Amelia Smith was born in Murphysboro, across the road from the Dr. John A. Logan homestead, which stood near the foundry on South Seventeenth street. While she was still young, the family moved to the corner of what is now Locust and Eleventh street, in a fine home which stood for many years in an orchard where the S. & P. Equipment and other buildings now stand.
She attended the local schools and while still a young woman, secured a teacher's certificate and taught her first school at the Tuttle Prairie school, many of her pupils of that day becoming prominent citizens of that part of the county. The next year she taught in the East Side school, later called the Ozburn, where among her pupils were John Herbert, John Hardy, John Kane, Joseph B. Gill and other men and women who have become prominent in the city's affairs.
In 1875 she married Friend Smith, the son of Dr. George Smith, who was then cashier of the Murphy-Wall bank at Pinckneyville. While in Pinckneyville, she became active in County Sunday school work and was for years County Secretary of Perry County.
Mr. Smith died in 1893 and with her daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Smith returned to Murphysboro. Always active mentally she took up the study of stenography and became a stenographer for the law firm of Hill & Martin. Becoming proficient in stenography, she received the appointment of Circuit Court Stenographer and for more than fifteen years continued in active business until the marriage of her daughter in 1905 to Fred M. Rolens in this city.
She made her home with her daughter and took a prominent part in the social and civic activities of the city. She was for years active in the work of the First Baptist Church and was superintendent of the Sunday School for many years. She was a member of the Needle Workers and of the Woman's club at the time of her death.
She was survived by the daughter, and one brother, John C. Kennedy of Los Angeles, California. She was preceded in death by her parents and the following siblings, Mrs. James H. Martin, Miss Anna Kennedy, Geo. Kennedy, Jr., and Leonard Kennedy, all of whom lived past middle age and were prominently known. Two sisters, Emma and Lucy, and a brother, Henry, died in infancy.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church of which she was a member. The body lay in state at the Zella Undertaking Parlor.
Source: Obituary, The Daily Independent, Tuesday, December 1, 1925
She attended the local schools and while still a young woman, secured a teacher's certificate and taught her first school at the Tuttle Prairie school, many of her pupils of that day becoming prominent citizens of that part of the county. The next year she taught in the East Side school, later called the Ozburn, where among her pupils were John Herbert, John Hardy, John Kane, Joseph B. Gill and other men and women who have become prominent in the city's affairs.
In 1875 she married Friend Smith, the son of Dr. George Smith, who was then cashier of the Murphy-Wall bank at Pinckneyville. While in Pinckneyville, she became active in County Sunday school work and was for years County Secretary of Perry County.
Mr. Smith died in 1893 and with her daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Smith returned to Murphysboro. Always active mentally she took up the study of stenography and became a stenographer for the law firm of Hill & Martin. Becoming proficient in stenography, she received the appointment of Circuit Court Stenographer and for more than fifteen years continued in active business until the marriage of her daughter in 1905 to Fred M. Rolens in this city.
She made her home with her daughter and took a prominent part in the social and civic activities of the city. She was for years active in the work of the First Baptist Church and was superintendent of the Sunday School for many years. She was a member of the Needle Workers and of the Woman's club at the time of her death.
She was survived by the daughter, and one brother, John C. Kennedy of Los Angeles, California. She was preceded in death by her parents and the following siblings, Mrs. James H. Martin, Miss Anna Kennedy, Geo. Kennedy, Jr., and Leonard Kennedy, all of whom lived past middle age and were prominently known. Two sisters, Emma and Lucy, and a brother, Henry, died in infancy.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church of which she was a member. The body lay in state at the Zella Undertaking Parlor.
Source: Obituary, The Daily Independent, Tuesday, December 1, 1925
Amelia Smith was born in Murphysboro, across the road from the Dr. John A. Logan homestead, which stood near the foundry on South Seventeenth street. While she was still young, the family moved to the corner of what is now Locust and Eleventh street, in a fine home which stood for many years in an orchard where the S. & P. Equipment and other buildings now stand.
She attended the local schools and while still a young woman, secured a teacher's certificate and taught her first school at the Tuttle Prairie school, many of her pupils of that day becoming prominent citizens of that part of the county. The next year she taught in the East Side school, later called the Ozburn, where among her pupils were John Herbert, John Hardy, John Kane, Joseph B. Gill and other men and women who have become prominent in the city's affairs.
In 1875 she married Friend Smith, the son of Dr. George Smith, who was then cashier of the Murphy-Wall bank at Pinckneyville. While in Pinckneyville, she became active in County Sunday school work and was for years County Secretary of Perry County.
Mr. Smith died in 1893 and with her daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Smith returned to Murphysboro. Always active mentally she took up the study of stenography and became a stenographer for the law firm of Hill & Martin. Becoming proficient in stenography, she received the appointment of Circuit Court Stenographer and for more than fifteen years continued in active business until the marriage of her daughter in 1905 to Fred M. Rolens in this city.
She made her home with her daughter and took a prominent part in the social and civic activities of the city. She was for years active in the work of the First Baptist Church and was superintendent of the Sunday School for many years. She was a member of the Needle Workers and of the Woman's club at the time of her death.
She was survived by the daughter, and one brother, John C. Kennedy of Los Angeles, California. She was preceded in death by her parents and the following siblings, Mrs. James H. Martin, Miss Anna Kennedy, Geo. Kennedy, Jr., and Leonard Kennedy, all of whom lived past middle age and were prominently known. Two sisters, Emma and Lucy, and a brother, Henry, died in infancy.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church of which she was a member. The body lay in state at the Zella Undertaking Parlor.
Source: Obituary, The Daily Independent, Tuesday, December 1, 1925
She attended the local schools and while still a young woman, secured a teacher's certificate and taught her first school at the Tuttle Prairie school, many of her pupils of that day becoming prominent citizens of that part of the county. The next year she taught in the East Side school, later called the Ozburn, where among her pupils were John Herbert, John Hardy, John Kane, Joseph B. Gill and other men and women who have become prominent in the city's affairs.
In 1875 she married Friend Smith, the son of Dr. George Smith, who was then cashier of the Murphy-Wall bank at Pinckneyville. While in Pinckneyville, she became active in County Sunday school work and was for years County Secretary of Perry County.
Mr. Smith died in 1893 and with her daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Smith returned to Murphysboro. Always active mentally she took up the study of stenography and became a stenographer for the law firm of Hill & Martin. Becoming proficient in stenography, she received the appointment of Circuit Court Stenographer and for more than fifteen years continued in active business until the marriage of her daughter in 1905 to Fred M. Rolens in this city.
She made her home with her daughter and took a prominent part in the social and civic activities of the city. She was for years active in the work of the First Baptist Church and was superintendent of the Sunday School for many years. She was a member of the Needle Workers and of the Woman's club at the time of her death.
She was survived by the daughter, and one brother, John C. Kennedy of Los Angeles, California. She was preceded in death by her parents and the following siblings, Mrs. James H. Martin, Miss Anna Kennedy, Geo. Kennedy, Jr., and Leonard Kennedy, all of whom lived past middle age and were prominently known. Two sisters, Emma and Lucy, and a brother, Henry, died in infancy.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church of which she was a member. The body lay in state at the Zella Undertaking Parlor.
Source: Obituary, The Daily Independent, Tuesday, December 1, 1925
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