NOTE: Three of Timmons and Mary Catherine (Urban) Literal's children would marry grandchildren of Thomas Marion Smith. These and other grandchildren of Thomas and the children of Timmons and Mary would constitute much of the activities in and around the community.
See also – “The Smith Families of Fairview Community I.”
Thomas Marion Smith 
Eliza (Margaret Eliza) would marry Thomas Marion Smith from North Carolina. Their children would form marriage alliances with the Ayers, Ellis, Urban, and Belew families that would establish these families and neighbors as a foundation for the Bluesprings/Fairview Community on the banks of Bluewater Creek. Their grandchildren would fortify these alliances through their marriages to the Literal family.
Thomas and Eliza are living in District 1 on the 1860 Census and on the 1870 Census they are in District 2. Judging by their neighbors (Sandy, Belew, and Urban) they appear to be in the Bluesprings/Fairview area. On the 1910 Census, they are in the same area, living with their daughter and son in law, Robert and Lou Ayers. Thomas and Eliza would die within two years at the age of 82 and 78, respectively. They had a total of eleven children, six of them preceded them in death.
Margaret Eliza Love (FTJ#106) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Margaret Eliza Love was born September 18, 1834 in Ireland, Tyrone, and died November 27, 1912 in TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto. She married Thomas Marion Smith(#107) August 21, 1851 in Lauderdale Co., AL. He was born July 24, 1829 in South Carolina, and died June 09, 1911 in TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto. Margaret Eliza Love is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto, Glenrock Cemetery.
Thomas Marion Smith is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto, Glenrock Cemetery.
We know from their responses on the Census of 1910 that Thomas and Eliza had a total of 11 children, five of whom were still alive. We know that William E. died in 1897, and we assume that one of the children that were deceased was James M. Smith,8 b.1858. We base this on his absence from the 1870 Census when he was 12. We also know that the third child of Thomas and Eliza was born and died in May/June of 1860. The 1860 Census for Lawrence County was started in September and the Enumerators (Census Takers) were supposed to record the occupants of the household on June 1st of that year, Thomas and Eliza listed themselves, William E., James M., and “Infant” age 1/12. The Infant could not have been born before than the 1st of May and did not live long enough for them to name it, thus the name listed being “Infant”. This would suggest that the child only lived a few days and was either born on the 1st of June or the last few days of May.
This accounts for three of the deceased six offspring, we know that Isabela, Lunette, Martha, and Tensia lived passed 1910 based on the picture we have of the four sisters. This accounts for a total of 7 of the total 11 children born to Thomas and Eliza. Two of the remaining four children would be Mariah and Mary Agnes. I do not have death dates on Mariah or Mary Agnes but only one of them could be one of the deceased offspring listed in 1910, because if they were both deceased by 1910 that would leave an unnamed adult unaccounted for. From this we conclude that William E., James M., “Infant”, two unidentified children, and either Mariah or Mary Agnes were deceased; the children who lived past 1910 were Isabela, Lunette, Martha, Tensia and either Mariah or Mary Agnes.
Children of Margaret Eliza Love and Thomas Marion Smith.
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William E. Smith (FTJ#104) 9 10 11 12 13 14 was born October 27, 1855 in Tennessee; died February 19, 1897 in TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto. He married Mary Malinda Powell (#103) November 08, 1877 in TN., Lawrence Co., Lawrenceburg; born September 07, 1861 in TN., Giles Co.; died January 02, 1960 in TN., Lawrence Co.
Mary Malinda Powell is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Fairview Cemetery. -
James M. Smith (FTJ#5906) 15 was born Abt. 1858 in Tennessee, died before 1870.
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Isabella Smith (FTJ#5908) 16 17 18 19 20 was born March 12, 1864 in Tennessee; died 1956. She married James C. Ellis (#5931) 21 22 January 09, 1889 in TN., born Abt. 1855 in TN.; died 1924 in TN. Isabella Smith is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Fairview Cemetery.
James C. Ellis is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Fairview Cemetery. -
Mary Eliza Agnes Smith (FTJ#53)23 24 was born Abt. 1867 in Tennessee. She married Alexander Sandy (#54)25 August 14, 1887 in Lawrence Co., TN.; born Abt. 1870 in Lawrence Co., TN.; died Bef. 1915. Mary Eliza Agnes Smith is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Fairview Cemetery.
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Mariah Smith (FTJ#5910)26 was born Abt. 1870 in Tennessee. She married William Jasper Eaton (#883) January 08, 1888 in TN., Lawrence Co., Lawrenceburg.27
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Martha Matilda Smith (FTJ#5934)28 was born November 02, 1870. She married Green (#5937).
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Lou Nette Smith (FTJ#5935) 29 30 31 was born March 09, 1874 in TN.; died February 03, 1956. She married Robert B. Ayers (#5938)32 33 34 October 27, 1893 in TN., Lawrence Co. born March 27, 1874 in TN.; died June 09, 1919. Lou Nettie Smith is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Fairview Cemetery.
Robert B. Ayers is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Fairview Cemetery. -
Hawtensie "Tensia” Smith (FTJ#5936)35 36 37 38 was born April 23, 1876 in TN.; died February 12, 1947. She married William Belew (#5939)39 40 41October 22, 1898 in TN., Lawrence Co. born September 29, 1877 in TN.; died July 28, 1939. Hawtensie Smith is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto, Glenrock Cemetery.
William Belew is buried: TN., Lawrence Co., Loretto, Glenrock Cemetery.
See Next: “The Smith Family of Fairview Community II ”
1 Suzie Louise Littrell-Smith Family Correspondence File, (Letters, Family Group Sheets, and charts sent by family members to the compiler Glenn D. Littrell.), according to Ethyl Scott her name was "Eliza Isabelle Love" & birth date was Sept. 1835.
2 Suzie Louise Littrell-Smith Family Correspondence File, (Letters, Family Group Sheets, and charts sent by family members to the compiler Glenn D. Littrell.), Contributed by Nettie L. Smith-Berryhill.
3 Nettie L. Smith-Berryhill believes that Thomas's mother was named Mary. This believe is probably based on the appearance of a family of eleven in Civil District 8 headed by Mary Smith, age 43, with a Thomas R. Smith, Laborer, age 21.
4 The Old Cemetery Society of Lawrence County, TN., At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992)
5 1860, TN., Lawrence Co., Census: w/family ~1st Distr., West Point, farmer [Thomas W. ?]
6 1870, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/family ~Civil Distr. #2, Lawrenceburg~hohd#55/56, farmer [L.M. Smith ?]
7 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/granddaughter's family (Robert Ayers & Lou N. Smith) 2nd Civil District
8 NOTE: #5906 above
9 Hazel Myhan [compiler], In Their Own Words: Over 80 Club, (extracts from the Lawrenceburg Democrat~Union), p.163.)
10 Carter, Mrs. Claude A., Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1818-1923, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), page 217. According to Ethyl Scott, married in Lawrenceburg.)
11 Suzie Louise Littrell-Smith Family Correspondence File, (Letters, Family Group Sheets, and charts sent by family members to the compiler Glenn D. Littrell.), according to Ethyl Scott, married in Lawrenceburg.
12 The Old Cemetery Society of Lawrence County, TN., Supplement To At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), page 564, no stone ??
13 1860, TN., Lawrence Co.,~Census: w/parents ~1st Distr., West Point
14 1870, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/parents ~Civil Distr. #2, Lawrenceburg~hohd#55/56
15 1860, TN., Lawrence Co.,~Census: w/parents ~1st Distr., West Point
16 Suzie Louise Littrell-Smith Family Correspondence File, (Letters, Family Group Sheets, and charts sent by family members to the compiler Glenn D. Littrell.), according to Ethyl Scott.
17 The Old Cemetery Society of Lawrence County, TN., At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p. 561.
18 Carter, Mrs. Claude A., Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1818-1923, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p.78.
19 The Old Cemetery Society of Lawrence County, TN., At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p. 561, Birth date of JC (1842) does not match Census records from 1910 & 1920. On the 1860 Census (Lawrence County, Tennessee) there is a James Ellis, b. circa 1841 that some may have been trying to connect causing the incorrect date.~~gdl
20 1870, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/parents ~Civil Distr. #2, Lawrenceburg~hohd#55/56
21 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/family
22 1920, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/family
231870, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/parents ~Civil Distr. #2, Lawrenceburg~hohd#55/56, [Eliza H. ??]
24 Misc. Notes and Observations, Based on absence from 1920 Census and brother in law serving as Bondsman for daughter Margaret’s wedding in 1915. gdl~2002.
25 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/family
261870, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/parents ~Civil Distr. #2, Lawrenceburg~hohd#55/56
27 Suzie Louise Littrell-Smith Family Correspondence File, (Letters, Family Group Sheets, and charts sent by family members to the compiler Glenn D. Littrell.), according to Ethyl Scott: birth date 1-15-1868, died 1-1903.
28 Suzie Louise Littrell-Smith Family Correspondence File, Primary Source of info, unless otherwise noted, is Ethyl Scott.
29 The Old Cemetery Society of Lawrence County, TN., At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p.104.
30 Carter, Mrs. Claude A., Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1818-1923, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p.25.
31 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/ family 2nd Civil District
32 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/ family 2nd Civil District, also Father in Law, mother in law, and nephew A. Ellis. On the 1910 Census their neighbors are Sandy (Alex & Agnes with son John age 5), Ellis (James C & Issabella), and Urban (William & Annie, James & Mary (and son John).
33 On the 1920 Census, "Lue N" is the head of household and Robert is deceased and the Urbans (Will and Annie, John & Claudie) live nearby, and on the 1930 Census, their neighbors are Sandy (Joe age 25, probably John).
34 Misc. Notes and Observations, gdl~2002
35 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/brother in law's family 2nd District
36 The Old Cemetery Society of Lawrence County, TN., At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p. 220.
37 Misc. Notes and Observations, p75, the identification of this family as the William Belew, son of John Henry is based solely on the 1920 Census records. gdl 2002.
38 Carter, Mrs. Claude A., Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1818-1923, (Lawrenceburg, TN.,; The Family Tree Press, Reprinted 1992), p.33.
39 NOTE: AKA “Bud” or W. G. Belew? possibly born: Abt. 1878? gdl~2002
40 1910, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/brothers family 2nd District
41 1920, TN., Lawrence Co., Census w/family (St. Joseph area?)
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