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
.
