Nancy Elizabeth (Clark) Smith (1934)

BALLARD, CLANTON, CLARK, GRAY, HARRELL, SMITH

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 8/2/2007 at 18:13:29

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 11, 1934
Page 1

ELIZABETH SMITH, PIONEER, IS DEAD

Daughter of Caleb Clark Came To This County In 1846

Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Smith, who came to Madison county with the first white family to settle permanently here, died at her home south of Winterset Sunday afternoon. She had observed her ninety-second birthday but three weeks previously.

With the death of Mrs. Smith, one of the last of the first pioneers passes. She was born at Fairwest, Buchanan county, Missouri, on December 17th, 1841, the daughter of Caleb and Ruth Clanton Clark. In March, 1846, when Nancy Elizabeth was four years old, her parents and a large party of relatives left Missouri for Iowa, by wagon train. They arrived in what is now Madison county on May 3rd of the same year, settling near St. Charles.

The Clarks and Clantons were the first permanent white settlers in the county. Mrs. Smith is the last survivor of the group that arrived here in 1846.

On December 22nd, 1864, she was united in marriage to Stephen Smith. After a few years they settled on the farm where she has since lived. They were the parents of two children, Charles F. Smith of Lincoln township and a daughter who died when a child.

Mrs. Smith was the fourth in a family of fourteen children of whom Mrs. Martha Ballard of Winterset is the only surviving member.

Mrs. Smith united with the Church of Christ at an early age. After her marriage she transferred her faith to the Primitive Baptist church, of which her husband was a member.

In addition to her son, Mrs. Smith is survived by two grandchildren, Mrs. Neta Harrell of Winterset and Ralph C. Smith of Creston, and two great grandchildren, Mrs. Bernice Gray of Winterset and Katherine Joyce Smith.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the Church of Christ, in charge of the Rev. H. L. Olmstead assisted by Rev. Earl Clark of Harlan. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery. The pallbearers were nephews Everett Clark, Walter Clark, Will Johnson, Henry Wilkinson, Wes Smith and Arthur Gordon.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 11, 1934
Page 1, Column 7

Mrs. Elizabeth Smith

Last rites for Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Smith, 92, who died Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Charles Smith, south of town, were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Church of Christ, with the Rev. H. L. Olmstead in charge of the services. Burial was in the Winterset cemetery. Pallbearers were W. C. Johnson, Everett Clark, Walter Clark, Arthur Gordon, Henry Wilkinson, and Wesley Smith.

Mrs. Smith was the last of a pioneer group that came to Madison county March 1, 1846. She was born in Fairwest, Missouri, December 17, 1841. In 1846 her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Clark, and a large party of relatives left Missouri in covered wagons, reaching Madison county May, and settling near St. Charles.

Her marriage to Stephen Smith took place December 22, 1864. After a few years they purchased the farm where she continued to make her home until her death.

Two children were born to them, Rose Etta dying December 3, 1872. Mr. Smith died November 19, 1901. Mrs. Smith was the fourth child in a family of fourteen, her sister, Mrs. Martha Ballard being the only surviving member. Besides her son she leaves two grandchildren, Mrs. Neta Harrell of Winterset, Ralph C. Smith of Creston; two great grandchildren, Mrs. Bernice Gray of Winterset and Kathryn Joyce Smith of Creston.

She united with the Church of Christ at an early age and after her marriage attended the Primitive Baptist church of which her husband was a member.

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