Family:Oliver Smith and Sallie Bankston (1)

Sarah Ann Bankston married Oliver Theodore Smith 17 April 1879 in Pike Co, near Amity, Arkansas. They had 8 children: 1. son Joseph Washington b. 27 Feb 1881, m. Lela Alma Powell 6 Oct 1900, d. 31 Aug 1950; 2. dau. Mary Etta b. 22 Feb 1883, m. George Wyatt Thorp 17 Dec 1904, d. 10 Aug 1978; 3. dau. Ella Francis b. 28 Feb 1885, m. James Early Fields 10 Mar 1907, d. 1 Jun 1974; 4. son William Jacob b. 29 Dec 1887, d. Feb 1890; 5. dau. Lou Ola b. 28 Jun 1889, d. 3 Oct 1894; 6. dau. Emily Eula b. 17 Nov 1891, m. George "Dick" Browder Therwhanger Nov. 1912; d. 29 Jan 1977; 7. son Woody T. b. 4 Dec 1894, m. Addie Gertrude Dennis May 1913, d. 4 May 1942; 8. son John Herman b. 6 Dec 1899, m. Grace Merritt 1925, and later Marceile Greer May 1936, d. 26 Feb 1966

Gillespie Cemetery, Gillespie, Knox County, Texas