Henderson-Mitzel Family Genealogy Page:Information about Landon B. Smith
Landon B. Smith (b. September 05, 1888, d. January 08, 1947)
Notes for Landon B. Smith:"It was Mrs. Landon Smith, who will be long remembered by the people of Henrytown, as their Paul Revere".[The Great Saltville Disaster; Eskridge, p9]. Mrs. Smith is credited with saving the lives of a group of men gathered in the store of G.L. Smith on the night of 24 Dec 1924. This night the muck dam gave way and destroyed Palmertown.-- courtesy of Tom Colley
1910 US Census, Saltville District, Smyth County, VA, 225/251:
Landon Smith, head, age 23, married 0 years, laborer for public works, renting home
Mary Smith, wife, age 17, married 0 years, mother of 0 children
(Landon and Mary are listed immediately below Mary's father and mother, Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Henderson, on the 1910 Census.)
1920 US Census, Rich Valley, Smyth County, VA, 482/501:
Landon B. Smith, head, owns home free of mortgage, age 32, b. in VA, parents b. in VA, gas tester at M.A. Wks.
Mary Smith, wife, age 28, Novella C., daughter, age 22 months
William Henderson, nephew, age 7(whose son is this?John Robert, Mary's only surviving brother, did not have a son named William.Could he be a son of Amanda, born before she married Cruisenberry?Amanda's daughter, Ella Virginia Henderson, was born in 1907.William would have been born in 1913.)
1930 US Census, Saltville, Smyth County, VA 183/193:
Landom B. Smith, head, does not own a radio, age 48, age 22 at marriage, chemist at an alkali plant (?)
Mary C. Smith, wife, age 31, age 18 at marriage
Novelo, daughter, age 12
More About Landon B. Smith:
Burial: Elizabeth Cemetery, Smyth County, VA.
More About Landon B. Smith and Mary C. Henderson:
Marriage: April 05, 1910, Smyth County, VA.825
Children of Landon B. Smith and Mary C. Henderson are:
- Novella Smith, b. Abt. 1919.