Lillie Octavia Hoffman[1]
1889 - 1975 (86 years)-
Name Lillie Octavia Hoffman Born Feb 10, 1889 Buckhorn, Austin county, Texas, USA 
Gender Female Died Oct 18, 1975 Bellville, Austin county, Texas, USA Buried Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Texas, USA Notes - Lillie was reared in Buckhorn, Texas and attended the Buckhorn Public school and later the Chappell Hill Female College. After her marriage to A.J. Smith, she resided in Bellville. Her husband passed away at the age of 45 years on July 15, 1935 and she never re-married. Her son, A.J. Smith II built a home for her next to his own at 720 S. Bell in Bellville where she resided until she was moved to a nursing home where she died peacefully in her sleep, 10-18-1975. Most of her time up until 1956 was spent taking care of her invalid daughter Bernice Smith who died at the age of 39 from rheumatoid arthritis and pneumonia. She had spent some earlier years as a nurse at the Bellville hospital where she introduced Sibyl Cloyd, a young nurse who worked with Lillie to her son, A.J. Sibyl & AJ were later married in 1939. Also, Lillie helped run a boarding house during the depression years. For awhile, the family moved to Brownwood,Texas where Lillie's mother and father, Emma and William Hoffman, were living. She had to take care of them for a few years. Lillie was a kind-hearted person who wore her hair in a long-single braid which she coiled up at the back of her head. She belonged to the Full Gospel Church of Bellville & also attended the Buckhorn church. She loved to tell the stories of her grandfather, Captain James Bell Stephenson and had some old tin type pictures of him and his family which were passed down to the compiler of this history.
Person ID I25786 mykindred Last Modified Feb 6, 2003
Father William Henry Hoffman, b. Jun 25, 1855, Austin county, Texas, USA , d. Jul 20, 1932, Brownwood, Texas, USA (Age 77 years) Mother Emma Stephenson, b. 1854, Grimes county, Texas, USA , d. Jan 03, 1939, Brownwood, Texas, USA (Age 85 years) Married Oct 22, 1878 Family ID F9401 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Arthur James Smith, b. May 15, 1890, Dallas county, Texas, USA , d. Jun 14, 1935, Bellville, Austin county, Texas, USA (Age 45 years) Married Jul 15, 1915 Bellville, Austin county, Texas, USA Children 1. Arthur James Smith, II, b. Jun 10, 1916, Bellville, Austin county, Texas, USA , d. Jul 06, 1987, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age 71 years)2. Angela Bernice Smith, d. Y Family ID F9400 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Lillie was reared in Buckhorn, Texas and attended the Buckhorn Public school and later the Chappell Hill Female College. After her marriage to A.J. Smith, she resided in Bellville. Her husband passed away at the age of 45 years on July 15, 1935 and she never re-married. Her son, A.J. Smith II built a home for her next to his own at 720 S. Bell in Bellville where she resided until she was moved to a nursing home where she died peacefully in her sleep, 10-18-1975. Most of her time up until 1956 was spent taking care of her invalid daughter Bernice Smith who died at the age of 39 from rheumatoid arthritis and pneumonia. She had spent some earlier years as a nurse at the Bellville hospital where she introduced Sibyl Cloyd, a young nurse who worked with Lillie to her son, A.J. Sibyl & AJ were later married in 1939. Also, Lillie helped run a boarding house during the depression years. For awhile, the family moved to Brownwood,Texas where Lillie's mother and father, Emma and William Hoffman, were living. She had to take care of them for a few years. Lillie was a kind-hearted person who wore her hair in a long-single braid which she coiled up at the back of her head. She belonged to the Full Gospel Church of Bellville & also attended the Buckhorn church. She loved to tell the stories of her grandfather, Captain James Bell Stephenson and had some old tin type pictures of him and his family which were passed down to the compiler of this history.
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Sources - [S528] Gedcom - Meischen, Betty.
- [S528] Gedcom - Meischen, Betty.
