Jennie Ella Mobley

Brief Life History of Jennie Ella

When Jennie Ella Mobley was born on 2 June 1854, in Todd, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Ellison Mobley, was 30 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Burrus, was 28. She married John William Smith on 22 November 1877, in Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Caseyville, Union, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 24 September 1948, in Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John William Smith
1852–1904
Jennie Ella Mobley
1854–1948
Marriage: 22 November 1877
Ruby Clair Smith
1879–1971
Maurice Warfield Smith
1881–1956
Shelby Russell Smith
1883–1965
Mary Elizabeth Smith
1888–1974
John William Smith
1894–1976

Sources (14)

  • S E Mobley in household of W E Mobley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mobley, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Jennie E Mobley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

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

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: shortened form of Moberly .

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

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