Phoebe Ann Desha (1821-1871)

Mrs Phoebe (Desha) Smith

Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
She was the mother of the famous Mrs Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. Phoebe was married to a wealthy cotton merchant and she was remembered in Mobile for giving "costly, but not popular" parties according to Thomas C. de Leon.

Parents

Robert Desha

Maj-General Robert Desha, of Mobile, Alabama; U.S. Congressman from Tennessee

1791-1849

Eleanor Shelby

Mrs "Nellie" (Shelby) Desha

1799-1833

Spouse

Murray Forbes Smith

Cotton Broker, of Mobile, Alabama; and, New York City

1814-1875

Children

Desha Smith

Desha Smith, died unmarried at Geneva, Switzerland

1842-1889

Murray Forbes Smith

Murray Forbes Smith Jr., died in childhood

1844-1857

Alice Smith

Alice Smith, died in early childhood

1845-1847

Armide Vogel Smith

Armide V. Smith, of New York City, died unmarried

1847-1907

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont

Mrs Alva Erskine (Smith) Vanderbilt Belmont, Society Hostess & Rights Activist

1853-1933

Jennie (Smith) Tiffany

Mrs "Jennie" Mary Virginia (Smith) Yznaga, Tiffany

1856-1926

Julia (Smith) de Fontenilliat

Mrs "Mimi" Julia Florence (Smith) de Fontenilliat

1860-1905

Associated Houses

Murray Forbes Smith House

Mobile, Alabama