On This Day - August 31, 1893

On This Day, August 31, 1893

My great grandparents, Joseph Clinton Smith and Josephine Evaline Payton were married in Ashgrove, Iroquois, Illinois.

Mr. Joseph Clinton (Clint) Smith, age 18, of Stockland, Illinois,  was joined in matrimony on August 31, 1893 to Miss Josephine Evaline (Josie) Payton, age 20. The ceremony took place in Ashgrove, Iroquois county, Illinois. The groom was the son of Francis (Frank) Marion Smith and Mary A. Hobson. The bride was the daughter of Henry Payton and Sarah Smith. The marriage solemnized by F. W. Collins, Minister and witnessed by Alice M. Simmons and Minnie Payton.

Tombstone Tuesday - Smith- Sugar Creek Cemetery





Sugar Creek Chapel Cemetery is located in Stockland, Iroquois, Illinois

The Smith Plot

Francis Marion Smith
1 Sept 1853-15 Jan 1935

Mary A Hobson
1855 -1889
First wife of Francis M Smith

Lesley Earl Smith
infant son of Francis M and Mary A (Hobson) Smith
It is assumed that Mary died in childbirth, since Lesley and Mary both died in 1889

Minnie A Payton
14 Sep 1870-6 May 1952
Third wife of Francis M Smith
Minnie was the older sister of Josephine Evaline Payton wife of Joseph C Smith who was the son Francis Marion Smith and Mary A Hobson.