Spotlight on: Mavis Marie (Brown) Smith

Mavis Marie Brown Smith

18 August 1897 MS – 28 June 1928 MS

Daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & 

Rose Ella Brumfield

Wife of Denny Herbert Smith

Mother of 3 children

My Great Aunt

Sister of my paternal grandfather, Roy Jessie Brown

Mavis Marie (Brown) Smith was born 18 August 1897. She grew up in Mississippi with her parents and siblings. She married Denny Herbert Smith, son of Elvin Dennie Smith and Nancy Cordelia Smith. In 1920 they lived in Simmonsville, Pike County, Mississippi. Denny was a farmer. Nathalee was two years old.[i]Denny and Mavis went on to have two more children: Fay Seward Smith and Wilma Lucille Smith. 

            Mavis died 28 June 1928. 

            Denny married again, to Mary Thelma (Ellzey) Brown. Mary had children with previous husbands. In 1940 Denny was in Pike County with Mary and his children, Nathalee Smith, Fay S. Smith, Wilmer L. Smith, and his stepchildren, Rayleen Brown, F. Strobel Cawley and M. Jacqueline Cawley.[ii]

            Denny died 18 March 1966.

Tylertown. Funeral services for Denny Herbert Smith, 74, farmer of the Silver Creek Community were conducted Saturday afternoon from the Silver Creek Baptist Church where he was a member. Mr. Smith, a native and life-long resident of Pike County, died Friday at a Denham Springs, La. Hospital after along illness. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nathalee Comeaux, Denahm Springs, La., and Mrs. Wilma Bushler, Baton Rouge, La.; one son, Fay S. Smith, Osyka; two sisters, Mrs. H. A. Brown, Osyka, and Mrs. Maude Brock, Baton Rouge, and seven grandchildren.[iii]

July Anniversary: William Fortenberry & Violette Kennington; 1803 SC

 William Jasper Fortenberry

c 1772 SC – 7 February 1842 MS

Son of John Faulkenberry & Hannah Eubanks

Violette Kennington

1786 SC – 18 May 1858 MS

Daughter of John & Martha Kennington

My 4^thGreat Grandparents

Married

8 July 1803 Flat Creek, Lancaster, SC; 217 years ago

Sources:

Gurr, C. B., & Gurr, D. R. (2006). The ties that bind us together. Salt Lake City, UT: C.B. Gurr.

Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi. South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984.

Parents of:

Gasua Chapman Fortenberry

Calvin Kennington Fortenberry

Euseba Fortenberry Smith

Isabella Fortenberry

William John Fortenberry

Olevia Fortenberry

Burrell Taylor Fortenberry

Alfred Fortenberry

Hollis Horton Fortenberry

Willis James Fortenberry

Other July Anniversaries:

3 July 1889 OH   Albert F. Lutz & Mary Gruissy   131 years ago

22 July 1814   Joel Ott & Maria Cutrer   206 years ago

30 July 1882 OH   Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Gruissy   138 years ago

Revolutionary War Soldiers

Revolutionary War Soldiers

 Our family has several ancestors who can be proven to be Revolutionary War Soldiers. In reality, there were most likely many more who served but those records are lost to time. The records of these patriots can be found at Fold3 or DAR. 

Clinking on the links below will give you more information on the service of those soldiers. 

Jacob Alford

c 1738 VA – c 1800 NC

Son of Lodwick & Susanna Alford

Pvt. NC Militia 

James Alford

1741 NC – after 1814 GA

son of Lodwick & Rebecca (Ferrell) Alford

Pvt. NC Militia

Lodwick Alford

b c 1740 NC

son of Lodwick & Rebecca (Ferrell) Alford

Served in Granville, NC Militia

John Brumfield

1750 – 1845

son of John Watson & Elizabeth Brumfield

SC Militia

Served in Francis Marion’s Brigade, the ‘Swamp Fox’

Richard Dillon

1745 VA – 1833 VA

son of James Theopilous & Mary Dillon

Served in NC under Cpt. Faulk

David Faulkenberry

1746 – 1841 TN

son of Jacob Faulkenberry

Served in SC under Cpt. Canerton

John Faulkenberry

c1740 – 1815

Son of Jacob Faulkenberry

Served in SC under Cpt. Richard Singleton

William Stark Kelly

1739 Ireland – 1826 TN

Private in 1st Regiment of NC Militia

John Kennington

c1745 – c 1814

Son of Edward Kennington

Served under Col. Marshall as a Horseman,
Camden District Regiment

Jacob Ott II

1755 SC – 1820 SC

son of Jacob Ott I & Margaret Fitchtner

Served as a Captain in SC Militia

Served in Francis Marion’s Brigade, the ‘Swamp Fox’

Jeremiah Smith, Sr.

1755 – after 1827

 Served in SC Militia.

Served in Francis Marion’s Brigade, the ‘Swamp Fox’

Forget Me Not: Eileen Brady Winston, Fashion Model, 1914 - 1993

Eileen Brady Winston

6 November 1914 NJ - 19 Jul 1993 NC

Daughter of Thomas Joseph Brady & Catherine Lynch

Wife of Morris Winston

My 2^ndcousin, 2x removed

Eileen Brady Winston, 78, of Leisure Village West, Manchester Township, died Monday, July 19, at the Rex Convalescent Center, Raleigh, N. C. She was a fashion model many years ago. She graduated from East Orange High School in 1932. Mrs. Winston was born in East Orange and lived in Queens and Westchester County, N. Y., for many years, retiring to Leisure Village West in 1975.

Surviving are her husband, Mike; a son, Ronald, Raleigh, N. C.; a daughter, Nancy Agen, Utica, N. Y.; and six grandchildren. Madison Memorial Home, Madison, was in charge of arrangements. 

From:

Newspapers.com

Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey) · 26 Jul 1993, Mon · Page 4 

Forget Me Not: Roy Jessie Brown, My Paternal Grandfather

I keep more and more of my genealogy records in digital form but I do still have a file cabinet full of folders. They are filled with assorted paper documents, photographs, letters, graduation programs, Baptism certificates, etc. I have not been able to find my grandfather's obituary in digital newspapers. However, tucked into a sympathy card sent to my father was a yellowed newspaper clipping with the obituary. The advertisements on the back side are all for locations in Hudson, NY. Therefore, it is mostly likely from the Hudson newspaper. He had lived in Columbia County, NY for about 15 years.

Roy Jessie Brown

8 March 1902 MS - 12 May 1956 MS

Son of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield

My Paternal Grandfather

Formerly of Stockport. Roy J. Brown of Stockport, died Friday in Tylertown, Miss., where he had been spending the winter with relatives. The funeral was held there Monday with interment in Tylertown. Mr. Brown, 54, was a native of Tylertown. He had been a resident of Stockport since 1941 and had been employed at both the Stockport paper mill and Bonafide Mills. He was a member of the Stockport Fire Department. Survivors include his wife [Ivy Regina (Mark) Brown], who resides in Cobleskill; five sons, Delbert of Germantown, Leo of Schenectady, Larry of the United States Army, Robert and William of Cobleskill; two daughters, Mrs. Carl Wieland of Hagman and Mrs. Elmer Sparks of Cobleskill; four grandchildren; several brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces. 

Source: Formerly of Stockport (newspaper clipping most likely from Hudson Register Star, Hudson, NY, 1956) in possession of author. 

Recent Discovery: Roy Jessie Brown, WWII Registration Card

I recently found this card on Ancestry.com. This card is for my paternal grandfather, completed 14 February 1942. He had only been living in New York State for about two years. I knew his birth date & place. I did know he worked at a paper mill. I did not know he spelled his middle name "Jessie" rather than "Jesse". 

My grandfather was 39 when he gave the information for this card. However, he had gray hair. He also had hazel eyes & a "ruddy" complexion. 

It is nice to see his signature. 

Related Posts:

• Roy J Brown, Mill Worker
• The Roy Browns in Ohio 1940
• Roy Brown Tombstone

Spotlight on: Ina Lucille Brown Alford

Ina Lucille Brown Alford

29 December 1890 MS - 25 Jul 1972

Daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose E Brumfield

Wife of Dewitt William Alford

Mother of 7 children

My Great Aunt
Sister of my Grandfather, Roy Jessie Brown

Ina Lucille (Brown) Alford was born 29 December 1890. On 8 December 1910 Ina married Dewitt William Alford[i], son of Seaborn S. Alford MD and Anice (Ball) Alford. Dewitt was born 29 October 1874 in LA. They had seven children: Devoe Alford, Doris Alford, Bruce Alford, Zelda Marie (Alford) Fortenberry, Mary Alice (Alford) Bennett, Louise (Alford) White and Lindy R. Alford.

            Dewitt registered for the draft in 1918. He was a farmer, described as having gray eyes and black hair.[ii]
            In 1920 Dewitt and Ina were living in Washington Parish, Louisiana. They owned their own farm. Two children were at home: Bruce was 6 years old and Zelda was 4 months old.[iii]
            In 1930 Dewitt and Ina had five children at home: Bruce, 16; Zelda, 14; Mary, 10; Louise, 6; and Lindy, 2.[iv]

            In 1940 Ina and Dewitt were not living together. Ina was with daughters, Lindy and Louise, in St. Tammany Parish. Ina told the census taker she was a widow.[v]However, Dewitt was living in Tangipahoa Parish. He was a laborer and lodging with the Raines family.[vi]

            Dewitt William Alford died 24 May 1942 at the age of 68.[vii],[viii]Ina Lucille (Brown) Alford died 25 Jul 1972.

            Their daughter, Zelda Marie (Alford) Fortenberry died 1 April 2005.

Zelda Alford Fortenberry, 90, of the Silver Springs community, died April 2005, at Beacham Memorial Hospital in Magnolia. Visitation is 5 to 8 tonight at Silver Springs Baptist Church. Burial will be in Silver Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Fortenberry was born March 2, 1915, in Angie, La. To William Dewitt Alford and Ina Brown Alford. She was a homemaker and a member of Silver springs Baptist Church, where she taught children’s Sunday school for 45 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ray Fortenberry, Sr.; a brother, Bruce Alford, and two grandchildren, Darrell Scott Fortenberry and Kelly Ray Fortenberry.  Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Billy Joe and Daisy Fortenberry of Progress and Ray Fortenberry, Jr.; a daughter and son in law, Alice Fortenberry Overall and Charles of Progress; three sisters, May Alice Bennett of Folsom, La., Louise White of Bogalusa, La., and Linda Breland of the Improve community; six grandchildren, Tina Meyers and husband Charles of Tylertown, Stacy Fortenberry of Bay St. Louis, Michael Fortenberry, Stephen Fortenberry and David Fortenberry and his wife Deanna of McComb, and Dana Nelson and husband Ricky of McComb; six great-grandchildren, Adam Meyers and wife Alicia of Camp LeJeune, N. C., Rachel Meyers and Masey Meyers, both of Tylertown, Kelsi Fortenberry, Alexis Fortenberry and Blake Nelson, all of McComb; and two great-great-grandchildren, Adrianna Michelle Meyers and Caden Adam Meyers of Camp LeJeune. Pallbearers will be Mark Johnson, James Kemp, Lee Lambert, Roger Moret, David Johnson and Bart Ravencraft.[ix]

Siblings: Ina & Hubert Brown 

date unknown

Do you know more about Ina?

Please reach out to me.

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[i]Louisiana Marriages, 1718 – 1925; ancestry.com; Dewitt W. Alford L. Brown, 8 December 1910.

[ii]World War I Draft registration Card 12 Sept 1918; ancestry.com; William Dewitt Alford.

[iii]1920 US Census, LA, Washington; SD 6, ED 146, Sheet 13B; ancestry.com; Dewitt Alford family.

[iv]1930 US Census, LA, Washington; SD 8, ED 59 - 19, Sheet 4A; ancestry.com; Dewitt Alford family.

[v]1940 US Census, LA, St. Tammany; ancestry.com; Ina Alford family.

[vi]1940 US Census, LA, Tangipahoa; ancestry.com; Dewitt Alford.

[vii]Certificate of Death for Dewitt W. Alford, 24 May 1942, Cert #500; Louisiana State Department of Health; Louisiana Archives, Baton Rogue, LA. 

[viii]Magee, Zuma F., and Thelma S. Bateman. Cemetery Records Louisiana. Volume I. Privately printed, 1962. 

[ix]"Zelda Alford Foretnberry." AAFA ACTION The Official Publication of the Alford American Family Association XX Number 2(2007): 40. Enterprise-Journal McComb Pike County Mississippi; Monday 4 April 2005.

June Anniversary: Jesse Kelly Brumfield & Hannah Youngblood, 1830 MS

 Jesse Kelly Brumfield

1 March 1807 SC – 25 July 1884 MS

Son of John Brumfield & Margaret Kelly

Hannah Youngblood

27 September 1808 GA – 25 March 1885 MS

Daughter of Benjamin Youngblood & Susannah Collins

Married

11 June 1830 Marion, MS; 190 years ago

Randolph, Ruth Brumfield, and Nell Brumfield Jacobs Smith. Brumfields Revisited: Ancestors and Descendants of George Y. and Martha Penny Brumfield. Privately printed, 1995.

Parents of:

George Washington Brumfield

Andrew Jackson Brumfield

Benjamin Kelly Brumfield

Henry Sims Brumfield

Mary Luezer Brumfield

Jesse Alexander Brumfield

James Monroe Brumfield

Susan Lucinda Brumfield Andrews

John Richard Brumfield

Leah Elizabeth Brumfield

Other June Anniversaries:

2 June 1923 OH   Charles Forest Mark & Bertha Flickinger   97 years ago

8 June 1949 MS   Fay Seward Smith & Patricia Brock   71 years ago

15 June 1870 OH   Henry C. Miller & Mary Ritter   150 years ago

Forget Me Not: Anna Damush Brady, Concert Violinist

Anna Josephine Damush Brady

21 September 1921 – 21 February 1997 NJ

Wife of John Leo Brady
Wife of my 1st cousin, 3x removed

Anna Damush Brady, 75, teacher, concert violinist. Pine Beach - Anna Josephine Damush Brady, a teacher and concert violinist, died yesterday at home. She was 75.

Mrs. Brady was a teacher with Berkeley Township School district. She attended the Philadelphia Musical Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, earned an associate degree from Ocean County College, Dover Township, in 1973, and her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Gerogian Court College, Lakewood.

In addition to being with the Garden State Philharmonic for 32 years, she also was a violinist with the Crestwood Symphony Orchestra, Whiting, Manchester Township.

She was a communicant of St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church, Bayville, Berkeley Township. Born in Shenandoah, Pa., she moved to Pine Beach in 1963.

Her husband, John L., died in 1977.

Surviving are four sons, John, Philadelphia, Senan, Rochester, N.Y., David, Newport, R. I., and Mark, Pine Beach; five daughters, Marian and Anna Brady of New York; Moria Brady, North Hatfield, Mass., Siobhan Brady, Philadelphia, and Brigitta Brady, Roanoke, N. C., a brother, Joseph George Damush, Laguna Beach, Calif.; two sisters, Elizabeth Marian Morlock, Jacksonville, Fla., and Margaret Antionette Markowski, Pennsylvania; and seven grandchildren.

Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home, Toms River, is in charge or arrangements.

Whiting Memorial Park, NJ

Taken summer 2017