Malinda "Bush" A. SMITH^[1]

1850 - Bef 1868  (~ 18 years)

• Name	Malinda "Bush" A. SMITH
  Nickname	Bush
  Birth	Feb 1850	Red River, Texas
  Gender	Female
  _FSFTID	G1PX-2J2
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G1PX-2J2
  _UID	EC4C4F9A46174B5983C75C0C66AA4B709F35
  Death	Bef Oct 1868	Grayson, Texas
  Burial	Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I594784554	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Cpt. Burrell Perry SMITH,   b. 25 Oct 1823, Wilson, Tennessee d. 11 Aug 1859, Sherman, Grayson, Texas (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Sarah "Sallie" Ann HENDERSON,   b. 22 Jan 1830, Kentucky d. 19 Oct 1902, Fannin, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1848	Red River, Texas
  Family ID	F536733934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lt. William "Bloody Bill" Tompson ANDERSON,   b. 1840, Hopkins County, Kentucky d. 26 Oct 1864, Albany, Missouri (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1864	Sherman, Grayson, Texas
  Family ID	F536733930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	James "Jim" Monroe ANDERSON,   b. 1843, Missouri d. 1871, Texas (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1866	Grayson County, Texas
  Family ID	F536733931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Identity of Bush Smith: Lt. William T Anderson married Bush Smith 3 March 1864. His brother, JamesAnderson, reportedly married Bill's widow. James Anderson married Mary Erwin 21 October 1868 in Grayson County, Texas It is easy to assume that Mary Erwin was another name for Bush Smith. There is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Mary Erwin was not Bush Smith - Mary was not quite 12; the Bible of her sister, Martha Erwin Maxwell, has an 1866 or 1867 arrival date of the Erwin family in Grayson County; William H. Erwin identified Mary as one of his 7 minor children in his February 1867 Grayson County guardianship petition. Who was Bush Smith? These are known facts: J. M. Anderson married Malinda Anderson 22 August 1866. Malinda Smith, born about February 1850, was the oldest child of Burrell P. Smith and Sarah Ann Henderson. Malinda Smith would have been 14 years old when Lieut. William Anderson was married 3 March 1864. The late husband's surname rather than the widow's maiden name is usually found on Grayson County marriage licenses, i. e. If Malinda Smith was the widow of Bill Anderson, she would probably be identified as Malinda Anderson in a second marriage. A marriage license for Malinda Smith has not been found in Grayson County records. The 1859 Grayson County petition of Sarah "Sallie" Henderson Smith identified her four children as Malinda A., B. P., Paulina, and Virginia. The 1900 census shows that Sallie was the mother of 5 children, and 3 were living. (Burrell Perry Smith Jr., Paulina Smith Whitehurst, and Virginia Smith Burney were living) Burrell Perry Smith Jr. and Mary Lucy Erwin Anderson named their first child, Virginia Bush Smith. Burrell Perry Smith Jr. had a first cousin, Bush Smith, born in 1870. Jim Cummins, in his book, referred twice to the mother of Mrs. Anderson as Mrs. Smith. Conclusion based on currently available information: Mary Lucy Erwin was not Bush Smith. Malinda Smith, daughter of Burrell P. and Sarah Henderson Smith was Bush Smith. Notes from Grayson County Texas: SMITH, Burrell P., deceased. Dated 17 Aug 1859. Document #1. Sarah H. Smith and James H. Tuttle state that Burrell P. Smith departed this life 15 August 1859. Document #2. Petition of Sarah H. SMITH. On outside of document lists four (4) children viz: Malinda A. SMITH; B. P. SMITH; Paulina SMITH and Virginia H. SMITH. Inside of document states that children are under 14 years of age. Document #3. On very small pieces of paper states that Paulina married Charles WHITEHURST, no date given. Document #4. Annual report dated 26 Nov 1860. Some names mentioned: J. MCCARTY; Robert BEATTY; R. L. BULLOCK; A. MYERS; Thomas J. WOOD and E. Scora. Document #5. Petitioner Sarah H. Smith states that she has since married and that her name was Sarah H. Erwin. This is dated 2 December 1869. Malinda was born in 1850. Sources Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4206181_00097?pId=1067809 Marriage license, Grayson County, Texas, 3 March 1864

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Dec 2024), entry for Malinda "Bush" A. SMITH, person ID G1PX-2J2. (Reliability: 3).