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From: Sheila Smith Cadwalader <>
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:24:42 -0400


Terry,

In a book entitled "Benton, Illinois - Our Pictorial Heritage", there
is a picture of about 30-40 people, the caption reads:

Members of the Smith family gather in front of Dr James Daniel Smith's
East Main Street home for the 1899 Smith family reunion. "Doctor Dan",
as he was popularly known, was one of the earliest physicians to
practice in Benton, His office (medicine room) was located in his home,
where he also prepared his own prescriptions. Dr Smith often drove his
horse drawn buggy many miles to visit sick patients. The relatives from
Tennessee who attended the reunion came up to Benton in covered wagons.
Most of the family members could not be identified. All of the doctor's
children, except his daughter Leona Smith Morgan are pictured, including
Dr William Henry Smith, Jesse Randal Smith, John Thomas Smith, James
Daniel Smith, Jr, Dudley Smith and Effie Smith Browning. Ten of his
grandchildren were also pictured including his last surving grandson,
John R Smith, 93, who still lives in Benton. He is in the second row,
fourth from left, being held by his father, John T Smith."

How much am I offered for a copy of this Picture ??!!

Terry & Lynn Smith wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any of these individuals in their SMITH trees?
> WILLIAM T. SMITH was born 1768 in Chatham, Co. NC, and died June 1849 in
> Smith Co.,Tennessee (Dixon Creek near Dixon Springs, TN). He married NFN
> MORELY Abt. 1787 in Chatham, Co. NC.
> William T. SMITH married a Miss Morley in Chatham County,
> North Carolina around 1787. They had nine children all born
> in North Carolina. Children of WILLIAM SMITH and NFN MORELY are:
> i. ARCHIBALD SMITH, b. 1789, NC.
> ii. JAMES DANIAL SMITH, b. 1790, NC.
> iii. BETSY BURTON SMITH, b. 1792, NC.
> iv. SALLY DAVIS SMITH, b. 1794, NC.
> v. MACON SMITH, b. 1797, NC.
> vi. COLEMAN SMITH, b. 1798, NC.
> vii. WILLIAM SMITH, b. 1800, NC.
> viii. JESSE SMITH, b. 1803, NC.
> ix. RANDALL SMITH, b. 1806, North Carolina; d. 1889, Fulton Co., AR.
>
> William Smith and family left North Carolina and moved to
> TN,in 1809. They traveled by covered wagon and horseback
> over the mountains and through the forests over very rough
> trails. It was so rough they had to walk most of the way.
> Mrs. Smith carried Randall the youngest, then three, much of
> the way.
> They settled in Smith County between Pleasant
> Shade and Difficult near Carthage Tenn. Some of William's
> brothers had come on before and settled in this community. The
> brothers later built the First Baptist Church in that section
> and Daniel, brother of William, was the first preacher, Randall
> as a young man worked in the church with his Uncle Daniel in
> Pleasant Shade, Tenn.
> Archibald and brother James Daniel fought with Andrew Jackson at New Orleans
> in the War of 1812. They lived not far from the Hermitage, home of Jackson
> at the
> time.
> ----------
> Randall SMITH married Sarah MITCHELL around 1825. After
> a short time they moved to Bethany in Macon County north of
> Red Boiling Springs, Tenn. (This is 20 miles north of Carthage TN)
> where he built a home, saw mill, and grist mill powered by water.
> Randall farmed, was a baptist preacher and mill wright.
>
> The children of Randall and Sarah SMITH were Polly born 1826,
> William Alien 1828, Elizabeth 1833, Sarah Ann 1835, Matilda
> 1837, James Daniel 1839, Emaline 1840, John Randall 1842,
> Lucinda 1846, Eliza 1848, Henry R.1849, Jesse Thomas 1853. All the birth
> years listed above are abouts excert Henry's.
>
> Sarah SMITH died in spring of 1863. She is
> buried at Walnut Shade about two miles from where they lived.
> All their children were born at the same place on Salt Lick
> Creek near Bethany. Randall took the younger children still at
> home and moved to Arkansas in 1870. There he married a Jemima SNEED.
> They had Miranda, George, Wilis, and Wiseman. Randall Died in 1889 Fulton
> Co. TN in 1889.
> ----------
>
> Henry R. SMITH married Elizabeth A.SWOFFORD Oct 28, 1875 in Benton IL and
> started
> his family.
> -----------
> There is a James Daniel buried in The M&OF in Benton. Is there anyway to
> check
> if it is the same James Daniel listed above??
> -----------
> Terry & Lynn Smit

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