Henrietta SMITH

1841 - 1934  (92 years)

• Name	Henrietta SMITH
  Nickname	Net
  Birth	28 Aug 1841	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1860	Jeddo Townships, Knox, Missouri, United States
  Residence	1880	La Belle, Lewis, Missouri, United States
  Residence	1900	Myrtle Township Knox city, Knox, Missouri, United States
  Residence	1920	Kirksville Ward 4, Adair, Missouri, United States
  FamilySearch ID	LH63-G87
  Death	12 Mar 1934	La Belle, Lewis, Missouri, United States
  Burial	14 Mar 1934	Knox City, Knox, Missouri, United States
  Notes	Henrietta “Net” Smith was born August 28, 1841, in Fairfield County, Connecticut. She came with her parents from Connecticut when 3 years of age to Iowa and moved to Knox County when 16 years old. She first married Elias Miller. The story told to a niece of hers relayed that when Henrietta went into labor with their first child, Elias supposedly went to fetch a doctor but he went to a sale somewhere and didn’t come back. As labor progressed, Henrietta, anxiously watching the road for her husband’s return, stopped a passerby who was able to rush her to her parent’s home and her baby girl was born there. When Elias came to see Henrietta and the baby, her father James M. Smith held up the baby and showed her to Elias at the door but didn’t let him in to the house. Henrietta didn’t ever go back to Elias and unfortunately the baby only lived a few months and is presumed to be buried at the Bee Ridge Cemetery not far from Yankee Street. Henrietta then married A. Robert Brooking, a Civil War veteran, March 11, 1866. After she married, she lived on a farm in Lewis County, two miles south of La Belle, Missouri. They had three children. She was a devoted member of the La Belle Christian Church. After her husband’s death, she moved with her mother, sister and brother, A. D. Smith to Kirksville, Missouri in 1902. She lived there about 32 years. Then moved back to La Belle a few years before her death. She died March 12, 1932 in La Belle and was buried in Knox City, Missouri.
  Person ID	I1369	Main
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	James Monroe SMITH,   b. 1 Aug 1812, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 20 Jul 1893, Knox City, Knox, Missouri, United States (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Angeline BARNES,   b. 24 Apr 1818, Clinton Twp, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 9 Dec 1906, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1838	New York City, New York, New York, United States
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Family ID	F504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Archibald Robert BROOKING,   b. 11 Mar 1823, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States d. 26 Sep 1892, Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1866	Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States
  Children	1. Lillie N. BROOKING,   b. 10 Jan 1867, La Plata, Macon, Missouri, United States d. 6 Mar 1867 (Age 0 years)   2. Archibald Owen BROOKING,   b. 22 Feb 1868, Lewis County, Missouri, United States d. 16 May 1916, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States (Age 48 years)   3. Oscar H BROOKING,   b. 18 Jun 1871, , Lewis, Missouri, United States d. 13 Jun 1944, Yakima, Yakima, Washington (Age 72 years)   4. Katie Delia BROOKING,   b. 9 Nov 1876, Lewis, Missouri, United States d. 26 Nov 1966, Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States (Age 90 years)
  Documents		Archibald R. Brooking and Henrietta Smith | Marriage Record "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L989-M72S?cc=2060668&wc=ZMYV-T38%3A1583614202%2C1583614403 : 26 April 2019), Knox > Marriage records 1845-1881 vol 1 > image 151 of 330; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

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