Morrell Bishop SMITH

Father: Marvin SMITH
Mother: Lena BELL

Family 1: Sarah Grace HULL

(1) 1940 United States Census for Texas, Panola Co., Carthage City, Justice Precinct No. 1: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 183-1; Sheet 8B; April 27, 1940.

  1. Burma Helene SMITH

Family 2: Margarete WULFFE 

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 _Marvin SMITH_|
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|--Morrell Bishop SMITH
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|_Lena BELL____|
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Notes

Updated March 14, 2017. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1920 United States Census for Texas, Cherokee Co., Election Precinct 5: Supervisor's District 326; Enumeration District 31; Sheet 2B; January 3+5, 1920.

Morrel B. SMITH is the son of Marvin B. SMITH (38 years old, born in Texas, a farmer) and Lena M. SMITH (32 years old, born in Texas). Morrell is 8 years old, born in Texas and attending school. The family lives on a farm at Troup and Jacksonville.

(2) 1930 United States Census for Texas, Cherokee Co., Precinct 5: Supervisor's District 12; Enumeration District 31-29; Sheet 8A; April 15, 1930.

Morrel B. SMITH is the son of Marvin R. SMITH (49 years old, born in Texas, a farmer on a general farm, and a widower). Morrell is 17 years old, born in Texas and attending school. He is also a farm laborer. The family lives at Troup and Jacksonville Roads.

(3) 1940 United States Census for Texas, Panola Co., Carthage City, Justice Precinct No. 1: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 183-1; Sheet 8B; April 27, 1940.

Morrell B. SMITH is head of household, married to Grace [HULL] SMITH. He is the person furnishing information to the census taker for this household. Children in the household include Grace's daughters from a previous marriage, Mary and Ann WELLS.

- Address: West Panola St.
- Home: Renter, $25 per month; not a farm
- Age: 28
- Highest Grade of School Completed: College - 5 years
- Birthplace: Texas
- Residence on April 1, 1935: Rural area of Smith Co., TX; a farm
- At Work: Yes, 60 hours per week
- Occupation: Agricultural Teacher in the Public School; government worker
- Weeks Worked: 52
- Income: $1,800

(4) March 25, 2013.

- Morrell Bishop SMITH was born November 1, 1911, the only child of Lena BELL SMITH and Marvin SMITH, near Troup and the East Texas rural community of Blackjack on November 1, 1911.
- Upon the death of his mother when he was 13 years old, he was sent to Claremore, Oklahoma to be near his paternal aunt and to attend the Oklahoma Military Academy.
- He later graduated from Texas A+M University and briefly taught agriculture at the Carthage High School.
- He volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army during three wars (World War II, the Korean conflict and Vietnam) and became a captain and commander of Company E at the 1950s point of embarkation, Camp Stoneman.
- Married first to Sara Grace HULL SMITH, the daughter of a Carthage physician
- Married second to Margarete WULFFE SMITH, whom he met in Heidelberg, Germany.
- He and Margaret were the proprietors for many years of a San Antonio antique shop called M Smith Antiques.

(5) LaGrone, Leila B., editor, "A History of Panola County, Texas 1819-1978" (Panola County Historical Commission: Carthage, TX, 1979), page 222 (entry 128), and page 328 (entry 363).

- "agriculture teacher at Carthage High School."