It was in Raymond that John T. Smallwood would meet a lovely young lady from an accomplished and refined family. Her name was doubtless odd when heard for the first time. She had been born posthumously to a man killed by a freak accident in the prime of life. It is obvious that his grief stricken widow had hoped for a boy.
However, on 1 June 1860 just south of Raymond on the plantation of her maternal great grandmother, Nancy Clark, a little girl was born to the grief stricken widow, who was née Emma Pauline Foster. The baby's father, David Henry Wall, had died just six months prior to her birth after having been kicked in the head by a horse while he was in Vicksburg, Mississippi. To honor her dead husband, she named her infant Henry Mae and it was Henry that she would be known by all her life; usually Miss Henry.
The young girl's father, David Henry Wall, born about 1832 in Alabama, likely the son of David R. Wall and his wife, Sarah (Corley) (Johnston) Wall.
An accomplished and well-educated young lady she was one of the belles of Raymond and central Hinds County. Obviously, of equal charm and great potential, John T. Smallwood won the hand of the fair maiden and they were married at the home of her step-father, William M. Brooks, 16 September 1880.
They later removed to Wesson in Copiah County where their eight children were born. In 1901, the family removed to Laurel in Jones County and it was to be their home until her death in 1934 and his in 1938. They were charter members of the West Laurel Baptist Church, where "Miss Henry" taught a Sunday school class until a few months prior to her death. She was a much loved mother, grandmother and friend.
However, on 1 June 1860 just south of Raymond on the plantation of her maternal great grandmother, Nancy Clark, a little girl was born to the grief stricken widow, who was née Emma Pauline Foster. The baby's father, David Henry Wall, had died just six months prior to her birth after having been kicked in the head by a horse while he was in Vicksburg, Mississippi. To honor her dead husband, she named her infant Henry Mae and it was Henry that she would be known by all her life; usually Miss Henry.
The young girl's father, David Henry Wall, born about 1832 in Alabama, likely the son of David R. Wall and his wife, Sarah (Corley) (Johnston) Wall.
An accomplished and well-educated young lady she was one of the belles of Raymond and central Hinds County. Obviously, of equal charm and great potential, John T. Smallwood won the hand of the fair maiden and they were married at the home of her step-father, William M. Brooks, 16 September 1880.
They later removed to Wesson in Copiah County where their eight children were born. In 1901, the family removed to Laurel in Jones County and it was to be their home until her death in 1934 and his in 1938. They were charter members of the West Laurel Baptist Church, where "Miss Henry" taught a Sunday school class until a few months prior to her death. She was a much loved mother, grandmother and friend.
It was in Raymond that John T. Smallwood would meet a lovely young lady from an accomplished and refined family. Her name was doubtless odd when heard for the first time. She had been born posthumously to a man killed by a freak accident in the prime of life. It is obvious that his grief stricken widow had hoped for a boy.
However, on 1 June 1860 just south of Raymond on the plantation of her maternal great grandmother, Nancy Clark, a little girl was born to the grief stricken widow, who was née Emma Pauline Foster. The baby's father, David Henry Wall, had died just six months prior to her birth after having been kicked in the head by a horse while he was in Vicksburg, Mississippi. To honor her dead husband, she named her infant Henry Mae and it was Henry that she would be known by all her life; usually Miss Henry.
The young girl's father, David Henry Wall, born about 1832 in Alabama, likely the son of David R. Wall and his wife, Sarah (Corley) (Johnston) Wall.
An accomplished and well-educated young lady she was one of the belles of Raymond and central Hinds County. Obviously, of equal charm and great potential, John T. Smallwood won the hand of the fair maiden and they were married at the home of her step-father, William M. Brooks, 16 September 1880.
They later removed to Wesson in Copiah County where their eight children were born. In 1901, the family removed to Laurel in Jones County and it was to be their home until her death in 1934 and his in 1938. They were charter members of the West Laurel Baptist Church, where "Miss Henry" taught a Sunday school class until a few months prior to her death. She was a much loved mother, grandmother and friend.
However, on 1 June 1860 just south of Raymond on the plantation of her maternal great grandmother, Nancy Clark, a little girl was born to the grief stricken widow, who was née Emma Pauline Foster. The baby's father, David Henry Wall, had died just six months prior to her birth after having been kicked in the head by a horse while he was in Vicksburg, Mississippi. To honor her dead husband, she named her infant Henry Mae and it was Henry that she would be known by all her life; usually Miss Henry.
The young girl's father, David Henry Wall, born about 1832 in Alabama, likely the son of David R. Wall and his wife, Sarah (Corley) (Johnston) Wall.
An accomplished and well-educated young lady she was one of the belles of Raymond and central Hinds County. Obviously, of equal charm and great potential, John T. Smallwood won the hand of the fair maiden and they were married at the home of her step-father, William M. Brooks, 16 September 1880.
They later removed to Wesson in Copiah County where their eight children were born. In 1901, the family removed to Laurel in Jones County and it was to be their home until her death in 1934 and his in 1938. They were charter members of the West Laurel Baptist Church, where "Miss Henry" taught a Sunday school class until a few months prior to her death. She was a much loved mother, grandmother and friend.
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