Smith, Nellie Pender

1875 - 1959  (83 years)

• Name	Smith, Nellie Pender
  Born	8 Sep 1875	Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	9 Jul 1959	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
  Buried	Goshen Methodist Church Cemetery - Rincon, Effingham County, Georgia, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #39035695
  Person ID	I7260	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Hinely, Elliot Bascom,   b. 30 Jan 1880, RIncon, Effingham County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1941, RIncon, Effingham County, Georgia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Hinely, Thomas Elliot,   b. 30 Dec 1905, Georgia, USA ,   d. 29 Jun 1910, Georgia, USA  (Age 4 years)   2. Hinely, Pearl,   b. 1 Oct 1906, Rincon, Effingham County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1997, Allendale County, South Carolina, USA  (Age 91 years)   3. Hinely, Selma,   b. 24 Dec 1908,   d. 3 May 1983  (Age 74 years)   4. Hinely, Lacy Walton,   b. 28 Oct 1911, Effingham County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 1999, Effingham County, Georgia, USA  (Age 87 years)   5. Hinely, Claude Jennings,   b. 8 Feb 1913, Georgia, USA ,   d. 17 Jul 1913, Georgia, USA  (Age 0 years)   6. Hinely, Vernon Charlton,   b. 5 Nov 1916, Rincon, Effingham County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 6 Jun 1994, Effingham Extended Care - Springfield, Effingham County, Georgia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Biography   Nellie Pender Smith grew up in Fayetteville, NC and went to a finishing or training school in SC. She was sent there by her brother Ernest Smith "when the family was breaking up." Her mother had died when she was 5 years old. Nellie's sister, Mabel, worked for the railroad as the Seaboard Railroad Station Agent in Estill, SC. It had been built from Carolina to GA in 1890. Nellie moved from Fayetteville to Estill with Mabel and taught school (somewhere in SC). Nellie apparently did not like teaching very much and helped Mabel in the summer at the railroad. She trained somewhere in SC for telegraphy. Mabel got Nellie a job with the railroad, and Nellie moved to Rincon, GA, to work as a depot agent and telegrapher for SeaBoard Air Line Railroad between 1900 and 1905. She was the first female station agent in Rincon. In Rincon, she boarded close to the depot with the Simmons and the Andrew Gnanns (one of the oldest houses in the area). She quit work when she married Elliott Bascom Hinely. Nellie loved to tell tales about the railroad people. Because she was a woman, the crews were especially nice to her--would do her favors and bring her gifts.