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Ella Higgins Smith

1 Feb 1868 – 29 Jul 1954

Birth	1 Feb 1868
Death	29 Jul 1954
Cemetery	Elmwood Cemetery Saint Paul , Howard County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Vicki Wilkinson on 28 Apr 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40364916

Bio

From the St. Paul Phonograph, August 4, 1954, page 8, transcribed by Linda Berney: Funeral Services Held Friday for Mrs. Ella Smith – Mrs. Ella Smith, the widow of Abraham Lincoln Smith died at a nursing home in Kearney late Thursday afternoon. She had been seriously ill for the past four months. She was 86 years old. She was born February 1, 1868 in Missouri to Adrian and Ada Higgins. Her parents moved from Missouri to Custer county when she was a young girl. On March 5, 1889 she was married to Abraham Lincoln Smith and they immediately came to a farm near Cushing to make their home. A son, Clifford L., and a daughter, Bessie were born to them. Mr. Smith died on Dec. 3, 1929 after a long illness. Mrs. Smith’s health began to fail some five years ago, but she was able to be up and around until her last illness. She was a charter member of the Methodist church in Cushing. Two brothers and five sisters preceded her in death. Surviving are her children, C. L. Smith of Cushing and Mrs. Fred McClelland of Mount Ayr, Iowa, 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. [….Funeral details…]

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Family

Parents

• Adrian Anglin Higgins 1815–1884
• Mary Ellen Walden Higgins 1827–1907

Spouse

• Abraham Lincoln Smith 1863–1930 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Jane Higgins Roy 1841–1913
• Martha Catherine Higgins Hale 1850–1929
• Sophronia Higgins Predmore 1853–1947
• Amanda Eliza Higgins Crouch 1858–1944
• Nancy Rebekah Higgins Gaddis 1862–1942
• William Porter Higgins 1864–1934
• Elizabeth Ellen "Lizzie" Higgins Graham 1865–1932
• Alfred Anglin Higgins 1870–1946

Children

• Clifford Smith 1891–1970 FaG
• Bessie May Smith McClelland 1899–1974 FaG

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