These records are perplexing as they indicate that the Smelleys died at Talladega rather than on the train in New Mexico as previously reported. It is thought that these records were generated in Talladega County at the time that their deaths were reported back in Talladega County.
Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974:
Name: Adam Smellen (sic)
Birth Date: abt 1891
Death Date: 6 May 1912
Death Place: Talladega, Alabama
Death Age: 21
Race: White
Gender: Male
Residence: Talladega
FHL Film Number: 1894093
Alabama Deaths Index 1908-1959:
Name: Adam Smelley
Death Date: 6 May 1912
Death County: Talladega
Volume: 30
Certificate: 332
Roll: 1
These records are perplexing as they indicate that the Smelleys died at Talladega rather than on the train in New Mexico as previously reported. It is thought that these records were generated in Talladega County at the time that their deaths were reported back in Talladega County.
Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974:
Name: Adam Smellen (sic)
Birth Date: abt 1891
Death Date: 6 May 1912
Death Place: Talladega, Alabama
Death Age: 21
Race: White
Gender: Male
Residence: Talladega
FHL Film Number: 1894093
Alabama Deaths Index 1908-1959:
Name: Adam Smelley
Death Date: 6 May 1912
Death County: Talladega
Volume: 30
Certificate: 332
Roll: 1
Family Members
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Alden Hezekiah "Bud" Smelley
1893–1937
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Josephine Virginia "Josie" Smelley
1894–1900
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Ethel Smelley Thomas
1895–1982
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Oda S Smelley Hawkins
1897–1988
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Pearl Smelley Quinn
1899–1958
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Nettie Smelley Sanford
1900–1990
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Esther Mahalia Smelley Strain
1903–1932
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Gladwin C. Smelley
1905–1969
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Naomi Ruby Evelyn Smelley Patterson
1912–2001