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Smithridge Post WWII through the PresentAfter World War II, many residents lost ownership of their land due to exploitive lending by banks and private sources. The community suffered from…
The Founding of SmithridgeSmithridge originated with two formerly enslaved men, Robert and Edward Smith, and their white enslaver father, Benjamin Franklin Smith, who worked as…
Census information for Edward Smith and Eileen Thomson Smith, 1900, Lines 42-50. Smith's occupation in the 1900 census is farmer. The census lists seven children, ages 7-18.
Ellen Thompson Smith 
Census information for Ed Smith and Eileen Thomson Smith, 1910, Lines 70-77. Ed's occupation is listed as farmer, and three of his sons are identified as laborers on the farm. Ed and his three eldest sons are identified as being able to read and write, and the three youngest children are listed as attending school.