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#OTD 28 March 1934 Mary Jane Smith Pryor died in Oklahoma City. She was born 12 January 1853, the eldest living child of the farmer George Fraker Smith and Nancy Alley. When she was nine years old, the Civil War came to the area of Jasper, Tennessee, where the family lived. The Smiths survived the war and thrived. At 17, Mary Jane married Benjamin Franklin Pryor. Frank made some unwise money choices and my great-great-grandparents left to start over in Texas. They had 5 girls and one boy.
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https://scrappinmyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/10/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-39-mary-jane.html
scrappinmyhistory.blogspot.com52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #39 Mary Jane Smith PryorThe 1863 Civil War map of the vicinity of Jasper, Tennessee, is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing to see where various branches o...