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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-199Martha (Mobley) McGill, March 25, 1947; 6) Letter, Claude Stephenson to C. D.Stephenson, October 16, 1950; 7) Family Group Sheet by Martha (Mobley) McGill; 8)“Maury County Chancery Court Records, 1810 - 1860,” Page 52; 9) “The MauryGenealogist,” Volume 2, 1973, Page 92; 10) “Humphreys County, Tennessee,” 1979,Page 408; 11) “Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee,” by Edythe R. Whitley, 1982MARY LOUISA BRYAN (2.3.2) is the daughter of James T. Bryan and SarahBryan. Louisa was born in 1828 in Tennessee. On October 2, 1845, LouisaBryan married Erastus Carl Smith (born 1825 in Tennessee) in Maury County,Tennessee. In 1850, Erastus and Louisa Smith were living near Louisa’s motherand her aunt, Charlotte, in Maury County, Tennessee. In 1860, “A. C.” andLouisa Smith were living in Humphreys County, Tennessee. Erastus and LouisaSmith were the parents of at least six children:. . . James H. Smith (2.3.2.1), b. 1849, Maury County, Tennessee. . . Alice Catherine Smith (2.3.2.2), b. October 8, 1852, Humphreys Co., Tennessee. . . Erastus P. N. Smith, b. 1854, Humphreys County, Tennessee. . . Leander Smith. . . Laura Henrietta Smith (2.3.2.5), b. January 31, 1858, Humphreys Co., Tennessee. . . Felix A. J. Smith, b. 1862, TennesseeLouisa (Bryan) Smith died prior to 1880 and was buried in the Bryant Cemeteryon Hurricane Creek near Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. On October 23, 1880,Erastus Smith married a second time to Nancy Carter Bowman. Erastus CarlSmith died in 1888 and was buried in the Bryant Cemetery near Hurricane Mills,Tennessee. Florence Smith married Leslie Baxter. Florence (Smith) Baxter diedin Missouri. James “Dan” Smith married a woman whose first name was Adaand they lived in Missouri. Milton Smith died prior to 1913.References: 1) 1850 Census, Maury County, Tennessee; 2) “Humphreys County,Tennessee,” 1979, Page 408; 3) “Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee,” by EdytheR. Whitley, 1982; 4) Letter, Margaret (Rice) Whitfield to Robert Casey, April, 1987JAMES H. SMITH (2.3.2.1) is the son of Erastus Carl Smith and Mary Louisa(Bryan) Smith. James was born in 1849 in Maury County, Tennessee. James H.Smith married Elizabeth Taylor of Humphreys County, Tennessee. Elizabethwas born in 1848 and is the daughter of John Taylor and Jane Taylor. Jamesand Elizabeth Smith were the parents of three children:. . . Florence H. Smith, b. 1876, Tennessee. . . James D. Smith, b. 1878, Tennessee. . . Milton Smith, b. 1880, TennesseeIn 1880, James and Elizabeth Smith were living in Humphreys County,Tennessee. James H. Smith died on January 5, 1913 in Molton, Missouri.References: 1) 1880 Census, Humphreys County, Tennessee; 2) Letter, Margaret(Rice) Whitfield to Robert Casey, April, 1987ALICE CATHERINE SMITH (2.3.2.2) is the daughter of Erastus Carl Smithand Mary Louisa (Bryan) Smith. Alice was born on October 8, 1852 in