Smith Family Cemetery
An African American cemetery sits in what is now the City of Suffolk.
The residents of this cemetery would be surprised to learn that their final resting place is in a city. They were farmers, living off the land.
Harrison is surrounded by family.
Harrison Smith
1811 – 1896
85 Years
Harrison Smith, the oldest cemetery inhabitant with a marked tombstone, would have been born a slave. He is first found enumerated as head of household in the 1870 Nansemond Co, VA
Mary A. Smith
1857 – 1904
47 Years
Mary was the wife of Harrison’s son, Harrison Smith JR. Married in about 1876, Mary bore 7 children with 4 still living in 1900. Both father and son resided in what was then designated as the Sleepy Hole District of Nansemond County.
Lucinda J. P. Smith
1877 – 1903
26 Years
Lucinda was a daughter of Harrison Jr and his wife Mary.
She never married.
James A Eason
US Army – World War II
1919 - 1989
70 Years
James was a son of Augustus Eason and his wife Martha Smith.
Great grandson of Harrison Smith Sr.
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