Smith Family Cemetery, Houston County, AL

Smith Family Cemetery, Houston County, AL
Located on Highway 109 (on dirt road )
Near New Hope and New Providence Church Cemeteries
Photos and Survey by Gale Stafford-Wall (galewall@cox.net) June 2001

It is easy to miss this cemetery. It sits at the edge of the property and was completely overgrown in 2001. Many of the inscriptions have been worn away with time and will be unreadable in the not so distant future.

McAllister, Sarah D.: Born: 12/15/1805 / Died: 3/8/1879 “In Memory Of”
Sarah Gregory McAllister, wife of Hugh G. McAllister 1813-1870, Mother of Rebecca.

Smith, Henry Dennis: (no dates) Name scratched into cement slab
Born: 1/15/1869 / Died: 2/7/1938 – see photo on photo album page
Son of Benjamin F. Smith and Mary E. Goodman
Great, Great grandfather of Gale Stafford-Wall
(husband of Eliza Priscilla “Sillar” McDaniel Smith – buried in unmarked grave at Rehobeth)
See photo of “Sillar” on photo album page

Smith, Damon: 1894 – 1964
Son of Henry Dennis Smith
(SSDI lists these dates: 9/21/1891 – 2/1964)

Smith, Benjamin Franklin.: Born 6/2/1851 / Died: 5/21/1927
Benjamin F. “He made the poor man’s heart glad”
Georgia Masonic symbol
Son of Daniel U. Smith and Nancy Hinson Smith – buried at New Hope
Great, Great, Great grandfather of Gale Stafford-Wall

Smith, Mary Emma: Born 1/17/1851 / Died: 10/22/1887
“Mary E. wife of B. F. Smith” – (1^st wife)
(headstone broken)
Daughter of Malachi Dennis Goodman (died in war in 1863) and Nancy Anderson Goodman
Great, Great, Great grandmother of Gale Stafford-Wall
View OLD headstone for Mary Emma Goodman Smith
“Sacred to the memory of Mary Emma Smith, daughter of Malachi Goodman, Wife of B. F. Smith

Children of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Goodman Smith:
Henry Dennis, David F., Warren, Archie R., Sabie Rebecca, Infant son, Lewis W., Infant son, Travis Anderson and Ples.

Smith, Infant son: of B. F. and M. E. Smith 3/20/1878
“Infant son of B.F. and M. E. Smith”
“He ---?--- the lambs in his bosom

Smith, son: 3/20 or 30/1879
“Sacred to the memory of son of B.F, and M. E. Smith”
“Born. Died. March 20, 1879”
(It’s possible this is the old stone for the one above – very hard to read)

Smith, Epsy: Born 6/18/1861 / Died: 5/6/1933
“Epsy Wife of B.F. Smith” – (2^nd wife)
“Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest. God called thee home he thought it best”
Epsy Ann Elizabeth Williams Smith
Daughter of John Williams and Sarah Willis

Children of Benjamin F. Smith and Epsy Ann Elizabeth Williams Smith:
Gary, Sarah Ozella, Jasper, Porter, (James Joel) Stafford, Homer Alter

Smith, Porter: Born: 8/12/1894 / Died 8/20/1895
“Porter son of B.F. and E.A.E Smith”

Smith, Jasper: Born: 3/23/1890 – 8/6/ 1891
“Jasper son of B.F. and E.A.E. Smith”

Smith, Rebecca A: Born: 5/19/1844 / Died: 2/14/1894
“Rebecca A. wife of G.W. Smith”

Smith, George Washington. Born: 8/31/1839 / Died: 2/5/1915
Son of Daniel U. Smith and Nancy Hinson Smith – buried at New Hope
Husband of Rebecca
(headstone broken)

Unmarked graves – 5 child size unmarked graves
.