Thursday, April 9, 2015

Alice Myrtle Smith (1851-1926)

Alice Myrtle Smith was born on February 16, 1851 in Philips County, Arkansas.  She was the daughter of Jonas Dudley Smith and Viola Lawson Clendenning. 

Alice married James Cicero Boggess on December 11, 1871 in Jackson County, Arkansas.  She was 19 years old and he was 24 years old.  James was born on July 31, 1848 in Tennessee, the son of Charles Haise Boggess & Isabella C. Martin

 James and Alice had one child:

Viola Isabelle Boggess       born October 2, 1872

James Cicero Boggess died four months after the birth of his daughter, leaving his young wife a widow at the age of 22, with an infant to care for.  James died on his 25th birthday, January 31, 1873, in Conway County, Arkansas. 

Four years after her first husband’s death, Alice married William Samuel Hanna, a widower.  They were married on June 17, 1877 in Conway County, Arkansas.  She was 26 years old and he was 40 years.  William was born May 18, 1837 in Madison County, Mississippi, the son of James Hanna and Mary Caroline Truly.

William married his first wife, Mary E. Morgan, on August 27, 1860 in Conway County, Arkansas.  Mary was born around 1845 in Alabama.  She died sometime between 1871 and 1877, leaving William with four children to care for. 

With their blended family, William and Alice Hanna had eleven children all together: 

William’s and Mary’s children:
            Alice A. Hanna                   born 1864
            Laura Virginia Hanna        born January 26, 1867
            May Hanna                          born 1868
            Myra B. Hanna                    born 1871

James’ and Alice’s child:
            Viola Isabelle Boggess           born October 2, 1872

William’s and Alice’s children
            James Dudly Hanna             born October 9, 1878
            William A. Hanna                  born September 1880
            Lewis Bennett Hanna           born February 1883
            Charles Clinton Hanna          born January 1886
           Two additional children, born and died between 1877 and 1900

William and Alice raised their large family in Hamilton, Conway County, Arkansas.  William worked as an attorney at law.

William Samuel Hanna died on September 6, 1899 in Conway County, Arkansas.  He was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Morrilton, Conway County, Arkansas.  He was 62 years old at his death. 

A widow once more, Alice and her children were living in Morrilton, Conway County, Arkansas in 1900.  Alice lived in Morrilton the remainder of her life.

Alice Myrtle Smith Boggess Hanna died in Morrilton, Conway County, Arkansas on February 11, 1926.  She was laid to rest beside William in the Elmwood Cemetery in Morrilton, Conway County, Arkansas.  Alice was 75 years old at her death.



Notes for Alice Myrtle Smith
Birth and Death:  Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 Microfiche. Arkansas Genealogical Society, Arkansas.
1870 US Census:  “Alice M Smith,” Year: 1870; Census Place: Glaize, Jackson, Arkansas; Roll: M593_56; Page: 324A; Image: 86; Family History Library Film: 545555.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Marriage to James:  “J C Boggs,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Marriage to William:  “Alice W Boggess,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
1880 US Census: “William S Hannah,” Year: 1880; Census Place: Hamilton, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: 41; Family History Film: 1254041; Page:294B; Enumeration District: 038; Image: 0333.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 
1900 US Census:  “Alice M Harris,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: T623 55; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 16.
1910 US Census:  “Allice M Hama,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Morrilton Ward 3, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: T624_47; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1374060.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1920 US Census:  “A M Hanna,” Year: 1920; Census Place: Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: T625_58; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 223.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Burial:  “Alice Myrtle Smith Hanna,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 9 April 2015

Notes for William Samuel Hanna
Birth & Death:  “William Samuel Hanna,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 9 April 2015
1850 US Census:  “William S Hanna,” Year: 1850; Census Place: Madison, Mississippi; Roll: M432_376; Page: 140A; Image: 282.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Marriage to Mary:  "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMGX-YWL : accessed 9 April 2015), William S Hannah and Mary E Morgan, 22 Aug 1860; citing , Conway, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,025,330.                 
1870 US Census:  “W C Hanna,” Year: 1870; Census Place: Union, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: M593_50; Page: 82B; Image: 459; Family History Library Film: 545549.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Notes for Mary E. Morgan
Death:  Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree for William Samuel Hanna.  Accessed on 7 January 2008,  http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=75532641 .


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