Edward Smith
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Full Name
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Edward Smith
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Name Variations
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Ed Smith
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Biography
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On January 4th, 1915, Edward “Ed” Smith, 22, was lynched and shot, along with his brother William “Jim” Smith, 26, five miles outside of the city of Wetumpka, by a mob of twenty to fifty people, after being accused of the murder of a prominent Elmore County farmer. Smith was a native of Macon, AL, and a farm laborer who occasionally worked on Stiillwell’s land, and various other properties in the Elmore County Area, with his brother Jim. Many of Smiths’ relatives who did live in Elmore County, relocated and moved to cities up North, after their lynchings, and never returned. Ed was, believed to be one of many children, cousins, and relatives in his lineage, who were members of the community. In addition, he was unmarried and still relatively young at the time of his death. His life was taken unjustly—he leaves behind cousins, relatives, brothers, and sisters, who loved him dearly.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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Circa 1893
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Elmore County
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Death Date
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January 4, 1915
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Date of Attempted Lynching
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N/A
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Age at Death
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22
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Maklya Brewer
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Case Number
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AMP541-19150104-002
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Mother
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N/A
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Father
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N/A
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Spouse or Partner
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None
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Child
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None
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All other relatives
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William "Jim" Smith (sibling)
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Occupation
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Farm Laborer
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Education Level
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N/A
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Head of Household and Literacy Status
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N/A