Age 91 yrs., 1 mo., 22 das.
Baltimore Sun January 6, 1898
Died at Ninety-Two Years
The Savannah News says: "Miss
Rosina Smith, one of Savannah's oldest
known citizens, passed away gently and
peacefully Monday afternoon at her resi-
dence on Harris street. The deceased
was in her ninety-second year. She was
the oldest communicant of Christ Church.
Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Richard
Bland, one of South Carolina's wealthy
sea island cotton planters. She was twice
married, her first husband being Edward
T. Courtenay, of Savannah. Her second
husband was Wm. Hayne Smith, of South
Carolina. Two brothers--Rev. Charles
T. Bland, of Pitsboro, N.C., and Prof. D.
A. Bland, of Texas--and one daughter--
Mrs. M. A. Hewitt of Baltimore, Md.
and a number of grand and great-grand-
children survive her. She was of a self-
sacrificing disposition and of generous
heart. In the yellow fever epidemics of
1834, 1858 and 1876 she was untiring in her
efforts to relieve the sick and dying."
First husband, Edward Thomas Courtenay (1795-1835), four children: Valmore Dickerson Courtenay (1827-1868), Edward Neufville Courtenay (1830-1835), Rosina Courtenay (1833-1895) and Julia Anna Courtenay (1825-1864).
Baltimore Sun January 6, 1898
Died at Ninety-Two Years
The Savannah News says: "Miss
Rosina Smith, one of Savannah's oldest
known citizens, passed away gently and
peacefully Monday afternoon at her resi-
dence on Harris street. The deceased
was in her ninety-second year. She was
the oldest communicant of Christ Church.
Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Richard
Bland, one of South Carolina's wealthy
sea island cotton planters. She was twice
married, her first husband being Edward
T. Courtenay, of Savannah. Her second
husband was Wm. Hayne Smith, of South
Carolina. Two brothers--Rev. Charles
T. Bland, of Pitsboro, N.C., and Prof. D.
A. Bland, of Texas--and one daughter--
Mrs. M. A. Hewitt of Baltimore, Md.
and a number of grand and great-grand-
children survive her. She was of a self-
sacrificing disposition and of generous
heart. In the yellow fever epidemics of
1834, 1858 and 1876 she was untiring in her
efforts to relieve the sick and dying."
First husband, Edward Thomas Courtenay (1795-1835), four children: Valmore Dickerson Courtenay (1827-1868), Edward Neufville Courtenay (1830-1835), Rosina Courtenay (1833-1895) and Julia Anna Courtenay (1825-1864).
Age 91 yrs., 1 mo., 22 das.
Baltimore Sun January 6, 1898
Died at Ninety-Two Years
The Savannah News says: "Miss
Rosina Smith, one of Savannah's oldest
known citizens, passed away gently and
peacefully Monday afternoon at her resi-
dence on Harris street. The deceased
was in her ninety-second year. She was
the oldest communicant of Christ Church.
Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Richard
Bland, one of South Carolina's wealthy
sea island cotton planters. She was twice
married, her first husband being Edward
T. Courtenay, of Savannah. Her second
husband was Wm. Hayne Smith, of South
Carolina. Two brothers--Rev. Charles
T. Bland, of Pitsboro, N.C., and Prof. D.
A. Bland, of Texas--and one daughter--
Mrs. M. A. Hewitt of Baltimore, Md.
and a number of grand and great-grand-
children survive her. She was of a self-
sacrificing disposition and of generous
heart. In the yellow fever epidemics of
1834, 1858 and 1876 she was untiring in her
efforts to relieve the sick and dying."
First husband, Edward Thomas Courtenay (1795-1835), four children: Valmore Dickerson Courtenay (1827-1868), Edward Neufville Courtenay (1830-1835), Rosina Courtenay (1833-1895) and Julia Anna Courtenay (1825-1864).
Baltimore Sun January 6, 1898
Died at Ninety-Two Years
The Savannah News says: "Miss
Rosina Smith, one of Savannah's oldest
known citizens, passed away gently and
peacefully Monday afternoon at her resi-
dence on Harris street. The deceased
was in her ninety-second year. She was
the oldest communicant of Christ Church.
Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Richard
Bland, one of South Carolina's wealthy
sea island cotton planters. She was twice
married, her first husband being Edward
T. Courtenay, of Savannah. Her second
husband was Wm. Hayne Smith, of South
Carolina. Two brothers--Rev. Charles
T. Bland, of Pitsboro, N.C., and Prof. D.
A. Bland, of Texas--and one daughter--
Mrs. M. A. Hewitt of Baltimore, Md.
and a number of grand and great-grand-
children survive her. She was of a self-
sacrificing disposition and of generous
heart. In the yellow fever epidemics of
1834, 1858 and 1876 she was untiring in her
efforts to relieve the sick and dying."
First husband, Edward Thomas Courtenay (1795-1835), four children: Valmore Dickerson Courtenay (1827-1868), Edward Neufville Courtenay (1830-1835), Rosina Courtenay (1833-1895) and Julia Anna Courtenay (1825-1864).
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