Nellie was born 24 Aug 1891, in Crossville, Tn. to Walter Jenks ANDREWS of Rhode Island and Alice Elivra Hamby of Crossville,Tn.
She grew up as a true homemaker. She was an avid quilter, canner, cook, seamstress. Her husband was a carpenter.
She married Alonzo Hoover Smith 15 Jan 1911. They had nine children: Walter Andrews, Mary Ctherine, Charles Edgar, Frederick Allison, Lola Agnes, Harry Richard, Roberta Lee, Mrgaret Elizabeth, and Alonzo Hoover, Jr. She would get up early on Saturday mornings and make fresh raised, glazed donuts and holes to take to town to sell. She would combine the ingredients in a small washtub. The first roll of dough would make 12 dozen donuts and holes. She would not roll the dough but another time for donuts. The rest she would use for cinnamon rolls and bread. She also canned vegetables and fruit. She would simmer some of the fruit and then strain the juice thru cheesecloth which she canned as juice to make jelly another day.
As a very resourceful homemaker, she would add onions and bell pepper to her cut up tomatoes she canned for spaghetti and Chili sauce to be used in the winter. She used to make special apple sauce, adding redhots to the cooking apples. Those were a treat when she would open up a jar. You always knew which had the redhots by the color of the sauce.
She would take any piece of material or discarded garment and reuse it. She would cut a new shirt or little girl's dress if there was enough material. Not a piece of the fabric was wasted. If she had left overs, they became quilt pieces. She had many cigar boxes in various stages of quilt pieces. If she had enough pieces of a certain fabric to make one section of a quilt, those were cut, and stacked in like sizes, then she would use a needle and thread to keep them together, going through the stack twice with the thread. Those were placed in the cigar box for that particular pattern quilt. When she felt she had enough to begin, she would piece those pieces together, placing them in another box until she had enough to begin assembling the quilt itself. She seemed to have an unlimited number of boxes with pieces in various stages of completion.
On the front porch of her home, she had hooks in the ceiling. The quilt frame was then attached to it when she was ready to make the quilt. She could swing the frame up against the ceiling when not in use. Another frame was made from two long poles. These had holes thru them at various places to allow for the size of the quilt. Two sawhorses were constructed with a 2x2 board with holes at corresponding places to allow the poles to be secured with long nails. The sawhorse legs were of ½" dowels. One end had one dowel in the center of the 2x2, the other end had two dowels for stability. This one was used on cold winter days. It was easily rolled up and could stand in a corner until needed again.
Although quilting was her biggest love, she also was adept at tatting, knitting and crocheting. She also found time to read. She had the complete set of the Pollyanna books as well as many others. She made almost weekly trips ot the library to check out books.
She was also interested in her family history. She had amassed a large file of family information on her families of Andrews, Hamby, Proffitt, and Green.
The family moved to Jacksonville, Fl around 1920 and then on south to Altoona, Fl around 1923. Their last move was to Eustis, Fl., where she and her husband lived for many years. They traveled back and forth to Tennessee and North Carolina many times to visit family and to spend time picking and canning fruit and vegetables to bring back to Florida.
She made little girl dresses and donated them to the Waterman Memorial Hospital Pink Elephant shop to help raise money for the Pink Ladies projects. This was done annonomously. She was always giving some of her bounty to others. It was hard for her to accept gifts from others. She finally learned to be as good a receiver as a giver.
Her husband died in 1966 and she followed him in death 3 days shy of 11 yrs later. They left a large legacy behind. When she died there were 26 grandchildren, 26 ggrands and 6 gggrands to swell their family.
She loved her church. She was a member in Eustis of the First Christian Church.
(Source of Biography: Fran Smith(Reprinted with her permission 10-06-2011))
Sister of:
Rose Melissa Elvira Andrews Snow(1902-Unknown
Edna Mae Andrews Abrams(1905-Unknown)
She grew up as a true homemaker. She was an avid quilter, canner, cook, seamstress. Her husband was a carpenter.
She married Alonzo Hoover Smith 15 Jan 1911. They had nine children: Walter Andrews, Mary Ctherine, Charles Edgar, Frederick Allison, Lola Agnes, Harry Richard, Roberta Lee, Mrgaret Elizabeth, and Alonzo Hoover, Jr. She would get up early on Saturday mornings and make fresh raised, glazed donuts and holes to take to town to sell. She would combine the ingredients in a small washtub. The first roll of dough would make 12 dozen donuts and holes. She would not roll the dough but another time for donuts. The rest she would use for cinnamon rolls and bread. She also canned vegetables and fruit. She would simmer some of the fruit and then strain the juice thru cheesecloth which she canned as juice to make jelly another day.
As a very resourceful homemaker, she would add onions and bell pepper to her cut up tomatoes she canned for spaghetti and Chili sauce to be used in the winter. She used to make special apple sauce, adding redhots to the cooking apples. Those were a treat when she would open up a jar. You always knew which had the redhots by the color of the sauce.
She would take any piece of material or discarded garment and reuse it. She would cut a new shirt or little girl's dress if there was enough material. Not a piece of the fabric was wasted. If she had left overs, they became quilt pieces. She had many cigar boxes in various stages of quilt pieces. If she had enough pieces of a certain fabric to make one section of a quilt, those were cut, and stacked in like sizes, then she would use a needle and thread to keep them together, going through the stack twice with the thread. Those were placed in the cigar box for that particular pattern quilt. When she felt she had enough to begin, she would piece those pieces together, placing them in another box until she had enough to begin assembling the quilt itself. She seemed to have an unlimited number of boxes with pieces in various stages of completion.
On the front porch of her home, she had hooks in the ceiling. The quilt frame was then attached to it when she was ready to make the quilt. She could swing the frame up against the ceiling when not in use. Another frame was made from two long poles. These had holes thru them at various places to allow for the size of the quilt. Two sawhorses were constructed with a 2x2 board with holes at corresponding places to allow the poles to be secured with long nails. The sawhorse legs were of ½" dowels. One end had one dowel in the center of the 2x2, the other end had two dowels for stability. This one was used on cold winter days. It was easily rolled up and could stand in a corner until needed again.
Although quilting was her biggest love, she also was adept at tatting, knitting and crocheting. She also found time to read. She had the complete set of the Pollyanna books as well as many others. She made almost weekly trips ot the library to check out books.
She was also interested in her family history. She had amassed a large file of family information on her families of Andrews, Hamby, Proffitt, and Green.
The family moved to Jacksonville, Fl around 1920 and then on south to Altoona, Fl around 1923. Their last move was to Eustis, Fl., where she and her husband lived for many years. They traveled back and forth to Tennessee and North Carolina many times to visit family and to spend time picking and canning fruit and vegetables to bring back to Florida.
She made little girl dresses and donated them to the Waterman Memorial Hospital Pink Elephant shop to help raise money for the Pink Ladies projects. This was done annonomously. She was always giving some of her bounty to others. It was hard for her to accept gifts from others. She finally learned to be as good a receiver as a giver.
Her husband died in 1966 and she followed him in death 3 days shy of 11 yrs later. They left a large legacy behind. When she died there were 26 grandchildren, 26 ggrands and 6 gggrands to swell their family.
She loved her church. She was a member in Eustis of the First Christian Church.
(Source of Biography: Fran Smith(Reprinted with her permission 10-06-2011))
Sister of:
Rose Melissa Elvira Andrews Snow(1902-Unknown
Edna Mae Andrews Abrams(1905-Unknown)
Nellie was born 24 Aug 1891, in Crossville, Tn. to Walter Jenks ANDREWS of Rhode Island and Alice Elivra Hamby of Crossville,Tn.
She grew up as a true homemaker. She was an avid quilter, canner, cook, seamstress. Her husband was a carpenter.
She married Alonzo Hoover Smith 15 Jan 1911. They had nine children: Walter Andrews, Mary Ctherine, Charles Edgar, Frederick Allison, Lola Agnes, Harry Richard, Roberta Lee, Mrgaret Elizabeth, and Alonzo Hoover, Jr. She would get up early on Saturday mornings and make fresh raised, glazed donuts and holes to take to town to sell. She would combine the ingredients in a small washtub. The first roll of dough would make 12 dozen donuts and holes. She would not roll the dough but another time for donuts. The rest she would use for cinnamon rolls and bread. She also canned vegetables and fruit. She would simmer some of the fruit and then strain the juice thru cheesecloth which she canned as juice to make jelly another day.
As a very resourceful homemaker, she would add onions and bell pepper to her cut up tomatoes she canned for spaghetti and Chili sauce to be used in the winter. She used to make special apple sauce, adding redhots to the cooking apples. Those were a treat when she would open up a jar. You always knew which had the redhots by the color of the sauce.
She would take any piece of material or discarded garment and reuse it. She would cut a new shirt or little girl's dress if there was enough material. Not a piece of the fabric was wasted. If she had left overs, they became quilt pieces. She had many cigar boxes in various stages of quilt pieces. If she had enough pieces of a certain fabric to make one section of a quilt, those were cut, and stacked in like sizes, then she would use a needle and thread to keep them together, going through the stack twice with the thread. Those were placed in the cigar box for that particular pattern quilt. When she felt she had enough to begin, she would piece those pieces together, placing them in another box until she had enough to begin assembling the quilt itself. She seemed to have an unlimited number of boxes with pieces in various stages of completion.
On the front porch of her home, she had hooks in the ceiling. The quilt frame was then attached to it when she was ready to make the quilt. She could swing the frame up against the ceiling when not in use. Another frame was made from two long poles. These had holes thru them at various places to allow for the size of the quilt. Two sawhorses were constructed with a 2x2 board with holes at corresponding places to allow the poles to be secured with long nails. The sawhorse legs were of ½" dowels. One end had one dowel in the center of the 2x2, the other end had two dowels for stability. This one was used on cold winter days. It was easily rolled up and could stand in a corner until needed again.
Although quilting was her biggest love, she also was adept at tatting, knitting and crocheting. She also found time to read. She had the complete set of the Pollyanna books as well as many others. She made almost weekly trips ot the library to check out books.
She was also interested in her family history. She had amassed a large file of family information on her families of Andrews, Hamby, Proffitt, and Green.
The family moved to Jacksonville, Fl around 1920 and then on south to Altoona, Fl around 1923. Their last move was to Eustis, Fl., where she and her husband lived for many years. They traveled back and forth to Tennessee and North Carolina many times to visit family and to spend time picking and canning fruit and vegetables to bring back to Florida.
She made little girl dresses and donated them to the Waterman Memorial Hospital Pink Elephant shop to help raise money for the Pink Ladies projects. This was done annonomously. She was always giving some of her bounty to others. It was hard for her to accept gifts from others. She finally learned to be as good a receiver as a giver.
Her husband died in 1966 and she followed him in death 3 days shy of 11 yrs later. They left a large legacy behind. When she died there were 26 grandchildren, 26 ggrands and 6 gggrands to swell their family.
She loved her church. She was a member in Eustis of the First Christian Church.
(Source of Biography: Fran Smith(Reprinted with her permission 10-06-2011))
Sister of:
Rose Melissa Elvira Andrews Snow(1902-Unknown
Edna Mae Andrews Abrams(1905-Unknown)
She grew up as a true homemaker. She was an avid quilter, canner, cook, seamstress. Her husband was a carpenter.
She married Alonzo Hoover Smith 15 Jan 1911. They had nine children: Walter Andrews, Mary Ctherine, Charles Edgar, Frederick Allison, Lola Agnes, Harry Richard, Roberta Lee, Mrgaret Elizabeth, and Alonzo Hoover, Jr. She would get up early on Saturday mornings and make fresh raised, glazed donuts and holes to take to town to sell. She would combine the ingredients in a small washtub. The first roll of dough would make 12 dozen donuts and holes. She would not roll the dough but another time for donuts. The rest she would use for cinnamon rolls and bread. She also canned vegetables and fruit. She would simmer some of the fruit and then strain the juice thru cheesecloth which she canned as juice to make jelly another day.
As a very resourceful homemaker, she would add onions and bell pepper to her cut up tomatoes she canned for spaghetti and Chili sauce to be used in the winter. She used to make special apple sauce, adding redhots to the cooking apples. Those were a treat when she would open up a jar. You always knew which had the redhots by the color of the sauce.
She would take any piece of material or discarded garment and reuse it. She would cut a new shirt or little girl's dress if there was enough material. Not a piece of the fabric was wasted. If she had left overs, they became quilt pieces. She had many cigar boxes in various stages of quilt pieces. If she had enough pieces of a certain fabric to make one section of a quilt, those were cut, and stacked in like sizes, then she would use a needle and thread to keep them together, going through the stack twice with the thread. Those were placed in the cigar box for that particular pattern quilt. When she felt she had enough to begin, she would piece those pieces together, placing them in another box until she had enough to begin assembling the quilt itself. She seemed to have an unlimited number of boxes with pieces in various stages of completion.
On the front porch of her home, she had hooks in the ceiling. The quilt frame was then attached to it when she was ready to make the quilt. She could swing the frame up against the ceiling when not in use. Another frame was made from two long poles. These had holes thru them at various places to allow for the size of the quilt. Two sawhorses were constructed with a 2x2 board with holes at corresponding places to allow the poles to be secured with long nails. The sawhorse legs were of ½" dowels. One end had one dowel in the center of the 2x2, the other end had two dowels for stability. This one was used on cold winter days. It was easily rolled up and could stand in a corner until needed again.
Although quilting was her biggest love, she also was adept at tatting, knitting and crocheting. She also found time to read. She had the complete set of the Pollyanna books as well as many others. She made almost weekly trips ot the library to check out books.
She was also interested in her family history. She had amassed a large file of family information on her families of Andrews, Hamby, Proffitt, and Green.
The family moved to Jacksonville, Fl around 1920 and then on south to Altoona, Fl around 1923. Their last move was to Eustis, Fl., where she and her husband lived for many years. They traveled back and forth to Tennessee and North Carolina many times to visit family and to spend time picking and canning fruit and vegetables to bring back to Florida.
She made little girl dresses and donated them to the Waterman Memorial Hospital Pink Elephant shop to help raise money for the Pink Ladies projects. This was done annonomously. She was always giving some of her bounty to others. It was hard for her to accept gifts from others. She finally learned to be as good a receiver as a giver.
Her husband died in 1966 and she followed him in death 3 days shy of 11 yrs later. They left a large legacy behind. When she died there were 26 grandchildren, 26 ggrands and 6 gggrands to swell their family.
She loved her church. She was a member in Eustis of the First Christian Church.
(Source of Biography: Fran Smith(Reprinted with her permission 10-06-2011))
Sister of:
Rose Melissa Elvira Andrews Snow(1902-Unknown
Edna Mae Andrews Abrams(1905-Unknown)
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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PO1 Walter Andrews Smith
1911–1951
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PO3 Frederick Allison Smith
1913–1996
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Mary Catherine "Bunch" Smith Collins
1916–2014
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Lola Nell Smith Horne
1918–1969
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CPO Harry Richard "Rube" Smith
1920–1979
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Roberta Lee "Bobbie" Smith Penley
1923–2000
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Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Smith Joseph
1925–2005
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SCPO Alonzo Hoover "Buddy" Smith Jr
1929–1999
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Charles Edgar "Charley" Smith
1938–1999
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