HAIRSTON.org ID#609, b. 20 February 1880, d. 16 March 1923
Birth* | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLANKENSHIP was born on 20 February 1880 in Louisiana. Cemetery marker and death certificate indicate 1881 as birth date. But, she is listed in 1880 census dated 1 June 1880.3,4 |
| She was the daughter of John BLANKENSHIP and Sena HIGDON.1,2 |
Census 1880 | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLANKENSHIP appeared on the 1880 census of John BLANKENSHIP on 1 June 1880 in Ward 5, Union, Louisiana; John Blankenship 18 (parents born in Alabama), wife Sena 25 (she had been married to a Mr. Taylor and had 4 sons; Benjamin Taylor 8, Allen Taylor 6, Travis Taylor 4 and Robert Taylor 3) and John and Sena Blankenship's new daughter Mary, born in February 1880.2
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Marriage* | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLANKENSHIP married Augustus G. SMITH, son of James Kesiah SMITH and Charlotte Ruth GRISHAM, on 6 February 1896 in Ouachita, Louisiana.3,5  |
Census 1900 | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLANKENSHIP appeared on the 1900 census of Augustus G. SMITH on 23 June 1900 in District 92, West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana; G A Smith 28 (a carpenter), Mary E Smith 20 wife (married for 4 years), Stacy B Smith 2 daughter, Ora M Smith 12 daughter.3
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Census 1910 | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLANKENSHIP appeared on the 1910 census of Augustus G. SMITH on 16 April 1910 in Ward 6, District 56, Houston, Harris, Texas; Augustus Smith 39 hardware proprietor, Mary Smith 30, Stacie Smith 12, Ora Smith 10, Verbenia Smith 5 and Augustus's brother-in-law Joe Blankenship.6
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Residence* | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BLANKENSHIP lived on 16 February 1922 in 160 Forrest Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. |
Death* | She died on 16 March 1923 in Baptist Hospital, Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas, at age 43.1,4  |
Burial* | She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. Birth date is incorrect, should be 1880.7
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