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Submitted: 1/15/25 • Approved: 1/15/25 • Last Updated: 1/18/25 • R836394-G745297-S3
Oct 1844 Defiance OH
5 Jul 1926 Neosho Newton MO
Daughter of William Carpenter and Elizabeth Calvin
Married John Henry Smith aka Noffsinger 13 Sep 1866 Defiance OH
MRS. DRUSILLA SMITH SUCCUMBS AT NEOSHO
Neosho, Mo., July 5.-Mrs. Drusilla Smith, 82 years old, wife of John H. Smith,' died at 4 o'clock this morning at their home, 339 Patterson street. Besides her husband. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Adolphe Peters of Kansas City; four sons, J. W. Smith of Omaha, Neb., Harry Smith of Emerson, Neb., L. C.
Smith of Joplin, and Roscoe Smith of Springfield; twenty-six grand. children and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday. Burial will be in the Crouch cemetery at Diamond.
Joplin Globe Joplin, Missouri Tuesday, July 06, 1926
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MRS. DRUSILLA SMITH DIES.
Mrs. Drusilla Smith, 81 years old, ing at her home, 339 Patterson street. Mrs.
Smith is survived by her husband, J. H. Smith, a daughter, Mrs. Libbie Peters of Kansas City, and five sons, Will Smith of Omaha, Neb., Roscoe Smith of Springfield, Mo., and Harry, Emerson and Clem Smith of Joplin. Funeral services were conducted at the home at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. J. C. Saylor. Mrs. Smith's sons were pall bearers.
Burial was in the Crouch {aka Greenwood} cemetery at Diamond. Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Neosho for nearly forty years, and since her children all married and moved away a number of years ago, had quietly lived with her husband, who is a veteran of the Union army. She was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her, and the bereaved husband, daughter and sons have the sympathy of all in their great loss. She had been in poor health for some time past.
The Neosho Miner-Mechanic
Neosho, Missouri · Friday, July 09, 1926
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