Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Smith

1866 - 1938  (71 years)

• Name	Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Smith  [1, 2]
  Born	3 Jun 1866	Dent County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	27 Jun 1900	Spring Creek township, Dent County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	1. Whitaker, Hamilton, head, white, male, December 1861, 38, married, married 17 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 217 2. _____, Sarah, wife, white, female, June 1866, 33, married 17 years, 7 children 7 living, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri, can read and write 3. _____, Maud L., daughter, white, female, March 1884, 16, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, at school, attended school 2 months, can read and write 4. _____, Myrtle A., daughter, white, female, September 1886, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, at school, attended school 4 months, can read and write 5. _____, Bertie R., daughter, white, female, August 1888, 11, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, at school, attended school 4 months, can read and write 6. _____, Jessie A., son, white, male, June 1890, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, attending school, 5 months 7. _____, Oswald D., son, white, male, January 1894, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 8. _____, Carl G., son, white, male, June 1895, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 9. _____, Lola, daughter, white, female, January 1899, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Spring Creek township, Dent County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	1. Whitaker, Hamilton B., head, male, white, 48, married 21 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, self employed, can read and write, owns free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 68 2. _____, Bessie, wife, female, white, 43, married 21 years, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri, can read and write 3. _____, Jesse A., son, male white, 18, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farm labor, home farm can read and write, not attending school 4. _____, Oswald D., son, male, white, 16, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farm labor, home farm, can read and write, attending school 5. _____, Carl G., son male, white, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 6. _____, Lola M., daughter, female, white, 11, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 7. _____, Ida L., daughter, female, white, 8, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, attending school 8. _____, Hamilton O., son, male, white, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 9. _____, Herschel M., son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 10. _____, Maxine, daughter, female, white, 6 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
  Died	11 May 1938	Dent County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  NEWS	12 May 1938	Salem, Dent County, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	Obituary: "Mrs. Booker T. Whiteaker Sarah Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. Booker T. Whiteaker, died at her home yesterday, at the age of 71 years, 11 months and 8 days. Funeral services were held from the Union church this morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Walter Jenkins in charge. Burial was in the Union cemetery under the direction of Carl K. Spencer. Mrs. Whiteaker was the daughter of the late Jesse and Caroline Smith, early settlers in Dent county, and was born June 3, 1866. She married the Rev. Whiteaker March 1, 1883, and they were the parents of eleven children. A daughter, Ruth Brown, died at the age of 25 years, and the others survive. They are Maude Asher, Myrtle Gamblin, Jesse, Carl, Lola Tournbough, Vernon, Herschel and Maxine Maledy, of Salem, Dow, of Nemaha, Nebr., and Lena Pryor, of Sligo. She was converted and joined the Midway Baptist church at the age of twenty-five years, and lived a consistent Christian life, being a great help to her husband in his ministry."
  Person ID	I1438	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Jesse Elisha Smith,   b. 8 Sep 1834, Warren County, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1916, Dent County, Missouri, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Caroline Nelson,   b. 16 Dec 1832, Dent County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1910, Dent County, Missouri, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1863	Dent County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hamilton Booker Whitaker,   b. 20 Dec 1861, Dent County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1954, Baptist Home, Iron County, Missouri, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1883	Dent County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Maude L. Whitaker,   b. Mar 1884, Missouri, USA   2. Myrtle A. Whitaker   3. Ruth V. Whitaker,   b. Aug 1888, Missouri, USA ,   d. 20 Mar 1920, Dent County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 31 years)   4. Jesse A. Whitaker,   b. Abt 1892, Missouri, USA   5. Oswald D. Whitaker   6. Carl G. Whitaker,   b. Abt 1897, Missouri, USA   7. Lola M. Whitaker,   b. Abt 1899, Missouri, USA + 8. Ida Elena "Lena" Whitaker,   b. 11 Sep 1901, Dent County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 1938, Dent County, Missouri, USA  (Age 36 years)   9. Hamilton O. Whitaker,   b. Abt 1904, Missouri, USA   10. Herschel M. Whitaker,   b. Abt 1906, Missouri, USA   11. Maxine Whitaker,   b. 1909, Missouri, USA
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1599] Melody Pryor, "Pryor and Crowder Families," tree pages, Ancestry.com ((http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 November 2020), for descendants of William Lowery and Sarah Roland, through daughter Sarah Roland Lowery. Some sources. Melody Pryor has a 108 cM match with Calvin Gilmore on Ancestry.com. [S1605] 1910 U.S. census, Dent County, Missouri, population schedule, Spring Creek township, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 5A (penned, recto), p. 224 (stamped, recto), dwelling 86, family 86, Hamilton B. Whitaker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 November 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 779. [S1607] 1900 U.S. census, Dent County, Missouri, population schedule, Spring Creek township, enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 13B (penned, recto), p. 83 (stamped, verso), dwelling 257, family 253 [dwelling and household numbering confused], Hamilton Whitaker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 November 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited]. [S1606] "Obituaries: Mrs. Booker T. Whiteaker" The Salem Post and The Democrats-Bulletin (Salem, Mo.), 12 May 1938, p. 8, col. 4; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 7 November 2020).