WILLIAM KENLEY SMITH AND
GABRILLA AUGUSTINE UNDERWOOD
William Kenley Smith was born March 1822 in Wythe County, Virginia. He married 10 Jan 1847 in Roane County, Tennessee to Ms. Gabrilla Augustine Underwood. The only record of this marriage exists from the Jesse Underwood Family Bible. Shortly after their marriage, the whole family moved to Union County, Illinois. William and Gabrilla had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane Smith (5 Aug 1848-12 Nov 1936) who married Lewis White, George Washington Custer, John Q. Stroud and William Coleman. She had 6 children total.
2. Mary Anne Phoebe Smith (18 Jan 1850-20 Apr 1940) who married Caleb Rendleman and Joseph Stone. She had 10 children total.
3. Martha Smith (Apr 1850-bef 1854) died young
4. George W. Smith (10 Sep 1852-25 Sep 1852) died young
5. Martha C. Smith (11 Oct 1854-29 Nov 1902) who married Frank Sprouce and John Gallager. She had 9 children total.
6. Margaret T. Smith (8 Dec 1856-1939) who married John Wesley Stroud and had at least 3 children.
7. Rebecca Emaline Smith (23 Aug 1858-2 Dec 1907) who married Herman B. Morgan and had 6 children. She is buried at Beech Grove Cemetery.
8. James Kendall Smith (27 Dec 1860-21 Oct 1949) who married Mary Merryman and Mrs. Sarah McKinney. He had 10 children total.
9. John H. Smith (13 Jun1862-18 Sep 1864) died young
10. William A. Smith (4 Apr 1866-1919) who married Nancy Stroud and had 4 children.
11. Almon R. Smith (1 Aug 1867-bef 1870) died young
12. Mollie Smith (16 Mar 1868- aft 1870) died young
13. Marshall Monroe Smith (17 Jun 1875-20 Jun 1960) who married Emma C. Hoyle and had 4 children total.
William Kenley Smith elisted in the Union Forces 21 Aug 1862 and mustered into Service 1 September 1862 at Camp Anna, IL. While enlisted he served in Company A 109th IL and Company C 11th IL. He was a private until he was discharged at Baton Rouge, LA 14 Jul 1865. He was awarded a pension for injuries relating to heat stroke. William worked picking strawberrys for his brother-in-law Walter K. Underwood. William died 25 Aug 1900 at Alto Pass, Union County, Illinois. He is buried in Alto Pass Cemetery. William was most likely the son of Michael Smith 1795-1860/70 and Pheobe 1798-1860/70.
Gabrilla Augustine Underwood was born 17 Mar 1830 in Haywood County, North Carolina. She was the 5th child out of 14 to be born to Rev. Jesse Underwood and Mary Elizabeth Ledbetter. Gabrilla was a homemaker, and raised the children alone while her husband was away in the Civil War. Gabrilla was married to William for 52 years 222 days. She died 20 Aug 1899 in Alto Pass and is buried next to her husband at Alto Pass Cemetery. Her grave is not marked. Her husband's grave has just recently been marked. I ordered a tombstone from the VA for his grave.
This is supposedly William and Gabrilla
William and Gabrilla 1880-1890 (above and below)
Below is a picture of their daughter, Mary Ann Phoebe Smith.
Below is a picture of the brand new VA tombstone I had erected for William Kenley Smith at Alto Pass Cemetery, Alto Pass, IL
Sources:
Census records, Information and pictures provided by Everett Hoebbel and Opal Patin as well as Grant A. Van Vranken.