Viola Thomas Bryant

Viola Thomas Bryant

Female 1889 - 1973  (83 years)

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  • Name Viola Thomas Bryant  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Birth 27 Jun 1889  Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Census 1910  Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Married to Gus Smith 
    Census 1920  Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Gus 
    Census 1930  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Avery 
    Census 1950  San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Relation to Head: Mother of Cecil Smith; Marital Status: Widowed 
    FSID MWNF-WQW 
    Residence Apr 1963  Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Mrs Viola Cato 
    Death 23 Feb 1973  Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7
    Burial Liberty Cemetery, White Bluff, Dickson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Grave-CATO Viola
    Grave-CATO Viola
    Person ID I25784  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Milas Alexander Bryant,   b. 11 Apr 1850, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1928, Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Eliza Jane Harrell,   b. 29 Dec 1856, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1929, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1875  Trigg County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18
    Family ID F8297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Avery Elton Cato,   b. 29 Jun 1879, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1948, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 14 Apr 1929  Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 19
    Marriage-CATO Viola & Avery
    Marriage-CATO Viola & Avery
    Family ID F8221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Gus Henry Smith,   b. 12 Sep 1881, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1926, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 1905  Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Marriage End Oct 1926  [12
    Death of Gus Smith 
    Children 
     1. Cecil Everett Smith,   b. 27 Jul 1914, Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 2003 (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     2. Vernie Clemments Smith,   b. 16 Feb 1906, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1991, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F10627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jun 1889 - Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1900 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1905 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Married to Gus Smith - 1910 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Gus - 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Apr 1929 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Avery - 1930 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Relation to Head: Mother of Cecil Smith; Marital Status: Widowed - 1950 - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mrs Viola Cato - Apr 1963 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Feb 1973 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Viola Bryant Smith
    Viola Bryant Smith
    Bryant Family Portrait
    Bryant Family Portrait

    Headstones
    Grave-CATO Viola
    Grave-CATO Viola

    News
    Obituary-SMITH Gus Henry
    Obituary-SMITH Gus Henry

    Vital Records
    Marriage-CATO Viola & Avery
    Marriage-CATO Viola & Avery

  • Sources 
    1. [S30] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 497.

    2. [S46] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).

    3. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241600.

    4. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    5. [S336] Ancestry.com, Web: Montgomery County, Tennessee, Marriage Index, 1799-1953, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    6. [S1352] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 414-50-7300; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    7. [S404] Ancestry.com, Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).

    8. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      1910 United States Federal Census
      1910 United States Federal Census


    9. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.

    10. [S12] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 666.0; FHL microfilm: 2342014.
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    11. [S1150] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
      Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909


    12. [S642] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Obituary of Gus Henry Smith.
      A 12 weeks' illness of paralysls caused the death Wednesday of Gus Smith, 44, farmer of the Indian Mound, in Stewart county, who was buried In the family cemetery Friday.
      He was a native of Montgomery county and was a brother of Harry Smith, deputy county court clerk. Mr. Smith was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mack Smith.
      Surviving are his widow who was Mis Viola Bryant; two sons, Vernle of Indian Mound, and another, nine-year-old; six brothers, Lurton Smith, Miami Fla.; Allen Smith, Dickson, Harry, Clarksville: Walter and Will Smith, Stewart county; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Bryant, Mrs. Emma Bryant and Mrs. A. Vaughan, all of Indian Mound. Mr. Smith was a member of the Methodist church and enjoyed a wide acquaintance.
      https://www.newspapers.com/image/178857754/?article=4c149496-a151-4be0-8167-2350a32775b4&focus=0.2719685,0.26203635,0.38950068,0.38479796&xid=3355
      Obituary-SMITH Gus Henry
      Obituary-SMITH Gus Henry


    13. [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: San Diego, San Diego.
      1950 United States Federal Census
      1950 United States Federal Census


    14. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Milas Alexander Bryant

    15. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Eliza Jane Harrell

    16. [S2058] Obituary of Willie Sanderson - Leaf-Chronicle 2 Apr 1963, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 2 Apr 1963;), Willie Juanita Bryant Sanderson Obituary.
      Mrs Willie Juanita Sanderson, 82, died at 5:00am this morning in the Lyle Nursing Home of Hopkinsville after an extended illness.
      Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00pm at Murphy Funeral Home where the body will remain until then. The Rev George Baxter will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
      A native of Stewart County, Mrs Sanderson was the daughter of the late Milas and Elizabeth Harrell Bryant, She was the widow of the late James Elliott Sanderson.
      She is survived by three sons, Vernon Sanderson of Royal Oaks, Michigan; Noble Sanderson of Hopkinsville; and Bryant Sanderson of Madison; and four daughters, Mrs Mack Smith of Nashville, Mrs. BC Cobb of Adams; Mrs Bertie Weaver of Madison Heights, Michigan; and Mrs JT Williams of Hopkinsville; one brother, Offie Bryant of Evansville, Indiana; and one sister, Mrs Viola Cato of Hopkinsville; 31 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildrren, and one great-great-grandchild.
      Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
      She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Hopkinsville.
      https://www.newspapers.com/image/353371295/?article=db1fe62c-3b15-45f3-92a6-f4bc2954d72d&focus=0.2733024,0.51527745,0.39017698,0.7888637&xid=2378

    17. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241600.
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census


    18. [S1987] Trigg County Marriage Records.

    19. [S46] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
      Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
      Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002