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Find a Grave memorial 92711754 for George Smith (21 Apr 1881 - 3 Mar 1936), Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois
Contributor AR Jackson (member 47847137), memorial maintainer · Undated online memorial; accessed 14 October 2021 · Find a Grave (database and images), online
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Family Members — Children: Elizabeth Smith Wright 1900-1970; Mamie J. Smith Hall 1900-1967; Alma Smith Spearman 1902-1981; Hosea Smith 1906-1966; George P. Smith 1907-1968; Cary P. Smith 1911-1982; Studge G. Smith 1913-1989; Rubin Smith 1918-1996
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- BT-EVD-00082Research Lead
A Find a Grave memorial (ID 92711754) for George Smith, 21 April 1881 - 3 March 1936, Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, reportedly identifies his mother as Laura Taliaferro. Derivative, user-contributed content; treated as a research lead.
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this observation yet.
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- BT-EVD-00083Research Lead
The same Find a Grave memorial reportedly gives Laura's birthplace as Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi. Not yet corroborated by an original or near-original record inside BEFORE TILL.
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this observation yet.
Not yet attached to a published claim.
- BT-EVD-00350Derivative Index Entry
A user-contributed online cemetery index records a George Smith with a birth of 21 April 1881, a death of 3 March 1936, burial at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, and a mother given as Laura Taliaferro. No image of an original record accompanies the entry, and the archive has not verified the contributor's sources. The mother's name is the reason the entry is being followed; it is not the reason to accept it.
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this observation yet.
- BT-EVD-00553Memorial Listing
The memorial lists eight children for George Smith: Elizabeth Smith Wright (1900-1970), Mamie J. Smith Hall (1900-1967), Alma Smith Spearman (1902-1981), Hosea Smith (1906-1966), George P. Smith (1907-1968), Cary P. Smith (1911-1982), Studge G. Smith (1913-1989) and Rubin Smith (1918-1996). The family links on a memorial are entered by a contributor and are not part of any burial record.
“Family Members — Children: Elizabeth Smith Wright 1900-1970; Mamie J. Smith Hall 1900-1967; Alma Smith Spearman 1902-1981; Hosea Smith 1906-1966; George P. Smith 1907-1968; Cary P. Smith 1911-1982; Studge G. Smith 1913-1989; Rubin Smith 1918-1996”
Not yet attached to a published claim.
- BT-EVD-00554Memorial Listing
The memorial names George Smith's spouse as Clara Chess Smith, 1878-1949. This supplies the surname the 1936 death record left uncertain as "Chess?", though both readings trace back to the same household rather than to two independent sources.
“Spouse: Clara Chess Smith 1878-1949”
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- BT-EVD-00555Memorial Listing
The memorial lists Alma Smith Spearman (1902-1981) among George Smith's children. This is a second mention of the Alma-to-George link, but it is a contributor statement rather than a record, so the link stays under investigation.
“Alma Smith Spearman 1902-1981”
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- BT-EVD-00556Memorial Note
A contributor note on the memorial reads that George was the great-grandfather of Emmett Till. This is recorded as a statement made on the memorial page; the archive establishes that pathway from its own records, not from this note.
“GEORGE WAS THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF EMMITT TILL.”
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A Find a Grave memorial (ID 92711754) for George Smith, 21 April 1881 - 3 March 1936, Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, reportedly identifies his mother as Laura Taliaferro. Derivative, user-contributed content; treated as a research lead.
BT-EVD-00082
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this reading yet.
The same Find a Grave memorial reportedly gives Laura's birthplace as Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi. Not yet corroborated by an original or near-original record inside BEFORE TILL.
BT-EVD-00083
No verbatim wording has been transcribed for this reading yet.
A user-contributed online cemetery index records a George Smith with a birth of 21 April 1881, a death of 3 March 1936, burial at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, and a mother given as Laura Taliaferro. No image of an original record accompanies the entry, and the archive has not verified the contributor's sources. The mother's name is the reason the entry is being followed; it is not the reason to accept it.
BT-EVD-00350
“Family Members — Children: Elizabeth Smith Wright 1900-1970; Mamie J. Smith Hall 1900-1967; Alma Smith Spearman 1902-1981; Hosea Smith 1906-1966; George P. Smith 1907-1968; Cary P. Smith 1911-1982; Studge G. Smith 1913-1989; Rubin Smith 1918-1996”
The memorial lists eight children for George Smith: Elizabeth Smith Wright (1900-1970), Mamie J. Smith Hall (1900-1967), Alma Smith Spearman (1902-1981), Hosea Smith (1906-1966), George P. Smith (1907-1968), Cary P. Smith (1911-1982), Studge G. Smith (1913-1989) and Rubin Smith (1918-1996). The family links on a memorial are entered by a contributor and are not part of any burial record.
BT-EVD-00553
“Spouse: Clara Chess Smith 1878-1949”
The memorial names George Smith's spouse as Clara Chess Smith, 1878-1949. This supplies the surname the 1936 death record left uncertain as "Chess?", though both readings trace back to the same household rather than to two independent sources.
BT-EVD-00554
“Alma Smith Spearman 1902-1981”
The memorial lists Alma Smith Spearman (1902-1981) among George Smith's children. This is a second mention of the Alma-to-George link, but it is a contributor statement rather than a record, so the link stays under investigation.
BT-EVD-00555
“GEORGE WAS THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF EMMITT TILL.”
A contributor note on the memorial reads that George was the great-grandfather of Emmett Till. This is recorded as a statement made on the memorial page; the archive establishes that pathway from its own records, not from this note.
BT-EVD-00556
Contributor AR Jackson (member 47847137), memorial maintainer; Find a Grave memorial 92711754 for George Smith (21 Apr 1881 - 3 Mar 1936), Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois; Find a Grave Memorial ID 92711754; Cook County, Illinois; Find a Grave (database and images), online; accessed 2021-10-14.
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When was George Smith born, when did he die, and where is he buried?
A user-contributed online cemetery index gives a birth of 21 April 1881, a death of 3 March 1936, burial at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, and a mother named Laura Taliaferro. That entry is a research lead, not evidence: no original death certificate, cemetery register or obituary has been examined by this archive. The dates are shown here as an unverified lead and are not written onto George's record.
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Find a Grave memorial 92711754 for George Smith (21 Apr 1881 - 3 Mar 1936), Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois
BT-SRC-00041- Creator
- Contributor AR Jackson (member 47847137), memorial maintainer
- Date created
- Undated online memorial; accessed 14 October 2021
- Repository
- Find a Grave (database and images), online
- Collection
- Find a Grave Memorial ID 92711754
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- Source type
- Cemetery
- Accessed
- 2021-10-14
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RESEARCH LEAD / DERIVATIVE SOURCE. User-contributed memorial content. Not treated as proof of parentage or birthplace unless supported by a monument photograph, death certificate, obituary, or burial record.
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Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Find a Grave memorial 92711754 for George Smith (21 Apr 1881 - 3 Mar 1936), Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. Version not yet assigned. Object BT-SRC-00041. Accessed 2026-09-24. /source/BT-SRC-00041.
Attribution: Amberly R. Carter-Mills, Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist.
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