Viola Thomas Bryant b. 27 Jun 1889 Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Feb 1973 Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA: Smith Family Tree

Viola Thomas Bryant

1889 - 1973 (83 years)

Name	Viola Thomas Bryant [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Birth	27 Jun 1889	Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA [1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15]
Gender	Female
Census	1900	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [3]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Census	1910	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [7]
	Married to Gus Smith
Census	1920	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Gus
Census	1930	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [9]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Avery
Census	1950	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA [11]
	Relation to Head: Mother of Cecil Smith; Marital Status: Widowed
FSID	MWNF-WQW
Residence	Apr 1963	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA [16]
	Mrs Viola Cato
Death	23 Feb 1973	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA [5, 6, 12]
Burial	Liberty Cemetery, White Bluff, Dickson, Tennessee, USA [12]
		Burial-CATO Viola Viola Bryant Smith Cato - Buried with Avery Cato -- Liberty Cemetery, Charlotte TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37193188/
Person ID	I25913	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Milas Alexander Bryant, b. 11 Apr 1850, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 12 Aug 1928, Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Eliza Jane Harrell, b. 29 Dec 1856, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 13 Mar 1929, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 72 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	14 Dec 1875	Trigg County, Kentucky, USA [3, 17, 18]
Family ID	F8234	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Gus Henry Smith, b. 12 Sep 1881, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Sep 1926, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 45 years)

Marriage 1905 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [4, 12]

Marriage End Oct 1926 [13]

Death of Gus Smith

Children

	1. Cecil Everett Smith, b. 27 Jul 1914, Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Oct 2003 (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Vernie Clemments Smith, b. 16 Feb 1906, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Mar 1991, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10591 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2	Avery Elton Cato, b. 29 Jun 1879, Christian County, Kentucky, USA d. 11 Feb 1948, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)
Marriage	14 Apr 1929	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [2, 12]
Marriage		Vital_Marriage-CATO Viola and AE Tennessee Marriage Record of Viola Thomas Bryant Smith and Avery E Cato
Family ID	F8347	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 27 Jun 1889 - Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1900 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - 1905 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Married to Gus Smith - 1910 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Gus - 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - 14 Apr 1929 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Avery - 1930 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Mother of Cecil Smith; Marital Status: Widowed - 1950 - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
	Residence - Mrs Viola Cato - Apr 1963 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA
	Death - 23 Feb 1973 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA

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Burials

Burial-CATO Viola
Viola Bryant Smith Cato - Buried with Avery Cato -- Liberty Cemetery, Charlotte TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37193188/

Obituaries

Obituary-SMITH Gus H
Obituary of GUS HENRY SMITH • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 02 Oct 1926, Sat • Page 3

People

BRYANT-Family Portrait
BACK ROW: Uncle Offie, Uncle Festus Uncle Carl, Uncle Hershel FRONT ROW: Aunt Viola (married Gus Smith), Mama (married Elliott Sanderson), Grand-Pa Milas Bryant, Grand-Ma Eliza Shrader Bryant, Aunt Lilly (married Doak Stone)

Vital & Legal Records

Vital_Marriage-CATO Viola and AE
Tennessee Marriage Record of Viola Thomas Bryant Smith and Avery E Cato

Sources

[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 497.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 497
[S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;).

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241600.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241600
[S428] Ancestry.com, Web: Montgomery County, Tennessee, Marriage Index, 1799-1953, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;).
[S9507] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Number: 414-50-7300; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
[S430] Ancestry.com, Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;).
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375526
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 666.0; FHL microfilm: 2342014.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 666.0; FHL microfilm: 2342014
[S1279] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;).

Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: San Diego, San Diego.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: San Diego, San Diego

[S7332] Find a Grave: BRYANT Viola Cato 1889-1973, Viola Thomas Bryant Smith Cato.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37193188/viola_thomas_cato
[S2141] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Gus Smith • Nashville Tennessean - 1926, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee;), Gus Henry Smith Obituary.
A 12 weeks' illness of paralysls caused the death Wednesday of Gus Smith, 44, farmer of the Indian Mound, in Stewart county, who was buried In the family cemetery Friday.
He was a native of Montgomery county and was a brother of Harry Smith, deputy county court clerk. Mr. Smith was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mack Smith.
Surviving are his widow who was Mis Viola Bryant; two sons, Vernle of Indian Mound, and another, nine-year-old; six brothers, Lurton Smith, Miami Fla.; Allen Smith, Dickson, Harry, Clarksville: Walter and Will Smith, Stewart county; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Bryant, Mrs. Emma Bryant and Mrs. A. Vaughan, all of Indian Mound. Mr. Smith was a member of the Methodist church and enjoyed a wide acquaintance.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/178857754/?article=4c149496-a151-4be0-8167-2350a32775b4&focus=0.2719685,0.26203635,0.38950068,0.38479796&xid=3355

Obituary-SMITH Gus H
Obituary of GUS HENRY SMITH • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 02 Oct 1926, Sat • Page 3
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
Record for Milas Alexander Bryant
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
Record for Eliza Jane Harrell
[S2746] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Willie Sanderson • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 2 Apr 1963 - Page 1, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville, Tennessee; Date: 2 Apr 1963;), Obituary for Willie Juanita Bryant Sanderson (Aged 82) 2 Apr 1963.
Mrs Willie Juanita Sanderson, 82, died at 5:00am this morning in the Lyle Nursing Home of Hopkinsville after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00pm at Murphy Funeral Home where the body will remain until then. The Rev George Baxter will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
A native of Stewart County, Mrs Sanderson was the daughter of the late Milas and Elizabeth Harrell Bryant, She was the widow of the late James Elliott Sanderson.
She is survived by three sons, Vernon Sanderson of Royal Oaks, Michigan; Noble Sanderson of Hopkinsville; and Bryant Sanderson of Madison; and four daughters, Mrs Mack Smith of Nashville, Mrs. BC Cobb of Adams; Mrs Bertie Weaver of Madison Heights, Michigan; and Mrs JT Williams of Hopkinsville; one brother, Offie Bryant of Evansville, Indiana; and one sister, Mrs Viola Cato of Hopkinsville; 31 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildrren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Hopkinsville.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46676438/obituary-for-willie-juanita-sanderson/?xid=637

Obituary-SANDERSON Willie (Bryant)
Obituary for WILLIE JUANITA BRYANT SANDERSON - Newspapers.com - The Leaf-Chronicle - 2 Apr 1963 - Page 1
[S2108] Trigg County Marriage Records.
[S8267] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Sanderson): HARRELL Eliza Bryant, (Name: SmithLC.com;), HARRELL Eliza Jane Bryant 1856-1929.
Wife of Milas Bryant
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201262296/eliza-j-bryant

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