So far as we know, there is only one grave in Lot No. 1, located in the extreme northeast corner of the cemetery: That of Estela (Arnold) Smith, wife of George W. Smith. Although the effect seems kind of lonesome and her husband and children did move on after her death, she is near family here. Her parents, Edward and Sophia (Barnhart) Arnold, are buried in Lot No. 6 and her father- and mother-in-law, Josiah and Sarah (Pitts) Smith, are buried in Lot No. 42.
Wife of
G.W. Smith
BORN
Mar. 31, 1870
DIED
Mar. 2, 1898
Estela does not have a published obituary for some reason. The best the Chariton newspapers can do is the following notice published in The Chariton Democrat of 4 March 1898:
Died, Mrs. Estella Smith, wife of Geo. Smith, on Wednesday, March 2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith resided five miles north of New York. Funeral services will be held today at the Salem church and the remains will be interred in the Salem Cemetery.
To compensate a little, I've devised the following virtual obituary based upon my own research and that of one of Estela's descendants, Roberta Tuller:
Died, Mrs. Estella Smith, wife of Geo. Smith, on Wednesday, March 2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith resided five miles north of New York. Funeral services will be held today at the Salem church and the remains will be interred in the Salem Cemetery.
To compensate a little, I've devised the following virtual obituary based upon my own research and that of one of Estela's descendants, Roberta Tuller:
ROSA ESTELA SMITH
Rosa Estela Arnold, sixth child of Edward and Sophia (Barnhart) Arnold, was born March 31, 1870, in Dallas Township, Marion County, Iowa.
When she was 2, her family moved to Lucas County, living in Liberty Township until 1875, when they moved to Benton Township, where she grew up and was educated. With her family, she attended Mt. Carmel United Evangelical Church.
On Nov. 28, 1888, when she was 18, Estela married a neighbor boy, George Washington Smith, age 22, a son of Josiah and Sarah (Pitts) Smith.
During 10 years of marriage, the Smiths had two children, Eva Edna and Walter George. The family tenant farmed in Benton Township, and was living on the McCurdy place (later the Irwin and Ethel Myers farm) when Estela died on 2 March 1898, less than a month before her 28th birthday. She was buried in Salem Cemetery.
In addition to her husband, children and parents, Estela was survived by seven siblings: Mandaville Arnold, Edward Morris Arnold, Mrs. William H.(Phoebe) Holmes. Mrs. George D. (Harriet) Redlingshafer, Mrs. Greer (Fanny) Redlingshafer, Mrs. John F. (Della) Anderson and James Walter Arnold. She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister, Mortimer and Kitty Arnold.
George and his children later moved to a farm near Griswold in Cass County, Iowa, and George still was living on a farm in that area when he died during May of 1941. He was buried in a nearby cemetery, Flint, located in Pottawattamie County.
When she was 2, her family moved to Lucas County, living in Liberty Township until 1875, when they moved to Benton Township, where she grew up and was educated. With her family, she attended Mt. Carmel United Evangelical Church.
On Nov. 28, 1888, when she was 18, Estela married a neighbor boy, George Washington Smith, age 22, a son of Josiah and Sarah (Pitts) Smith.
During 10 years of marriage, the Smiths had two children, Eva Edna and Walter George. The family tenant farmed in Benton Township, and was living on the McCurdy place (later the Irwin and Ethel Myers farm) when Estela died on 2 March 1898, less than a month before her 28th birthday. She was buried in Salem Cemetery.
In addition to her husband, children and parents, Estela was survived by seven siblings: Mandaville Arnold, Edward Morris Arnold, Mrs. William H.(Phoebe) Holmes. Mrs. George D. (Harriet) Redlingshafer, Mrs. Greer (Fanny) Redlingshafer, Mrs. John F. (Della) Anderson and James Walter Arnold. She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister, Mortimer and Kitty Arnold.
George and his children later moved to a farm near Griswold in Cass County, Iowa, and George still was living on a farm in that area when he died during May of 1941. He was buried in a nearby cemetery, Flint, located in Pottawattamie County.
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