Josie Albinah Smith Curtis

Birth: 12 Jul 1893
Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 30 Jul 1975 (aged 82)
Savannah, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Center Hill Cemetery

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(Please note: I am granddaughter of Josie & Albert Curtis. When Albert Curtis died in 1948, his widow Josie Curtis placed a double marker on his grave at New Salem which included her own name and date of birth. When Josie Curtis died in 1975, she was buried in Center Hill Cemetery, Counce (near Pickwick), Hardin County, Tennessee, by their son R. G. Curtis who died in 1964 … Center Hill is a short distance from the little home where Josie Curtis lived out her days after the death of Albert Curtis in 1948. Bonnie Gober Crocker, daughter of Wm Noonan Gober & Raney Curtis Gober McAnally)

Josie was the daughter of John Groves Smith and Sarah "Sallie" Duncan. Josie married Albert Curtis on April 14, 1907 in Hardin County, Tennessee. She was 13. They were the parents of 12 children.

After Albert's death, Josie picked cotton to pay for a double marker and it was placed on Albert's grave. As the years went by, and especially after the death of their son Joseph R. G. Curtis, Josie decided to be buried at Center Hill Cemetery in Counce, Hardin County, Tennessee, next to her beloved son R. G. Curtis. Also near Josie's grave are her daughters Raney, Racine, Ressie and several grandchildren. Daughters "Shorty" and Reb are also buried at Center Hill.

1900 United States Federal Census:
Name: Josie A Smith
Age: 6
Birth Date: Jul 1893
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 6, Hardin, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: John G Smith
Father's Birthplace: Missouri (Mississippi)
Mother's Name: Sarrah A Smith
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Household Members: Name Age
John G Smith 41
Sarrah A Smith 42
Nannie Smith 18
Nellie J Smith 15
Nora L Smith 10
Josie A Smith 6
David D Smith 5
Lula L Smith 8/12

1910 United States Federal Census:
Name: Josie Curtice [Curtis]
Age in 1910: 16
Birth Year: abt 1894 [1894]
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1910: Civil District 6, Hardin, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Johnson A Curtice
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Johnson A Curtis 24
Josie Curtis 16
Ruthie J Curtis 1 [1 4/12]