Bessie Beulah Smith

1917 - 1977  (59 years)

• Name	Bessie Beulah Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	21 Aug 1917	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Maudie and Lum Smith
  Census	1930	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Columbus (stepdaughter of Hazel)
  Census	1940	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Columbus
  Census	1950	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  	Relation to Head: Daughter of Charles Smith; Marital Status: Married to James Jackson
  Death	9 Aug 1977  [1, 5, 6]
  Burial	Smith Austin Wallace Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [5, 6]
  		Smith Austin Wallace Cemetery (Also known as Austin and Smith Cemetery) Stewart County, Tennessee Find a Grave: #2278821
  Person ID	I30835	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Charlie Columbus 'Lum' Smith,   b. 21 Dec 1893, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 10 Nov 1983, Clarksville Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maudie Bryant,   b. 26 Oct 1892, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Jan 1929, Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 Dec 1912	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F4562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James W Jackson,   b. Abt 1912, Alabama, USA
  Marriage	Bef Jan 1965  [1, 6]
  Family ID	F2002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Aug 1917 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Maudie and Lum Smith - 1920 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Columbus (stepdaughter of Hazel) - 1930 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Columbus - 1940 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Census - Relation to Head: Daughter of Charles Smith; Marital Status: Married to James Jackson - 1950 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Smith Austin Wallace Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2341999. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2341999 [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 2, Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1761; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 190. 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1761; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 190; Image: 865 [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03937; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 81-2. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3937; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 81-2 [S4628] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Bessie Jackson • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 10 Aug 1977, Bessie Beulah Smith Jackson -- The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 10/ Aug/ 1977; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee. https://www.newspapers.com/image/367087440/?article=b52c8d4c-ebec-4906-91d5-e7e9ad9435e7&focus=0.39357576,0.47563955,0.50940806, [S11143] Find a Grave: SMITH Bessie Jackson 1917-1977, Bessie Beulah Smith Jackson. Bessie Beulah Smith was the daughter of Charlie Columbus Smith and Maudie Bryant. After her mother died in 1929, her father married Hazel Knight (Find a Grave #34988484) who raised Elbert, Beulah, and Margie, until she died in 1939. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34988412/bessie-beulah-jackson [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: Montgomery, Tennesse. 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: Montgomery, Tennesse [S40] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;). Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [S8255] Find a Grave: BRYANT Maudie Smith 1892-1929, Maudie Bryant Smith. Wife of Charlie Smith Sr https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34988494/maudie_smith