Family knowledge: BEN SMIH AKA CHARLIE JENKINS, son of Haywood & Mary Ann "Annie" Blackwell SMITH. See 1900 SC census with parents

He married first to Lil Cagle in SC and they had a son named Clyde Smith. (They stayed in SC) Ben was accused of a crime and his nephew cleared his name but he never returned home to SC. But his nephew's family and others visited them.

He eventually ended up, living in Stanley, Gaston County, NC and changed his name.... lived on a corner lot in a mill village. He also ran a store out of his house.

1900 US Census Schedule
for Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina
Haywood Smith 53 Head (all worked in cotton mil except wife Mary Ann)
Mary A Smith 55 Wife
Alfred Smith 20 Son
Jesse Smith 16 Son
Lula Smith 14 Daughter
*Benjamin Smith 11 Son (he was a sweeper in cotton mill) *****
Janie Smith 15 Daughter-in-law (wife of Alf)

1940 Census-Charley & Carrie worked as spinners in cotton mill

Catawba Springs Township, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Head Charley Jenkins M 53 South Carolina

Wife Carrie Jenkins F 39 South Carolina

Daughter Virginia Jenkins F 17 North Carolina

Daughter Ethel Jenkins F 13 North Carolina

Son L B Jenkins M 12 North Carolina

Son Leroy Jenkins M 9 North Carolina

Son Frank Jenkins M 5 North Carolina

Daughter Mary Ann Jenkins F 2 North Carolina

{Note: in 1930 they were also living in Lincoln Co., NC w/ Willard D. Riddle family}

Gaston Gazette Dec 10, 1968 p. 2A obit:

CHARLIE W. JENKINS

STANLEY ---Charlie W. Jenkins 409 Ridge St., died unexpectedly Sunday at 2 p.m. at his home. He was 82.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Carrie Isenhour Jenkins; three sons, Paul W., Leroy, and Frank (Note: Frank's death record says Frank Delenore) Jenkins, all of Stanley; three daughters. Mrs. Ethel Johnston of Stanley, Mrs. Virginia Eades of Black Mountain and Mrs. Linda Mills of Fort Hood, Tex; one sister;(NOTE: this sister's name is not listed but his surviving sister, at the time, would have been Lula Ann Smith who married Alfred Calhoun Alman. She was b.in Greenville, SC and lived at Rt. 9, Spartanburg SC ) and 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Craig Memorial Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Darrell Cox and the Rev. Cecil Ballard. Burial will be in Hillcrest Gardens.

The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to services. Friends will be received tonight, 7 to 9 o' clock, at Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley.

(Note: Little Ben died in 65)

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 Record:

Name: Charlie Jenkins

Death Date: 8 Dec 1968 Death County: Gaston Date Death Recorded: Jan 1969 Death Age:82 Burial Type: Birth Date: abt. 1886 Residence County: Gaston Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Institution: At Home

*1950 US Census Schedule~ Stanley, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA

Household Members Relationship Age Birthplace

Charles W Jenkins Head of Household 62 SC occ: Card tender/Yarn Mill

Carrie Jenkins Wife 49 SC

Leroy Jenkins Son 18 NC

Frank Jenkins Son 15 NC

Mary Ann Jenkins Daughter 12 NC

Linda Jenkins Daughter 5 NC

Little Ben Jenkins Son 22 NC

Mary Lou Jenkins Daughter-in-law 18

{not yet linked ~ dau Linda Gail Jenkins Mills (born Aug 22, 1944 in Lincoln Co., NC) "of Fort Hood TX", at the time of her father's death.