. 1887-?).)

The census taker who covered Illinois Township of Pope County, Arkansas in 1910, seems to have inadvertently renamed “Mamie” as “Minnie.”   That year the household included John F. REED (age 64), “Liddie” F. REED (41), Lee F. REED (17), Arie E. REED (16), “Minnie” A. REED (14), Oscar N. REED (10), “Altie” N. REED (8), Ruth H. REED (6), and Cassie J. CLINE (Lydia’s unmarried, older sister, 44).

Mamie REED (age 18) married Wyatt SMITH (age 27) of Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, on July 4, 1914, in Pope County.  Wyatt, who was born in October of 1886, was the son of William W. and Sarah E. SMITH.

The 1920 US census found Mamie and Wyatt, along with two children, living in Illinois Township of Pope County, Arkansas.  Members of the household included the following, all SMITHs:  Wyatt (age 33), Mamie (22) Clarence (9), and “Rheuben” (0).

Ten years later, in 1930, the SMITH family still had those same four members, but had moved to Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  The household, all SMITHs, included:  “White” (age 41), Mamie (33), Clarence L. (20), and “Ruben” (10).

By 1940 the SMITH family was down to three members, and they were residing in the community of “Hill” in Pulaski County, Arkansas.  The three family members were:   W. SMITH (age 53), Mamie A. SMITH (43), and “Rubin” Powell SMITH (20).

Regarding the two children who were raised by Wyatt and Manie (REED) SMITH:  

Clarence Lee SMITH was the son of Wyatt SMITH and his first wife, Bertha (MARTIN) SMITH.  Clarence was born on March 4, 1910, and died in Odessa, Texas, on November 13, 1980, at the age of seventy.  His wife’s name was Maxine, and he was a salesman for the National Biscuit Company.

Reuben Powell SMITH was the son of Wyatt SMITH and Mamie (REED) SMITH.  He was born April 23, 1919, in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, and he died in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 3, 1969, of cardiac arrest, at the age of fifty.  Reuben was married to Ruby (BURNETT) SMITH and he worked as a car salesman.

Wyatt SMITH died in 1961.

Mamie Alice (REED) SMITH passed away in January of 1974 in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.   She and Wyatt are both buried at the Edgewood Memorial Park in North Little Rock.
(Note:  Mamie’s name is spelled “Maymie” on Reuben’s death certificate and on the tombstone which she and Wyatt share.)

35.  Ara WILLIAMSON  was born Arie Elizabeth REED in Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas, to John Franklin and Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED on April 3, 1894.  Arie’s mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED was the daughter of Martha Parthena (SMITH) CLINE, a younger sister to William C. SMITH.  That made Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED William’s niece, and her daughter, Arie Elizabeth REED, William’s grandniece.

  
(Arie Elizabeth REED became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when her mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED, passed away in Pope County, Arkansas, on April 12, 1915, nearly five full years before her uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)

Arie REED’s first entry into the public record was as a member of her birth family in the 1900 US census for Galla Creek Township, Pope County, Arkansas.  That household included eight members, all REEDs:  John F.  (age 54), “Liddie” F.  (31), Walter A.  (16), Bettie M. (13), Lee F.  (7),  Arie E. (6), Mamie A. (4), and Oscar N. (2/12).  The two older children, Walter and Bettie, were John’s from a previous marriage, and the four younger ones were born to John and Lydia.

(John Franklin REED’s children by his first wife were:  Mary Viola (REED) Cotton (1872-1954), William J. REED (1875-1944), Mattie Pearl (REED) McDONALD (1877-1973), Edward E. REED (1880-1975), Walter Arthur REED (1884-1973), and Bettie M. REED (ca. 1887-?).)

By 1910 when the next US census was taken the REED family was living in Illinois Township of Pope County, Arkansas.   The two older children, Walter and Bettie, were no longer in the home, and they had been replaced by two younger ones.  The REED household included:  John F. REED (age 64), Liddie F. REED (41), Lee F. REED (17), Arie E. REED (16), “Minnie” (Mamie) A. REED (14), Oscar N. REED (10), “Altie” N. REED (8), Ruth H. REED (6), and Cassie J. CLINE (Lydia’s unmarried, older sister, 44).

Arie Eliabeth REED married George B. WILLIAMSON of Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, on May 18 1913.  She was nineteen and he was twenty-three.  George was born to Cloyd McLin and Anna Elizabeth (BOALS) WILLIAMSON in Russellville, Arkansas, on December 25, 1889, and although he was a resident of Russellville, Arkansas, at the time of his death on July 15, 1939, he died in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois.

Arie and George were living in Illinois Township of Pope County, Arkansas, when the 1920 US census occurred.  Present in their household were:  George WILLIAMSON (age 30), “Aria” WILLIAMSON (24), and their son, Paul WILLIAMSON (5).

The WILLIAMSON family was listed in the Little Rock, Arkansas, city directories for the years 1925 and 1926.  When the 1930 US census took place they were still in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and the family had grown by one member.  The four individuals in the household, all WILLIANSONs, were:   George B. (40), Arie E. (36), Paul (15), and Arieanna (4).  The WILLIAMSON family continued to be listed in the Little Rock city director in 1930 and 1931.

George WILLIAMSON died in 1939, and Arie was listed as a widow on the 1940 census for Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  Paul had left home by that time and Arie was working 40 hours per week as a seamstress to support herself and Arieanna, the only two household members who were listed on that census.  It reported that Arie was forty-five-years-old and Arieanna was fifteen.

Arie Elizabeth (REED) WILLIAMSON passed away on May 2, 1953, at the age of fifty-nine.  She and George are buried in the Birch Annex of the Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  

36.  Lee F. REED was born Lee Franklin REED in Pope County, Arkansas, to John Franklin and Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED on January 6, 1892.  Lee’s mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED was the daughter of Martha Parthena (SMITH) CLINE, a younger sister to William C. SMITH.  That made Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED William’s niece, and her son, Lee Franklin REED, William’s grandnephew.

(Lee Franklin REED became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when his mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED, passed away in Pope County, Arkansas, on April 12, 1915, nearly five full years before her uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)

Lee F. REED made his first appearance in the public record in the 1900 US census of Galla Creek Township, Pope County, Arkansas, where he was a seven-year-old in the household of his parents.  Present in the household were the following, all REEDs:  John F. (age 54), “Liddie” F. (31), Walter A. (16), Bettie M. (13), Lee F. (7), Arie E. (a female, 6), Mamie A. (4), and Oscar N. (2/12).  The two older children, Walter and Bettie, were John’s from a previous marriage and half-siblings to the younger four.

(John Franklin REED’s children by his first wife were:  Mary Viola (REED) Cotton (1872-1954), William J. REED (1875-1944), Mattie Pearl (REED) McDONALD (1877-1973), Edward E. REED (1880-1975), Walter Arthur REED (1884-1973), and Bettie M. REED (ca. 1887-?).)

Lee was still in his parents’ home ten years later when the US census for 1910 found the family in Illinois Township, Pope County, Arkansas.  John’s older two children, Walter and Bettie, were out of the household by then and two younger children had been added.  In 1910 the REED family included:  John F. (age 64), “Liddie”F. (41), Lee F. (17), Arie E. (16), “Minnie” (Mamie) (14), Oscar N. (10), “Altie” N. (8), and Ruth H. (6).  Also in the REED household was Cassie J. CLINE, Lydia’s unmarried, older sister.

Lee REED of Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, married Stella OWENS, also of Russellville, in Pope County, Arkansas, on October 30, 1910.  The groom gave his age as nineteen, although the marriage date was nearly three months before his 19th birthday, and the bride gave her age as eighteen.  In other documents Stella is identified as “Elsa Stella.” “Elsie Stella,” and as “Stella Elise.”

Lee Franklin REED registered for the World War I draft on June 5, 1917, in Pope County, Arkansas.  He gave his address as R.F.D. #2 without an identifying community.  The registration form described him as tall and slender with black hair.

The 1920 US census found Lee and Stella and four children living in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.  He was working as a steel car helper in a railroad shop.  They owned a mortgaged home, and the census indicated that Lee was able to read and write.  Present in the household were (all REEDs):  Lee (27), Stella (27), Fred (8), Cloyes (a daughter, 6), Flora (2), and Ruby (0).

The 1923 city directory for Little Rock, Arkansas, reported that “Reverend” Lee F. REED and his wife, Stella REED, were residents of that city.

By 1930 Lee had returned to farming.  The family was living in a rented home in the community of Indian Bayou in Lonoke County, Arkansas, and Lee appeared to be farming for himself.  They did not own a radio.  Present in the household were the following REEDs:   Lee F. (38), Stella (38), Flora May (14), Ruby (11), Elizabeth (5), and Robert (2).

Lee “R.” REED and his family were residents of Arkansas City, Desha County, Arkansas, when the 1940 census was taken, and Lee was employed in a church as a minister.  The census also indicated that the family had been residing in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, in 1935.  In 1940 they were living in a rented home with several relatives.  

Present in the REED household in 1940 were the following:  Lee “R.” REED (age 48), Elsa REED (wife, 48), Mary E. REED (daughter, 15), Robert E. REED (son, 13), William REED (son, 9), Joy A.D. REED (daughter, 8), Bettie J. REED (daughter, 3), Calvin WHALER (grandson, 5), Eul LOVE (son-in-law, 21), Clara M. LOVE (daughter, 23), and Ella M. LOVE (granddaughter, 3).

Lee registered for the World War II draft as a resident of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, on April 27, 1942.  He was very careful to print his name on the form as “Rev. Lee Franklin REED” and to also sign it that way.  He stated on the form  that “Elsie” Stella REED was someone who would always know his location.
The Pine Bluff, Arkansas, city directory revealed that Lee and Stella were living in that city in 1960.

According to the Social Security Death Index, Lee’s final residence was in Eudora, Chicot County, Arkansas.  He passed away there on March 22, 1975, and is buried at the Lee Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Jefferson County, Arkansas.  The internet Find-a-Grave index stated that “Elsa Stella” REED was his wife, and their children included Robert Lee REED, Frederick Paul REED, Flora Mae LOVE, Infant Lorene REED, Clara REED,and Betty Jean BOWEN.

37.  Alta QUICK was born Alta Nola REED in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas to John Franklin and Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED on February 19, 1902.  Alta’s mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED, was the daughter of Martha Parthena (SMITH) CLINE, a younger sister to William C. SMITH.  That made Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED William’s niece, and her daughter, Alta Nola REED, William’s grandniece.
 
(Alta Nola REED  became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when her mother, Lydia Frances (CLINE) REED, passed away in Pope County, Arkansas, on April 12, 1915, nearly five full years before her uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)

The 1910 US census was Alta’s first appearance in the public record.  At that time she and all of her full-siblings were still residing in their parents’ household.  Members of the family included:  John F. REED (age 64), “Liddie” F. REED (41), Lee F. REED (17), Arie E. REED (16), “Minnie” (Mamie) A. REED (14), Oscar N. REED (10), “Altie” N. REED (8), Ruth H. REED (6), and Lydia’s unmarried, older sister, Cassie J. CLINE (44).

(John Franklin REED’s children by his first wife were:  Mary Viola (REED) Cotton (1872-1954), William J. REED (1875-1944), Mattie Pearl (REED) McDONALD (1877-1973), Edward E. REED (1880-1975), Walter Arthur REED (1884-1973), and Bettie M. REED (ca. 1887-?).)

Alta REED of Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, married Thomas H. QUICK, also of Russellville, in Pope County, Arkansas, on February 26, 1919.  The marriage license listed her as seventeen and her groom as twenty-one.   Thomas had been born on February 9, 1901, in Seneca, Newton County, Missouri, to Alfred N. and Germia (SHELTON) QUICK.  Mr. QUICK was identified on some documents as “Charles Thomas H. QUICK,” and occasionally the “Thomas” and “H “ were reversed.

The 1920 census found Alta and “Charles H.T.” living in the Valley Hill Addition of Seneca, Newton County, Missouri, the same part of Seneca where her granduncle, William C. SMITH, was beginning the last full month of his life.  Alta’s maternal aunt, Allie (CLINE) REED and her family, who had also originated in Pope County, Arkansas, were in Seneca as well at that time living in William C. SMITH’s house.

Present in the QUICK household in 1920 were “Charles H.T.” QUICK (age 18), Alta QUICK 18), and Lucinda F. QUICK (66).  Lucinda is described in the census as Charles’ mother.

Alta and “T.H. QUICK were living in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, in 1925 according to that year’s Little Rock city directory.  They were still in Little Rock in 1930 when the US census occurred, and by that time they had four children.   Present in the QUICK household in 1930 were the following, all QUICKs:  “Tom” (age 36), Alta (34), Patricia (2), Tommy (0), Alfred (9), and Charles (7).  The ages of the parents were off by several years.

The family was found in the Little Rock city directories in the years 1934, 1935, and 1937 as residents of North Little Rock.

The QUICK family was living in the Hill area of Pulaski County, Arkansas, when the 1940 census was taken.  The household consisted of the following, all QUICKs:  “T.H.” (age 39), Alta (38), Alfred (19), Charles (17), Patricia A. (12), and Tommy (10).  (A subsequent social security filing revealed Alfred’s full name to be Alfred Nelson QUICK, the same as his paternal grandfather.)

Alta divorced Thomas in the Chancery Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, on April 15, 1941, over the alleged cause of “indignities,” but they remarried the following year in Saline County, Arkansas, on September 9, 1942.  The Little Rock city directory for 1942 had them in residence back in that city.

Thomas and Alta were living in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, where Thomas was working as a construction contractor when he died on April 3, 1959, at the age of fifty-eight.  His cause of death was listed as “acute liver failure due to terminal Hodgkin’s Disease.”

Alta Nola (REED) QUICK passed away on February 5, 1982, at the age of seventy-nine.  According to the Social Security Death Index, she was living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the time of her death.  Alta and Thomas are buried at the Edgewood Memorial Park in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

(The next set of profiles for “One SMITH Family” will focus on descendants of William C. SMITH’s older sister, Sarah “Sally” Ann (SMITH) HANKINS.)