Samuel Perry Smoak

Brief Life History of Samuel Perry

When Samuel Perry Smoak was born on 1 May 1843, in Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, William G. Smoak Jr., was 35 and his mother, Mary Eugenia Brandenberg, was 30. He married Ella Pearson Baldwin in 1867, in Cordova, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Zion Township, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 23 July 1899, in Cordova, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Wesley Grove Umc Church Cemetery, Cordova, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Perry Smoak
1843–1899
Ella Pearson Baldwin
1847–1916
Marriage: 1867
Baxter C Smoak
1871–
Beulah Inez Smoak
1872–1948
Mary Smoak
1874–
Dana Olinthus Smoak Sr
1875–1933
Lula Bertha Smoak
1876–1916
Lula Bertha Smoak
1877–1916
Ada O Smoak
1878–1947
Kelly Oliver Smoak
1880–1962
Amy Myrtilda Smoak
1883–1959
Charles Smoak
1885–
Chester Lee Smoak
1886–1975
Padgett Smoak
1888–
Elliot Rhett Smoak
1889–1920
Lawton R Smoak
1893–

Sources (18)

  • Samuel Smoke in household of William Smoke, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Samuel P. Smoak, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973"
  • Sam Smoak, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860

In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: possibly a variant of Smock .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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