Lewis K. Smallwood

Brief Life History of Lewis K.

When Lewis K. Smallwood was born on 14 August 1901, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Douglas E. Smallwood, was 25 and his mother, Martha Belle Spurlock, was 21. He married Lillie Gertrude Finn on 20 April 1945, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Civil District 1, Jackson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died in August 1978, in Whitleyville, Jackson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pharris Cemetery, Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis K. Smallwood
1901–1978
Mollie Jane Spivey
1890–1978
Marriage: 25 January 1952

Sources (8)

  • Louis Smallwood in household of Martha Smallwood, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lewis K Smallwood, "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Louis Smallwood, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Middle English smal ‘small, narrow’ (Old English smæl) + wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu), including Smallwood (Cheshire).

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

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