John B Smith

Birth and Death
Birth Mar 1837 Boonville, Indiana, USA
Death 24 Feb 1922 Cumby, Hopkins, Texas, USA
Burial Cumby, Hopkins, Texas, USA
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Family
Marriage 26 Aug 1884 Hopkins, Texas
Spouse Nancy Elizabeth Laymance Aug 1850 Tennessee
Children Ludie Smith 4 Dec 1887 Texas 3 Jan 1960 Texas
Pearley A Smith Nov 1885 Texas
Lena L Smith Jan 1893 Texas

Notes

  • Cumby, Texas, Feb. 27 --- J. B. (Yank) Smith died at his residence here and was buried in the Cumby Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born in Boonville, Ind., March 1, 1837. At an early age his parents moved to Louisville, Ky., where he resided until in 1850, when he moved to Texas, but only remained a short while, going north and locating in Southern Illinois. At the outbreak of the war between the States, he enlisted in Company D of the Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry, which was recruited in Southern Illinois and was commanded by General John A. Logan. He served all during the war and was most of the time in Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1884 he moved to Hopkins County, settling near old Tarrant, and in 1884 [sic] moved to Black Jack Grove, where he has since resided. He was a familiar figure on the streets of this place for nearly forty years and will be remembered by many former citizens who now live in other part of the State. His funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. M. Cowling, pastor of the Methodist Church of this place. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, one son, and several grandchildren. He also has a brother living at New Boston, in Bowie County.
    Dallas News
    02-28-1922
    From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=smith&GSiman=1&GScid=1973307&GRid=60666070&
  • We know he was a civil war veteran from Metropolitan, Illinois, in Massac county, across the Ohio River from Paducah, KY.
    His obit says he moved to Texas in 1850 for a short time before going to Illinois.
    There is a J B Smith in the 1855 Illinois census in Massac County on page 19, family member number 8. Family member 7 is an Americus Smith. Cool name! Unforunately, this guy does not look like a relation.
    There is a John B. Smith who married a Julia A. Wood in Massac County in 29 Sep 1872. If John didn't move to Texas until 1884, could this have been his first wife?

Documents

56th Illinois Infantry Roster
John B. Smith was a corporal.
Headstone application for Veterans
John B Smith Census 1900
John Smith Death Certificate

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