Los Angeles Times - January 12, 1901:
SAW THREE CENTURIES
Venerable Mother of Judge Smith Passes Away After a Remarkably Long Career in This Life
Death, which came yesterday forenoon to Mrs. Mary Smith, mother of Judge B. N. Smith, brought to a close the career of the oldest woman in Los Angeles, and doubtless one who had lived a greater length of time than has any person of white parentage in the West. It is given to few people to live in more than one century, but this woman had seen the closing years of one, lived throughout the following, and was not summoned until well on the threshold of a dawning century. The allotted three-score and ten years of the human life had been covered, and she lived half of another equally long period when the grim messenger summoned her.
Mrs. Smith was 105 years (blank) months and 20 days old when she died. Her demise was due to old age, and had been expected by her immediate relatives for several days. She was a sincere Christian woman, and as she passed to the Great Beyond, although speechless, it was with a smile on her features. She had been in remarkably good health until a few months ago, when her strength began to fail. Of late she has eaten but little, and during the last few hours of her life she lost the power of speech and became almost blind. There was a sudden change for the worse Thursday in the night, and at 10 o'clock yesterday the end came.
The deceased was born in September, 1795, and was the sixth child of Capt. and Mrs. Caleb Bentley. Throughout her youth she lived in New York State, and was married to Capt. Nathaniel Smith in 1812. In 1837 they moved to Illinois, and for thirty years resided there and in Wisconsin. Mrs. Smith was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Judge Smith is the youngest. She leaves four other children.
Funeral services will be held at the home of her son, No. 408 East Twelfth street, Sunday afternoon.
SAW THREE CENTURIES
Venerable Mother of Judge Smith Passes Away After a Remarkably Long Career in This Life
Death, which came yesterday forenoon to Mrs. Mary Smith, mother of Judge B. N. Smith, brought to a close the career of the oldest woman in Los Angeles, and doubtless one who had lived a greater length of time than has any person of white parentage in the West. It is given to few people to live in more than one century, but this woman had seen the closing years of one, lived throughout the following, and was not summoned until well on the threshold of a dawning century. The allotted three-score and ten years of the human life had been covered, and she lived half of another equally long period when the grim messenger summoned her.
Mrs. Smith was 105 years (blank) months and 20 days old when she died. Her demise was due to old age, and had been expected by her immediate relatives for several days. She was a sincere Christian woman, and as she passed to the Great Beyond, although speechless, it was with a smile on her features. She had been in remarkably good health until a few months ago, when her strength began to fail. Of late she has eaten but little, and during the last few hours of her life she lost the power of speech and became almost blind. There was a sudden change for the worse Thursday in the night, and at 10 o'clock yesterday the end came.
The deceased was born in September, 1795, and was the sixth child of Capt. and Mrs. Caleb Bentley. Throughout her youth she lived in New York State, and was married to Capt. Nathaniel Smith in 1812. In 1837 they moved to Illinois, and for thirty years resided there and in Wisconsin. Mrs. Smith was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Judge Smith is the youngest. She leaves four other children.
Funeral services will be held at the home of her son, No. 408 East Twelfth street, Sunday afternoon.
Los Angeles Times - January 12, 1901:
SAW THREE CENTURIES
Venerable Mother of Judge Smith Passes Away After a Remarkably Long Career in This Life
Death, which came yesterday forenoon to Mrs. Mary Smith, mother of Judge B. N. Smith, brought to a close the career of the oldest woman in Los Angeles, and doubtless one who had lived a greater length of time than has any person of white parentage in the West. It is given to few people to live in more than one century, but this woman had seen the closing years of one, lived throughout the following, and was not summoned until well on the threshold of a dawning century. The allotted three-score and ten years of the human life had been covered, and she lived half of another equally long period when the grim messenger summoned her.
Mrs. Smith was 105 years (blank) months and 20 days old when she died. Her demise was due to old age, and had been expected by her immediate relatives for several days. She was a sincere Christian woman, and as she passed to the Great Beyond, although speechless, it was with a smile on her features. She had been in remarkably good health until a few months ago, when her strength began to fail. Of late she has eaten but little, and during the last few hours of her life she lost the power of speech and became almost blind. There was a sudden change for the worse Thursday in the night, and at 10 o'clock yesterday the end came.
The deceased was born in September, 1795, and was the sixth child of Capt. and Mrs. Caleb Bentley. Throughout her youth she lived in New York State, and was married to Capt. Nathaniel Smith in 1812. In 1837 they moved to Illinois, and for thirty years resided there and in Wisconsin. Mrs. Smith was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Judge Smith is the youngest. She leaves four other children.
Funeral services will be held at the home of her son, No. 408 East Twelfth street, Sunday afternoon.
SAW THREE CENTURIES
Venerable Mother of Judge Smith Passes Away After a Remarkably Long Career in This Life
Death, which came yesterday forenoon to Mrs. Mary Smith, mother of Judge B. N. Smith, brought to a close the career of the oldest woman in Los Angeles, and doubtless one who had lived a greater length of time than has any person of white parentage in the West. It is given to few people to live in more than one century, but this woman had seen the closing years of one, lived throughout the following, and was not summoned until well on the threshold of a dawning century. The allotted three-score and ten years of the human life had been covered, and she lived half of another equally long period when the grim messenger summoned her.
Mrs. Smith was 105 years (blank) months and 20 days old when she died. Her demise was due to old age, and had been expected by her immediate relatives for several days. She was a sincere Christian woman, and as she passed to the Great Beyond, although speechless, it was with a smile on her features. She had been in remarkably good health until a few months ago, when her strength began to fail. Of late she has eaten but little, and during the last few hours of her life she lost the power of speech and became almost blind. There was a sudden change for the worse Thursday in the night, and at 10 o'clock yesterday the end came.
The deceased was born in September, 1795, and was the sixth child of Capt. and Mrs. Caleb Bentley. Throughout her youth she lived in New York State, and was married to Capt. Nathaniel Smith in 1812. In 1837 they moved to Illinois, and for thirty years resided there and in Wisconsin. Mrs. Smith was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Judge Smith is the youngest. She leaves four other children.
Funeral services will be held at the home of her son, No. 408 East Twelfth street, Sunday afternoon.
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