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GEN #1:
Joseph Josiah Smith m. Mary Ann LNU
Joseph Josiah Smith was born in 1799
in Mecklenburg County, NC. By the 1860 census
he was a resident of Griggs, Van Buren, AR. Josiah
married Mary Ann whose last name
may have been Glearin. Mary Ann was supposedly born in
NC also in 1806, 7 years junior to
Josiah.
Mary Ann died on the 3rd of January in 1891 in Cumberland
County, TN.
The 1850 Census
for Red River AR taken on October 30th in Van Buren, AR lists
Josiah, a farmer, as 50. Their
children are Maryann
Smith 20 (born 1830) in Georgia. James C. Smith age
17 and a laborer (born about 1833) and James' wife, Mary Martha
Smith also 17; William Smith 14 (born about 1836); Paralee Smith
9 (born about 1841); and
Litha or Letha Ann Smith 7 (born about 1842/43) The
value of their real estate was $301. Maryann was born in
Georgia; the other children in TN .
The 1860 Census
for Griggs, Van Buren County, AR lists Josiah Smith as 60.
He is a farmer with property worth $1400 and personal property
valued at $1080. He was born in NC.
His daughter Maryann,
32 and this time born in NC, is still living at
home. Also in the home are: daughter Letha Ann
age 14 (10 years before she was 7!);
Catherine Christopher age 6 born about
1854;
Margaretta Christopher, age 4 (born about 1856), and William Christopher, age 36
(born about 1824),
a laborer.
NOTE: WILLIAM
CHRISTOPHER IS THE 5TH GREAT GRAND UNCLE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN.
NOTE:
William Christopher was married (1) to ____________ and
married (2) to Louisiana Ragsdale Smith (widow). By
his first marriage William had Margaretta and Catherine as
two known daughters. Catherine grew up to marry Thomas
Cail on 9 March 1872 per the marriage index of Arkansas for
the various counties.
1860 Census:
Living with Josiah Smith
William Christopher age 36 (b 1824)
m.
Louisiana Ragsdale about _______
His 2 children are Catherine Christopher born 1854 and
Margaretta Christopher born 1856
Josiah Smith Death Aug.
16, 1869 in Van
Buren Co. AR
If he married a Mary Ann
Parks of Rhea County, TN he did so on May 10, 1826
Joseph Josiah Smith and
his wife Mary Ann had the following 6 children:
1) Anderson Booker "A B" Smith
*See Generation #2 b.
1828 in Henderson, TN; died on 11 Oct
1862 in the Civil War.
2) Mary Ann Smith
was born in 1830 in
Georgia or NC.
3) James C Smith
b.1833 Henderson, TN. Married
Mary
Ann Martha
Polk.
To her nieces and nephews she was known as "Aunt
Pop".
Children of James C. and Mary Ann Martha Polk Smith
were:
Elizabeth Jenny Smith
was born in 1853 in
AR.
Following
the death of her Aunt Letha, Elizabeth Jenny Smith, married
Letha's widower, Charles Thomas Williams
Sally M Smith
was born in 1855 in Van
Buren County, AR.
Josiah W. Smith
was born in 1857 in Van
Buren County, AR.
Charles Smith
was born in 1858 in Van
Buren County, AR
James Smith was born in 1863 in Van Buren County, AR
4) William Smith
was born in 1836 in
Henderson, TN.
5) Paralee or Pairlee Smith
was born in 1841 in
Henderson, TN.
6) Letha Ann Smith
was born in 1842 in Henderson, TN and she
married Charles Thomas Williams (1842-1900).
Charles was married first to Letha. They had the following
children:
Josiah A. Williams
was born in 1868 in
AR and died 1951 at 83.
James Thomas Williams
was born in 6/9/1869 in
Pee Dee AR; d. 9/27/1954 at age85.
Daniel Andrew Williams
was born in 1872 in
AR.
Samuel A. Williams born 1872 in AR.
Marinda Pairlee Williams
was born in 1874 in
AR; d. 1927 at age 53.
Martha L Williams
was born in 1876 in AR; d.
8/30/1911 at age 35.
Nancy A Williams
was born in
18 May 1878 in AR; died. Oct 26, 1926 at age 48.
William Garfield Williams born
31 May 1881 in Van Buren AR; d. June 15, 1962 at age 81.
Rebecca Emma Williams b 22 Oct 1884; died July
11, 1954 at age 69.
Following the death of Letha in 1884 (following birth of
Rebecca?), Charles Thomas Williams married Letha's
niece, daughter of Letha's brother James C. Smith, (2) Elizabeth
Jenny Smith on June 5, 1888 when he was 45 and Elizabeth
Jenny was about 35 . They had
one child, a boy, Charles C. Williams born Feb. 14, 1889 and
died 22 Aug 1914. Charles Thomas Williams died at 57
on Feb. 8, 1900 in
Choctaw, AR.
 GEN
#2:
Anderson Booker
Smith m. Louisa Ann "Louisana" Ragsdale
MARRIAGE 1947 (HER FIRST MARRIAGE)
Anderson Booker "A B"
Smith
was born in 1828 in Henderson, TN.
He
died in the Civil War in 1862. Anderson was a Third Sgt who
enlisted
at Clinton, AR on January 22, 1862 at age 35. He was absent
from the regiment due to illness and was reduced to Private.
He died in the latter part of 1862. He was buried in
Nashville National Cemetery, TN in Grave A 4479 on October 11, 1862.
His wife, Louisa Ann "Louisana" Ragsdale
was born
in 1827 in TN. She died in 1894 in Van Buren County, AR.
CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF ANDERSON BOOKER SMITH:
Anderson Booker "A B"
Smith and Louisa Ann "Louisana" Ragsdale had the following
children:
1) Mary J Smith
was born in 1847 in TN.
(FAMILY
MOVED TO VAN BUREN COUNTY, AR
BETWEEN 1847 AND 1849 BIRTHS.)
2) Martha Ann Emaline Smith
was born in 1849 in
Van Buren County, AR.
3) Josiah Abner Smith
was born in 5/3/1851 in Van Buren County, AR. He died
1/31/1928. He married Sarah Marinda Smith (cousin?).
They have five known children.
 
4)
William Rice Smith
was born on 6 Mar 1854 in
Griggs, Van Buren
 County, AR. He
married Rebecca Jane
"Becky" Swafford on 07 Dec 1884 in Van Buren County,
AR. He died in July 27, 1897 in AR.
Becky was 17 when they married (born 11/28/1867) and
he was 30. She died April 12, 1896.
Their wedding was on 7 Dec 1884.
From Ancestry: "By
this time Rice Smith had lost his wife to gangrene
of the intestines which left him with a young son,
Willie, and two girls, Lucy and Mandy. He tried to
keep up with the home and do his farming as well.
The next summer he walked with Willie the three or
four miles to Bob Jennings home [Sallie Ann
Jennings' brother]. He said, “Bob, I am
going to die very soon. Will you take Willie and let
him live with you?” Bob said, “Sure Rice.” He left
Willie and walked back home to the two little girls,
Lucy and Mandy. It was only after a few days when he
took both girls to their grandmother, Mrs. Swafford,
so they could have a good home. It was only one
month later when Rice died with some type of a
stomach problem.
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Bastard of the Ozarks Author: Festus
Lane Smith Copyright December 1990 Lucky Russell
Productions Used with permission of family"
Their
graves are located at Hunter Hill Cemetery in
Clinton, AR and inscribed
"Beloved Parents and
Devoted Christians". 
Wm. Rice Smith and wife Becky
Swafford Smith
William Rice Smith and Rebecca Jane "Becky"
Swafford had the following three known children:
i.
William "Willie" Powderly SMITH
was born
on 13 Dec 1886 in Clinton, Van Buren, AR. He
"married"
Sallie Ann JENNINGS about 13 Sep 1911 in Van Buren
County, AR. Actual marriage did not happen tho' license obtained.
He died on 02 Apr 1981 in Little Rock, Pulaski, AR.
Sallie Ann JENNINGS
was born on 02 Nov 1883 in
Choctaw, Van Buren, AR. She died on 30 Jan 1976 in
Oklahoma as Mrs. Thomas following her marriage to John
Sherman Thomas. William Powderly Smith or Willie was the
young son who went to live with his "future wife"
Sallie's brother in the story above, Robert Lee "
Bob" Jennings.
Sallie Ann Jennings:
WWI Registration Card:
William Powderly
Smith and Sallie Ann Jennings had 1 known child:
Festus Lane SMITH
was born on 22 Mar 1911 in
Choctaw, Van Buren, AR. He married
Florence
Lillian Gibson on 22 Dec 1934 in Tahlequah, Cherokee, OK. He
died on 21 Feb 1994 in Searcy, White, AR.
Festus
Lane SMITH and Florence Lillian Gibson were married on 22
Dec 1934 in Tahlequah, Cherokee, OK. They had the following
children:
Doris Nadine SMITH and
Marcella Faye SMITH (a nun).
 
×Festus and Lillian
Gibson Smith
Following the death of William Powderly
Smith, Sallie Ann Jennings married
John Sherman Thomas:
5) James B Smith
was born in 1857 in Van
Buren County, AR.
6) Elizabeth Jane Smith
was born in 1859 in Van
Buren County, AR.
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER may have MARRIED LOUISA
ANN "LOUISIANA" RAGSDALE SMITH (widow of Anderson Booker
Smith). Appears he "adopted" ELIZABETH JANE SMITH as
his daughter ELIZABETH JANE CHRISTOPHER:
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