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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, March 28, 1928 March 23, 1836 ~ March 21, 1928 Another old settler of this community has passed away. Uncle Abner Green Smedley died here Thursday, at the home of his son, Henry Smedley. Had he lived one more day, he would have attained the age of 92 years, having been born on March 23, 1836. He was born near Atlanta, Ga, where he lived during his early life. He moved to Tennessee with his father and mother during he early manhood, and there married Amanda Garrett in 1857. To this union were born twelve children, six boys and six girls, the mother and nine of the children having passed on before, leaving only three boys, Thomas D. Smedley of California, John D. Smedley of Amarillo, Texas, and Henry G. Smidley of Fort Cobb. There are also 15 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren who survive him. Mr Smedley enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 from Arkansas, serving throughout the war as a member of the Second Arkansas Cavalry. After the war he moved to Texas, where he reared his family. He came to Oklahoma in 1900, and after the drawing he bought a relinquishment just west of Fort Cobb, on the north side of the river, where he lived until some years later when he moved to Fort Cobb, where he resided until his death. To know Uncle Abner was to be his friend, for he was at all times loyal to his country, loyal to his family, and loyal to his friends, and was always a real citizen in the community in which he lived. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon with burial in the Fort Cobb Cemetery, and the American Legion furnished a .... |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, October 9, 1957 Thomas D Smedley April 11, 1860 ~ June 4, 1941 T. D. Smedley Passed Away Wednesday T. D. Smedley, age 81, died at the family home, 7 miles northwest of Fort Cobb, late Wednesday afternoon, after an illness of about ten days He is survived by his wife, four boys and three girls. Funeral Serbice will be held at the Fort Cobb Cemetery Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He has been living on the Jack Jackson farm, 7 miles northwest of town, for the past two years but had been a citizen of the county for the past 38 years. He was born April 11, 1860 in Arkansas. |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, October 9, 1957 Laura Loretta [Nixon] Smedley March 9, 1866 ~ October 1, 1957 18, 1956 Last rites for Mrs. Laura Smedley were held at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Carnegie Catholic church. Burial was in the Fort Cobb cemetery. Mrs. Smedley, 91, died Tuesday, October 1, in her home in Carnegie where she had lived for the past two years. She was born April 9, 1866, in Van Buren, Ark. In 1904 she moved to Fort Cobb, where she lived until moving to Carnegie |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, February 22, 1956 Samuel Porter Smedley May 29, 1889 ~ February 18, 1956 Smedley Funeral Is Held Monday At Local Church Funeral Mass was held for Samuel Porter Smedley at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the Catholic Church of Carnegie. Father Francis Maguirre of Hinton, was in charge of the services and burial was made in the Fort Cobb cemetery Mr. Smedley had been in poor health for some time and was seriously ill for the past several weeks. He moved to Carnegie from Fort Cobb only recently. He did truck farming near Fort Cobb. He was born May 29, 1889, at Glory, Texas, and died at his home here Saturday morning at the age of 66 years. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Lora L. Nixon, of the home; two sister, Mrs. Harris, who helped to care for Mr. Smedley and Mrs. H.C. Cook of Arkansas; two brother of Tucson, Ariz.; a niece, Mrs. G.E. Cargill of Dumas, Texas; and a nephew, C.A. Pyburn of Lubbock. |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, February 5, 1930 Silva Smedley June 7, 1909 ~ February 2, 1930 Two Die From Injuries When Gas Explodes Young Farm Wifes Meet Almost Identical Tragedies; One Home Burns Starting fires with kerosens cost the lives of two young farm wives this week. The accidents were almost identical--gasoline explosions. Mrs. Henry Smedley, 21 years old who lives five miles east of Carnegie, died at 7 o'clock Sunday night following an explosion of gasoline with which she attempted to start a fire Sunday noon. The forse of the explosion blew the windows out of the house and Mrs Smedley was blown into an ajoining room. Mr Smedley, husband of the injured woman, was seriously burned when he attempted to smother the flames which enveloped the wife. Fire in the kitchen was extinguished and the house was saved. Funeral services were held at the residence at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon and burial was made in the Fort Cobb cemetery. Besides the husband, Mrs. Smedley uis survived by a small daughter. |
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