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07-Cora Leurenda Jane Garriott
Birth: 9 Aug 1868, Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO
Home: Mercer Co, MO
Death: 28 Nov 1945, @ daughter, Floey's home- age 77
Burial: Halfrock Cemetery
Father: John Milton Garriott

Marriage: 7 Oct 1883, Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO, by Rev James Brassfield
Spouse: Andrew Jackson SMILEY
Birth: 15 Mar 1865, Milan, Sullivan Co, MO
Death: 4 Feb 1951, Mercer Co, MO- age 8516
Burial: Halfrock Cemetery
Occupation: Blacksmith, Farmer
Father: Andrew Smiley (1839-1864)
Mother: Emily "Emma" Tipton (1843-1942)
[photo courtesy of Cecilia Ann Smiley--Coal Pickers of Missouri]

    CHILDREN: Cora and Andrew had six children:
08----FLOEY ARDENIA SMILEY [b. 1884, listed below];
08----WILLIAM ROSCOE SMILEY [b. 21 Nov 1885, Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO; d. 7 Oct 1903, Melbourne?, MO- age 18, bur. Halfrock Cemetery];
08----GRACIE ELLEN SMILEY [b. 1889, listed below];
08----MARY EATHEL SMILEY [b. 1896, listed below];
08----CECIL WAYNE SMILEY b. 1900, listed below]; and
08----NINNIE MAYE SMILEY [b. 1901, listed below].

     CENSUS:
     1870 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO census: has Andrew Smiley 5, b. MO; and his brother William R Smiley 7, b. MO; in the household of Hiram Tipton 49; and Malinda Tipton 48. No mother Emily Tipton Smiley (Holsinger Devers) in this household.
     1900 Jackson, Sullivan Co, MO census: has (all b. MO) Andrew J Smiley 35, Farmer; Cora L Smiley 32 (5 children-5 living); Floy Smiley 15; William R Smiley 14; Gracie Smiley 10; Ethel Smiley 3; and (Cecil) Smiley 0/12.
     1910 Franklin, Grundy Co, MO census: has (all b. MO) Andrew J Smiley 45, Blacksmith-Shop; Cora Smiley 42; Eathel Smiley 13; Cecil Smiley 9; and Ninnie Smiley 8.
     1920 Franklin, Grundy Co, MO census: has Andrew J Smiley 44, b. MO, Labor-General Work; Cora L Smiley 51, b. IA; Cecil W Smiley 19, b. MO; Ninnie M Smiley 18, b. MO, Central Girl-Telephone; Ethel M Fellers 23, b. MO (daughter), Central Girl-Telephone; Harold Woodall, b. MO 3-7/12 (grandchild); Kenneth Fellows 2-7/12, b. MO (grandchild); Virginia L Herford 2-7/12, b. MO (granddaughter).
     1930 Medicine, Mercer Co, MO census: has Andrew J Smiley 65, b. MO, Blacksmith-Blacksmith Shop w/ $400 RE; and Cora L Smiley 62, b. MO.
     1940 Medicine, Mercer Co, MO census: has Andrew J Smiley 75, b. MO; and Cora L Smiley 71, b. MO.

     BIOGRAPHY: Andrew Jackson Smiley was a blacksmith with a shop in Halfrock in the early days, and later at Spickard. "I have heard him tell of shoeing horses for the outlaws of Missouri, then, in the last years of work [he] had a shop in Halfrock, where he retired. He sold out and [they] made their home with children." [Chet Garriott] 14 They were members of the Halfrock Baptist Church.

     MILITARY: 23 Andrew Smiley, Sr, Andrew Jackson Smiley's father, was a Private, Co.I, 44th Infantry Regiment, MO Volunteers, commanded by Col. Bradshaw. Medical records show him treated on 30 Sep to 7 Oct, and at the battle of Franklin, TN, 30 Nov 1864, where the 44th MO Infantry was virtually slaughtered.
     He died in Franklin, Williamson Co, TN on 24 Dec 1864, "The result of a gunshot wound [on 30 Nov] received from the enemy while in the line of duty." He was described as, "Age 25 yrs, 5'-11", eyes blue, hair light, complex. fair, born in Davis Co, IN, a farmer." He was buried initially on a plantation, but his body was exhumed and buried at the National Cemetery in Murfreesboro, TN in a marked grave in the Union section.

[Cecilia Ann Smiley] 6

     PENSION: 23 Emily Tipton Smiley [Andrew Jackson Smiley's mother] applied for a pension on 16 Jan 1865, listing a son Andrew Jr Smiley was born only two months later and a son William Riley Smiley [b. 23 Apr 1863]. She received a pension [certificate 54.972] on 6 Sep 1865 of $8 per month.
     Emily 2nd married Elias Holsinger on 4 Oct 1868 and guardianship of the two brothers [William Riley Smiley and Andrew Jr Smiley] was granted to Hiram Tipton [probably Emily's father]. He was granted a pension [certificate 155.524]. Emily divorced Elias on 19 May 1882, Milan, Sullivan Co, MO: Vol F/383, and was awarded custody of two children born of this second marriage, John and Ida. Emily 3rd married William "Henry" Devers on 25 Apr 1886 and was divorced from him on 20 Oct 1906. On 12 Nov 1906 she applied for [and received] an increase to $12/month in the original pension [certificate 54.972].
     On 6 May 1933 [at the age of 89] Emily was adjudged a mental incompetent [Sullivan Co, MO Probate Court Bk: 2/149] and a legal guardian, Myrtle High, of Milan, MO, was appointed. Various guardians continued until her death in 1942 at the age of 99.

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