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Texas Gladden

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Texas Anna Gladden (' Smith', March 14, 1895 – May 23, 1966)Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, 1885-96, at Ancestry,com''. Retrieved 5 December 2019] was an American folk singer, best known for her traditional Appalachian ballad style of singing, which she began to record in the 1930s.
She was born Texas Anna Smith, in Rich Valley, Smyth County, Virginia, the daughter of Alexander King Smith and his wife Sarah Louvenia (née Hammonds); the name... more

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