Coffee County, Tennessee
Genealogy and History
Biographies
SMITH, ARCHIBALD YELL
Local Agt. N.C. & St. L. Ry.; W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; born Tullahoma, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1856; English and Scotch descent; son of Joel B. and Elizabeth (Yell) Smith; father's occupation business man, hotel proprietor; paternal grandfather Joel M. Smith, former proprietor of the Nashville (Tenn.) Gazette, paternal grandmother Charlotte (Bateman) Smith; maternal grandfather Archibald Yell, former governor of Ark., he was killed in battle of Buena Vista, Col. of Arkansas Volunteers, maternal grandmother Martha (Moore) Yell; educated Tullahoma, Tenn.; began his business career at age of 13 and worked to help pay mortgage off mother's farm; he worked on railroad in early life; former vice-president of Traders' National Bank and Director in the First National Bank, Tullahoma, Tenn.; now local agent N.C. & St. L. Ry., W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; married Almeda Cortner Feb. 20, 1879; member of the Protestant Episcopal church (Senior Warden). [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler]
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Son of Joel Birt Smith and Elizabeth "Bettie" Yell.
Married Meda Cortner, 20 Feb 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Children:
Joel Birt Smith, 12 Aug 1882, Tullahoma - 18 Jun 1966, Tullahoma
Archibald Yell Smith Jr, 20 May 1886, Tullahoma - 9 Oct 1968, Franklin, TN
Frank Hunter Smith, Mar 1888, Tullahoma - 27 Jan 1905, Tullahoma
Mary Margaret Smith, 6 Apr 1892, Tullahoma - 14 Dec 1898, Tullahoma
Robert Morris Smith, 19 Jul 1894, Tullahoma - 22 Jul 1975, Murfreesboro, TN
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Archibald Yell Smith
Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966
Name: Archibald Yell Smith
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 May 1942
Event Place: McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, United State
Usual Residence: Sparta St., McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 86
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1856
Birthplace: Coffee County, Tennessee
Usual Occupation: Farmer (Retired)
Father's Name: Joel Bert Smith
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Yell
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Spouse's Name: Allameda Cortner
Informant: Morris Smith, McMinnville, Tennessee
Burial Date: 15 May 1942
Cemetery: Tullahoma
Location: Coffee County
Undertaker: John W. High Funeral Co.
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma, Burial Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-C3CV?i=145
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma Family Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-CS11?i=16
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Memories of Archibald Yell Smith of Tullahoma, Tennessee
http://drbobyoung.net/Dad%20Website/unpublished/ARCHIBALD%20YELL%20SMITH%20MEMORIES.htm
http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/coffee/bios.html
Genealogy and History
Biographies
SMITH, ARCHIBALD YELL
Local Agt. N.C. & St. L. Ry.; W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; born Tullahoma, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1856; English and Scotch descent; son of Joel B. and Elizabeth (Yell) Smith; father's occupation business man, hotel proprietor; paternal grandfather Joel M. Smith, former proprietor of the Nashville (Tenn.) Gazette, paternal grandmother Charlotte (Bateman) Smith; maternal grandfather Archibald Yell, former governor of Ark., he was killed in battle of Buena Vista, Col. of Arkansas Volunteers, maternal grandmother Martha (Moore) Yell; educated Tullahoma, Tenn.; began his business career at age of 13 and worked to help pay mortgage off mother's farm; he worked on railroad in early life; former vice-president of Traders' National Bank and Director in the First National Bank, Tullahoma, Tenn.; now local agent N.C. & St. L. Ry., W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; married Almeda Cortner Feb. 20, 1879; member of the Protestant Episcopal church (Senior Warden). [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler]
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Son of Joel Birt Smith and Elizabeth "Bettie" Yell.
Married Meda Cortner, 20 Feb 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Children:
Joel Birt Smith, 12 Aug 1882, Tullahoma - 18 Jun 1966, Tullahoma
Archibald Yell Smith Jr, 20 May 1886, Tullahoma - 9 Oct 1968, Franklin, TN
Frank Hunter Smith, Mar 1888, Tullahoma - 27 Jan 1905, Tullahoma
Mary Margaret Smith, 6 Apr 1892, Tullahoma - 14 Dec 1898, Tullahoma
Robert Morris Smith, 19 Jul 1894, Tullahoma - 22 Jul 1975, Murfreesboro, TN
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Archibald Yell Smith
Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966
Name: Archibald Yell Smith
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 May 1942
Event Place: McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, United State
Usual Residence: Sparta St., McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 86
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1856
Birthplace: Coffee County, Tennessee
Usual Occupation: Farmer (Retired)
Father's Name: Joel Bert Smith
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Yell
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Spouse's Name: Allameda Cortner
Informant: Morris Smith, McMinnville, Tennessee
Burial Date: 15 May 1942
Cemetery: Tullahoma
Location: Coffee County
Undertaker: John W. High Funeral Co.
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma, Burial Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-C3CV?i=145
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma Family Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-CS11?i=16
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Memories of Archibald Yell Smith of Tullahoma, Tennessee
http://drbobyoung.net/Dad%20Website/unpublished/ARCHIBALD%20YELL%20SMITH%20MEMORIES.htm
http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/coffee/bios.html
Coffee County, Tennessee
Genealogy and History
Biographies
SMITH, ARCHIBALD YELL
Local Agt. N.C. & St. L. Ry.; W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; born Tullahoma, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1856; English and Scotch descent; son of Joel B. and Elizabeth (Yell) Smith; father's occupation business man, hotel proprietor; paternal grandfather Joel M. Smith, former proprietor of the Nashville (Tenn.) Gazette, paternal grandmother Charlotte (Bateman) Smith; maternal grandfather Archibald Yell, former governor of Ark., he was killed in battle of Buena Vista, Col. of Arkansas Volunteers, maternal grandmother Martha (Moore) Yell; educated Tullahoma, Tenn.; began his business career at age of 13 and worked to help pay mortgage off mother's farm; he worked on railroad in early life; former vice-president of Traders' National Bank and Director in the First National Bank, Tullahoma, Tenn.; now local agent N.C. & St. L. Ry., W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; married Almeda Cortner Feb. 20, 1879; member of the Protestant Episcopal church (Senior Warden). [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler]
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Son of Joel Birt Smith and Elizabeth "Bettie" Yell.
Married Meda Cortner, 20 Feb 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Children:
Joel Birt Smith, 12 Aug 1882, Tullahoma - 18 Jun 1966, Tullahoma
Archibald Yell Smith Jr, 20 May 1886, Tullahoma - 9 Oct 1968, Franklin, TN
Frank Hunter Smith, Mar 1888, Tullahoma - 27 Jan 1905, Tullahoma
Mary Margaret Smith, 6 Apr 1892, Tullahoma - 14 Dec 1898, Tullahoma
Robert Morris Smith, 19 Jul 1894, Tullahoma - 22 Jul 1975, Murfreesboro, TN
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Archibald Yell Smith
Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966
Name: Archibald Yell Smith
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 May 1942
Event Place: McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, United State
Usual Residence: Sparta St., McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 86
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1856
Birthplace: Coffee County, Tennessee
Usual Occupation: Farmer (Retired)
Father's Name: Joel Bert Smith
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Yell
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Spouse's Name: Allameda Cortner
Informant: Morris Smith, McMinnville, Tennessee
Burial Date: 15 May 1942
Cemetery: Tullahoma
Location: Coffee County
Undertaker: John W. High Funeral Co.
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma, Burial Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-C3CV?i=145
***
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma Family Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-CS11?i=16
***
Memories of Archibald Yell Smith of Tullahoma, Tennessee
http://drbobyoung.net/Dad%20Website/unpublished/ARCHIBALD%20YELL%20SMITH%20MEMORIES.htm
http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/coffee/bios.html
Genealogy and History
Biographies
SMITH, ARCHIBALD YELL
Local Agt. N.C. & St. L. Ry.; W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; born Tullahoma, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1856; English and Scotch descent; son of Joel B. and Elizabeth (Yell) Smith; father's occupation business man, hotel proprietor; paternal grandfather Joel M. Smith, former proprietor of the Nashville (Tenn.) Gazette, paternal grandmother Charlotte (Bateman) Smith; maternal grandfather Archibald Yell, former governor of Ark., he was killed in battle of Buena Vista, Col. of Arkansas Volunteers, maternal grandmother Martha (Moore) Yell; educated Tullahoma, Tenn.; began his business career at age of 13 and worked to help pay mortgage off mother's farm; he worked on railroad in early life; former vice-president of Traders' National Bank and Director in the First National Bank, Tullahoma, Tenn.; now local agent N.C. & St. L. Ry., W.U. Tel. Co. and Southern Express Co.; married Almeda Cortner Feb. 20, 1879; member of the Protestant Episcopal church (Senior Warden). [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler]
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Son of Joel Birt Smith and Elizabeth "Bettie" Yell.
Married Meda Cortner, 20 Feb 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Children:
Joel Birt Smith, 12 Aug 1882, Tullahoma - 18 Jun 1966, Tullahoma
Archibald Yell Smith Jr, 20 May 1886, Tullahoma - 9 Oct 1968, Franklin, TN
Frank Hunter Smith, Mar 1888, Tullahoma - 27 Jan 1905, Tullahoma
Mary Margaret Smith, 6 Apr 1892, Tullahoma - 14 Dec 1898, Tullahoma
Robert Morris Smith, 19 Jul 1894, Tullahoma - 22 Jul 1975, Murfreesboro, TN
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Archibald Yell Smith
Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966
Name: Archibald Yell Smith
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 May 1942
Event Place: McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, United State
Usual Residence: Sparta St., McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 86
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1856
Birthplace: Coffee County, Tennessee
Usual Occupation: Farmer (Retired)
Father's Name: Joel Bert Smith
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Yell
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Spouse's Name: Allameda Cortner
Informant: Morris Smith, McMinnville, Tennessee
Burial Date: 15 May 1942
Cemetery: Tullahoma
Location: Coffee County
Undertaker: John W. High Funeral Co.
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma, Burial Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-C3CV?i=145
***
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Tullahoma Family Record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99VJ-CS11?i=16
***
Memories of Archibald Yell Smith of Tullahoma, Tennessee
http://drbobyoung.net/Dad%20Website/unpublished/ARCHIBALD%20YELL%20SMITH%20MEMORIES.htm
http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/coffee/bios.html
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