1845-1956+Jessie+Ann+Smith

Jessie Ann Smith

1853-1956 Jessie Ann Smith
 * the author of **Widow Smith of Spence's Bridge—**a book that affected many unfortunate widows which partially caused the French Revolution.
 * was born in Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the 17th day of July, 1853; Gartly is a tributary of the River Deveron.
 * William Smith, her father, used to be a dean/schoolmaster in the school of Gartly.
 * She was appointed to teach in the school when she was eighteen years old, and she married her childhood friend, John Smith, on 1884, February 5th.
 * Four days later, the Smiths and young James Teit went to New York and started a cross-country trip to Spence’s Bridge, British Columbia, Canada.
 * However, Jessie Ann Smith had a hard life and started writing her memoirs in 1930 and died in 1946, February, 7th.

Work cited: [|//http://www.sonotek.com/widow_smith.html#ws-3//]

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