Life History

Notes

• 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 18 April, Civil District 8, Enumeration District 27, page 1B, Hse/Fam #11
  Strange, Porter Head M W 28 Married 11 yrs TN TN TN Farmer Owns
  Strange, Sarah Wife F W 29 Married 11 yrs 3 children/2 living TN TN TN
  Strange, Cintha A F W 10 Single TN TN TN
  Strange, Virgie M Dau F W 8 Single TN TN TN
  
  In the 1910 and 1930 censuses, her name is Virgie, but several records for her have her name as Vegie, including her marriage record and her daughter's Social Security records.  This is the spelling on her gravestone.  In the 1920 census, her name was spelled Vedge, in 1940 it was Vegie.
  
  Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
  John C Smelcer
  Vegie Strange
  Bond of $1250 signed 1 March 1918 by John C Smelcer and John Henry
  Marriage 1 March 1918 Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Ceremony performed by R M Burke, JP
  Recorded 15 March 1918 in Cocke County Marriage Book, p 125
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Erma Neal Smelcer [Erma Neal Creswell] [Erma Cox] [Erma Creswell]
  Birth 8 Nov 1920 Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee
  Death Date 21 Dec 1991
  Father John H Smelcer
  Mother Vegie L Strange
  SSN 413260731
  May 1941 Name listed as ERMA NEAL SMELCER; Feb 1966 Name listed as ERMA NEAL CRESWELL; Name listed as ERMA NEAL COX; 03 Jan 1992 Name listed as ERMA N CRESWELL
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Vegie Smelcer
  Birth Date 1 Jan 1902
  1449 W Dumplin Valley Rd, Dandridge, TN, 37725-5619
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Vergie Smelcer
  Born 1 Jan 1900
  Died 6 May 2002
  Last Residence Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee 37725
  SSN 409-22-7522 issued Tennessee (Before 1951)
  
  Vegie Strange Smelcer
  Birth 1 Jan 1902
  Death 6 May 2002 (aged 100)
  Parents:
  James Porter Strange (1877 - 1928)
  Sarah C Strange (1875 - 1948)
  Spouse John Hank Smelcer (1892 - 1983)
  Burial Hills Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
  --  Memorial #7313483, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7313483#view-photo=165516320

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 18 April, Civil District 8, Enumeration District 27, page 1B, Hse/Fam #11
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 5. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 6. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002