Laura Indiana <I>Blackmon</I> Smelley

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Laura Indiana Blackmon Smelley

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
6 May 1912 (aged 41)
Willard, Torrance County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Willard, Torrance County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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She married Feb. 16, 1888, in Talladega County, Alabama, Floyd Smelley, son of Bridgers Smelley and his first wife Mary Hawkins Smelley. Laura Blackmon Smelley and her eldest son Adam are said to have died of Tuberculosis on the train to Ft. Stanton, New Mexico, where they were going for their health and buried at Willard, N.M., though the death certificates indicate they may have died on the train returning from there.

Her younger children rode the train all night with their mother's and brother's bodies.

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

Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974:
Name: Laura Smelloy (sic)
Birth Date: abt 1874
Death Date: 7 May 1912
Death Place: Talladega, Alabama
Death Age: 38
Race: White
Gender: Female
Residence: Talladega
FHL Film Number: 1894093

Alabama Death Index 1908-1959:
Name: Laura Smelley
Death Date: 7 May 1912
Death County: Talladega
Volume: 30
Certificate: 333
Roll: 1
She married Feb. 16, 1888, in Talladega County, Alabama, Floyd Smelley, son of Bridgers Smelley and his first wife Mary Hawkins Smelley. Laura Blackmon Smelley and her eldest son Adam are said to have died of Tuberculosis on the train to Ft. Stanton, New Mexico, where they were going for their health and buried at Willard, N.M., though the death certificates indicate they may have died on the train returning from there.

Her younger children rode the train all night with their mother's and brother's bodies.

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

Alabama Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974:
Name: Laura Smelloy (sic)
Birth Date: abt 1874
Death Date: 7 May 1912
Death Place: Talladega, Alabama
Death Age: 38
Race: White
Gender: Female
Residence: Talladega
FHL Film Number: 1894093

Alabama Death Index 1908-1959:
Name: Laura Smelley
Death Date: 7 May 1912
Death County: Talladega
Volume: 30
Certificate: 333
Roll: 1

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