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2. Martha Brooke, b. -; m. - , Walter Chermside, of England, brother of Gen. Sir Herbert Chermside, of the British army. Four children : 1. Margary; 2. Mable; 3. Juliet ; 4. Herbert.
3. Juliet Brooke, b. -; unmarried.
4. Mary Brooke, b. -; m. - , John W. Bocock.
5. Frank Brooke, b.
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6. Berkeley Brooke, b.
Fourth. Juliet Smith, 4th of Abraham, and 1st by his 2d wife Martha (McDowell) Smith, born -; m. C. C. Strayer. Two children : Henry and Ernest.
Fifth. Magdalino Smith, 5th of Abraham, and 2d by his 2d wife Martha (McDowell) Smith, b. -; m. Isaac Coff- man. Four children :
1. Samuel, b. -.
2. Frank, b. _
3. Juliet, b. -.
4. Herbert, b. -.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Second. Joseph Smith, 2d of John and Mary Jane (Hart) Smith, son of Abraham, born June 27, 1785; resided at Folly Mills, Augusta Co .; was twice married, first to Elizabeth B. Muse, 1810, born 1790, died in child-birth Nov. 17, 1810. Left a daughter, Elizabeth, born 1810; m. Robert S. Brooke as his first wife. Three children :
1. Virginia Brooke, b. -; m. D. B. B. Donaghe.
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2. Margaret Brooke, b. -; m. Thomas P. Eskridge.
3. Elizabeth Brooke, b. -; m. James C. Cochran.
Second marriage of Joseph Smith to Ann Price, born Dec. 10, 1784. She died Aug. 24, 1849. No issue ..
THIRD GENERATION.
First. Henry Smith, 2d and youngest child of Abraham and Sarah (Caldwell) Smith, born on the plantation called "Egypt ;" m. Margaret Cravens, daughter of Robert and sister to Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Smith, son of Daniel and Mar- garet (Davis) Smith. Three children ;
1. Benjamin, b. - -; settled in Kentucky. No record.
2. William, b. - -; settled in Georgia. No record.
3. Abraham b.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Third. Abraham Smith, son of Henry and Sarah (Caldwell) Smith, born -; m. Mary Scott, born 1795, died 1837. Issue, one child, a daughter, Martha, born
FIFTH GENERATION.
Martha Smith, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Scott) Smith, born -; m. Yelverton Shands. Five children :
1. Frank, b. -.
2. Yelverton, b.
3. Sally, b.
4. Mary, b.
5. William, .b.
SIXTH GENERATION.
William Shands, 5th of Telverton and Martha (Smith) Shands, born -; m. Annie Smith, a cousin, and daughter of Judge John Wms. Green Smith and sister to Mrs. J. Fred Effinger.
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SECOND GENERATION.
Daniel Smith, 2d of Capt. John and Margaret Smith, born in Ireland in 1724, came to America with his parents aged about six years ; finally settled in Augusta county, where he married Jane Harrison about 1751, born 1735, daughter of Daniel Harrison, and sister of Col. Benjamin Harrison, of Augusta county (see Harrison family.)
March 10, 1751, he purchased a tract of land on the head of Linsville Creek, adjoining the land of his father-in-law, where he built his residence later known as "Smithland," a magnificent estate in Augusta county, now Rockingham. His is said to have been the first brick house built in the Valley ; situated two miles north of Harrisonburg, Va. Smithland, the estate on which he lived and died, was pat- ented Aug. 20, 1741, by Daniel Harrison, his father-in-law. (Deed book 1, Augusta county records.)
In 1757 Col. Daniel Smith was one of the Justices for Augusta county ; was Capt. of a company under Gen. Lewis in the battle of Point Pleasant; he was a member of the Courtmartial for West Augusta district from the beginning of the French wars until Oct., 1777; on Sept. 20, 1781, he was commissioned, in the Revolutionary army, as Deputy Pur- veyor, Southern Department. As the Presiding Justice of Rockingham county, he signed the court records for the last time on Sept. 24, 1781, and left immediately for Yorktown, where he joined four of his sons, viz .: John, Daniel, Joseph, and Robert, who were in the Revolutionary army. After the return of the troops from the siege of Yorktown, Daniel Smith, then designated Colonel, summoned those from Rock- ingham, for a review to celebrate the victory ; the last act of which was the " running salute." As the troops began firing, his horse became frightened, sprang aside, spraining his rider's back and throwing him ; from which injury he died in a few days.
In 1778 Rockingham county was formed from Augusta ; tho plantations of Col. Daniel Smith being in the new county ;
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He was commissioned by the Governor one of the first Justices, the first court being organized April 27, 1778, which con- vened in his house until suitable buildings could be con- structed. He is said to have been the wealthiest man of his day in the county ; he was a member of the convention in 1775. He died in 1781, his will proven Nov. 26th of this. year, his wife, Jane (Harrison) Smith, qualified as executrix, giving bonds of £50,000; was probably buried in the old Dayton graveyard near Smithsland, where some of the early members of the family are interred ; his widow, Jane (Har- rison) Smith, died 1796; their children were twelve :
1. John Smith, b. Nov. 30, 1752.
2. Daniel Smith, b. June 25, 1754.
3. Joseph Smith, b. Feb. 9, 1756.
4. Robert Smith,
b. Nov. 28, 1757 ; died unmarried. .
5. Margaret Smith, b. Oct. 27, 1759.
No record.
6. Benjamin Smith, b. May 25, 1761.
7. Ann Smith, b. Sept. 6, 1763. No record.
8. Jane H. Smith, b. July 19, 1765 ; m. Smith Loffand. [No record.
9. Sarah Smith, . b. Oct. 13, 1767. No record.
10. Abraham Smith, b. July 23, 1770; died unmarried.
11. William Smith, b. Aug. 20, 1775.
12. James Smith, b. March 6, 1779.
From the family Bible in possession of James Smith, of St. [Paul, Minn.
THIRD GENERATION.
First. John Smith, Jr., son of Daniel and Jane (Harrison) Smith, born Nov. 30, 1752, in Augusta county ; was commis- sioned March 14, 1776, ensign in the 4th Virginia Regiment ; August, 1776, 2d lieutenant; Feb. 21, 1777, 1st lieutenant ; resigned May 26, 1778. He was again commissioned 1st lieutenant Sept. 12, 1778, and was present at the surrender of Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781. Married, -, 1776, Margaret Davis. Issue, two children of whom we have record :
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1. Margaret Reed, b. April 23, 1777.
2. Daniel, b. March 12, 1779.
FOURTH GENERATION.
First. Margaret Reed Smith, 1st of John and Margaret (Davis) Smith, born 1777; married, 1797, Alexander Herring, of Rockingham county, Va. Ten children :
1. John Smith Herring, b. in 1798; was a distinguished lawyer and a member of the Virginia State Senate ; never married ; died in Ohio.
2. Eliza Herring, b. 1800; died unmarried.
3. Martha Davis Herring, b. 1802 ; married Col. Geo. H. Chrisman.
4. Wm. Herring, b. 1804; settled in Ohio; died unmarried.
5. Alexander, b. 1806; graduated in law; settled in Ohio; died unmarried.
6. Daniel Smith Herring, b. 1808 ; graduated from West Point ; died in Florida during the Seminole War ; unmarried.
7. Margaret Davis Herring, b. 1810 ; never married ; died October, 1902.
8. Stephenson Herring, b. 1812; died on the Mississippi river, unmarried.
9. Rebecca Herring, b. 1814; died in childhood.
10. Ann Harrison Herring, b. 1816 ; m. 1st, Judge Madison McAfee, of Miss .; 2d, Wm. G. Richardson, of Ken- tucky. No issue.
[For Richardson family, see Richardsons and their Kin, by W. F. Boogher.]
Second. Daniel Smith, 2d of John and Margaret (Davis) Smith, born 1779 ; at the age of 21 years came into possession of his interest in his grandfather's estate, inherited through his father; studied law under Judge Bushrod Washington ; began the practice of his profession at his old home in Harri-
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sonburg ; was a member of both houses of the Virginia Legis- lature ; first a member of the House of Delegates in 1805; passed his life on his estate known as "Waverly," where he generously dispensed his hospitality ; was Judge of the Circuit and Supreme Courts for over forty years ; his portrait can be seen in the Court House at Harrisonburg, Va., the only one". .. the county officials will permit in the building; married, June 10, 1809, Frances Strother Duff, b. Feb. 11, 1792, d. Oct. 4, 1849. Seven children :
1. Margaret Davis Smith, b. Apr. 4, 1810.
2. Elizabeth Strother Smith, b. Mar. 16, 1814.
3. Lucius Quintus Smith, b. 1816 ; d. 1847, in Dayton,
4. Frances Evelyn Smith, b. 1819. [Ohio, unmarried.
5. Marie Antoinette Smith,. b. Sept. 18, 1827.
6. John Williams Green, b. Sept. 17, 1829.
7. Daniel Smith, Jr., b. Apr. 10, 1835; d. 1860, un-
Daniel Smith, Sr., died Nov. 8, 1850. [married.
FIFTH GENERATION.
First. Margaret Davis Smith, 1st of Judge Daniel and Frances S. (Duff) Smith, was twice married : 1st, to John Craig, in 1834. Issue, one child, a son, Robert Craig, who died 1889, unmarried. 2d marriage to M. II. Effinger, in 1845. One child, J. Fred Effinger, born May 13, 1846.
Margaret Effinger, nee Craig, nee Smith, was remarkable for her many qualities. Early in life she became the center of a brilliant and cultured company, which gathered in her father's hospitable home "Waverly ;" and during her long life, was at all times, considered one of the most brilliant and fascinating women of the state, a strong and accurate mind, combined with great kindness of heart, dignity and character.
SIXTH GENERATION.
J. Fred. Effinger, born May 13, 1846, only child of M. H. Effinger and Margaret Davis Smith, nee Craig, widow, mar-
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ried Nov. 27, 1886, Frances Strother Smith (his cousin), born March 17, 1861; daughter of Judge John Wms. Green Smith. Five children :
1. J. Fred. Effinger, Jr., b. Aug. 4, 1887 ; died in 1888.
2. Margaret Smith, b. Jan. 1, 1889 ; died in 1889.
3. Robert Craig, b. May 24, 1890.
4. Frances Smith, b. April 4, 1892.
5. Katherine Taylor, b. Aug. 16, 1896.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Second. Elizabeth Strother Smith 2d, of Judge Daniel and Frances S. (Duff), born 1814; married Judge Christopher Columbus Scott, of Arkansas, Aug. 2, 1832; he was born in Halifax county, Va., April 22, 1807, and died Jan. 13, 1859, leaving his widow surviving ; issue, nine children :
1. Daniel, b. June 4, 1833 ; died May 20, 1857,
2. Frank T., b. 1835. [unmarried.
3. Mary Frances, b. June 14, 1837.
4. Christopher C., Jr., b. 1839.
5. Elizabeth, b. 1841.
6. Robert,
b. 1844 ; died Aug., 1848.
7. Catherine, b. 1846 ; died 1864, unmarried.
8. Julia, - b. 1848.
9. Nellie, b. 1852.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Second. Frank T. Scott, born 1835, 2d of Judge Christo- pher and Elizabeth S. (Smith) Scott, married -, 1869, L. McMahon. Five children : Francis T., Jane, Christo- pher C., Francis T., and Mary Scott.
Third. Mary Frances Scott, born June 14, 1847, 3d of Judge Christopher C. and Elizabeth S. (Smith) Scott, married July 18, 1854, John W. Tobin, residence, New Orleans. Seven children :
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1. Mary H., b. Feb. 4, 1856 ; died in 1859.
2. Daniel G., b. Feb. 25, 1858 ; died in 1859.
3. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1859 ; m. Chas. P. McCann. Four children : Kate, b. 1882; Fannie Tobin, b. 1883; David C., 1884; Chas., 1887.
4. Fanny (called Jack) (girl), b. July 10, 1863 ; married -- Capt. T. H. Underwood, U. S. Army ; one child, a son, Tobin, born 1897.
5. Maude, b. July 30, 1867 ; married Leon G. Gibert ; one child, a son, Gustavus, born 1893.
6. Ellen Tobin, b. July 24, 1869; m. A. S. J. White ; two children : Maude, b. 1898 ; Ellen, b. 1899.
7. John Francis, b. June 17, 1871.
Fourth. Christopher C. Scott, Jr., born 1839; married -, Jane Toney. Three children :
1. Elizabeth, b. - -; m. Bleeker Luce, of Fort Smith, Ark.
2. Birdie, b. -; m. - , Dr. Sharpe, of St. Louis.
3. Nellie, b. -, 1883.
Fifth. Elizabeth Scott, born 1841; married Levi Gailliard ; died 1866. Issue, two children :
1. Scott, b.
No record.
2. Lillio, b. -; m.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
Second. Lillie Gailliard, born -; married, - Charles Urquhart. Residence, New Orleans. Three children :
1. Elise (or Alice), b. 1892.
2. Lillian, b. 1894.
3. Wilkins, b. 1897.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Eighth. Julia Scott, 8th of Judge Christopher and Eliza- beth S. (Smith) Scott, born 1846-8 ; married J. W. Carhart. Two children :
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1. Whitefield, b. 1876.
2. Lucia, b. -; died in infancy.
Ninth. Nellie Scott, youngest child of Judge Christopher and Elizabeth S. (Smith) Scott, born 1852; married, - , Dr. A. A. Tufts. One child, a daughter, Maude Shippen,- born 1873; died 1876.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Fourth. Frances Evelyn Smith, 4th of Judge Daniel and Frances S. (Duff) Smith, born 1819; married July 2d, 1839, Andrew Plunkett Beirne. Two children :
1. Mary Frances, b. June 15, 1840.
2. Andrew Plunkett, Jr., b. April 6, 1842.
SIXTH GENERATION.
First. Mary Frances Beirne, 1st of Andrew Plunkett and Frances E. (Smith) Beirne, born June 15, 1840; married July 9, 1861, John Marshall Kinney. Four children :
1. Nettie, b. April 12, 1863; m. Edward Harman.
2. Cabell, b. April 3, 1866; m. -, Annette Trowbridge, in 1892.
3. Evelyn, b. Aug. 12, 1872; m. John A. Renalhan.
4. Beirne Kinney, b. April 17, 1875.
Second. Andrew Plunkett Beirne, Jr., 2d of Andrew, Sr., and Frances E. (Smith) Beirne, born April 6, 1842. He was a naval cadet at Annapolis at the breaking out of the Civil War; he resigned and joined the Confederate navy in May, 1861, and served until captured at Mobile, in 1865 ; married, Dec. 19, 1867, Elizabeth Caperton. Six children :
1. Lewis Caperton, b. Oct. 1, 1868; m. Rhoda Beatty, 1902. (See Beatty Family Records, by the Pub.)
2. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 20, 1870.
3. Mary Plunkett, b. Dec. 17, 1872.
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4. Andrew Plunkett, b. Sept. 14, 1874.
5. Frances, b. Nov. 25, 1876.
6. Alice Beulah, b. Aug. 21, 1880.
Fifth. Marie Antoinette Smith, 5th of Judge Daniel and Frances S. (Duff) Smith, born Sept. 18, 1827; married, April - 29, 1847, William Henry Tams,* at "Waverley," Rockingham county, Va., the home of her father, born Dec. 8, 1824, at . Fayetteville, North Carolina, died at Rawley Springs, Va., Aug. 2, 1873. She died Feb. 1, 1902. Ten children :
1. Mary Purviance, b. July 14, 1848; d. June 10, 1849.
2. Fannie Smith, b. May 28, 1850.
3. William Purviance, b. March 11, 1852.
4. Maggie, b. July 18, 1854; d. June 4, 1856.
5. Marie Antoinette,
b. July 8, 1856.
6. Mary Carolina, b. Aug. 2, 1858; d. June 25, 1875.
7. Rosalie Beirne, b. March 21, 1860.
8. Briscoe Donaghe, b. Feb. 28, 1862; d. Jan. 14, 1889, [unmarried.
9. Florence Brownlow, b. Sept. 22, 1864; d. July 14, 1865.
10. Weightman Hanson, b. Aug. 20, 1867; m. Alice Beamer.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Third. William Purviance Tams, 3d of Wm. Henry and Marie Antoinette (Smith) Tams, born Mar. 11, 1852, in Rock- ingham county, Va. In 1853 his parents settled at Staunton, V .; here he received his early training. In 1873 he grad-
* William Tams, born March 13, 1794, was a native of Burslen, England; im- migrated to America in 1820; settled in North Carolina, where he married, in 1824, Mary Brownlow Purviance, of Fayetteville, a granddaughter of Col. Wm. Purviance, of Huguenot descent, who settled in North Carolina in 1763; was ap- pointed colonel of militia for New Hanover county 1775-6, page 365, " Revolu- tionary History of the State, by J. S. Jones." HIis only living child, William Henry Tams, born 1824, at Fayetteville, North Carolina, was a Master of Arts of Princeton College before he reached his nineteenth year; and, after graduating in law at the University of Virginia, settled in Rockingham county, Va., where he married Marie Antoinette, daughter of the distinguished jurist Judge Daniel Smith.
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uated from the Virginia Military Institute with distinction. After teaching military tactics and chemistry for one session, he returned to Staunton, and shortly thereafter entered the service of the Augusta National Bank, becoming its cashier in 1880, which position he still occupies. He has been active in municipal affairs, and is at present chairman of the city council. He married, Nov. 17, 1880, Sue Lewis Frazier, born May 19, 1859, daughter of the late Hon. William and Susan Massie Lewis Frazier, of Staunton, Va. Two children :
1. William Frazier, b. March 17, 1882. 1 Both of whom
2. William Purviance, b. May 19, 1883.
are graduates of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Seventh. Rosalie Beirne Tams, 7th of Wm. Henry and Marie Antoinette (Smith) Tams, born March 21, 1860; mar- ried, Dec. 9, 1880, Conway McNeece Whittle, son of Commo- dore William C. Whittle. Three children :
1. William Tams Whittle, b. ; died in infancy.
2. Rosalie Beirne, b. .
3. Mary Conway, b. ; died in infancy.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Sixth. John Williams Green Smith, 6th of Judge Daniel and Frances Strother (Duff) Smith, born Sept. 17, 1829; was twice married, 1st to Catherine M. Taylor, of Jefferson county, Ky., Nov. 30, 1853. Five children :
1. Marie Antoinette, b. Nov. 28, 1855 ; d. Oct. 9, 1868.
2. Annie Taylor, b. Sept. 29, 1857.
3. Frances Strother, b. March 17, 1861.
4. Catherine Taylor, b. Jan. 10, 1864.
5. Lucius Green, b. Nov. 3, 1871.
Catherine Taylor Smith died Jan. 18, 1873. The 2d mar- riage of John Williams Green Smith was on March 13, 1875, to Sarah McKeldon. One child, a son, Herbert McKeldon, born April 10, 1876.
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SIXTH GENERATION.
Second. Ann Taylor Smith, 2d of John Williams Green and Catherine (Taylor) Smith, born Sept. 29, 1857 ; was twice married : 1st, to William Shands, March 4, 1878; he died Oct. 12, 1880, leaving one child, a son, William, born May 5, 1879 ; 2d marriage of Ann Taylor Shands, to Walter New= man Peale, Feb. 4, 1891. He died Feb. 6, 1894. No children.
Third. Frances Strother Smith, 3d of John Williams Green and Catherine (Taylor) Smith, born March 17, 1861; married Nov. 27, 1886, J. Fred. Effinger, her cousin. Four children. (See Effinger record.)
Fourth. Catherine Taylor Smith, 4th of John Williams Green and Catherine (Taylor) Smith, born Jan. 10, 1864; married Feb. 27, 1889, Benjamin Gause Gregg. Three children :
1. Benjamin Gause, b. Nov. 21, 1889.
2. Lucius Smith, b. May 11, 1892.
3. Jessie Chestnut, b. Aug. 22, 1896.
Fifth. Lucius Green Smith, 5th of John Williams Green and Catherine (Taylor) Smith, born Nov. 3, 1871 ; married, June 30, 1896, Jessie Bright Dent. Their son, Garrard Dent Smith, born June 27, 1897. Jessie Bright Dent was the daughter of Marshall Mortimer Dent, of Morgantown, West Virginia, son of Dr. Marmaduke and Sarah (Price) Dent, daughter of Wm. Price, of Kingwood, West Virginia. Dr. Marmaduke Dent was the son of Capt. John Dent and Mar- garet Evans, daughter of Col. John Evans and Ann Martin, of Loudoun county, Va. Capt. John Dent * was born 1755,
* Capt. John Dent enlisted from Monongalia county, Va., April, 1777, as a private soldier, for three years, under Capt. Davis Scott, of the 13th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. John Gibson; marched to Fort Pitt, then to Fort Kittanning, where he remained two months. In the fall of 1777, as sergeant, with twelve men, marched to a point near Wheeling, where they built a fort. In the spring of 1778 was appointed lieutenant of Capt. Jacobus Sullivan's company, under Gen. MeIntosh; marched to Beaver Creek, where they built a fort. In
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in Maryland (?), and is a direct descendant of William and Elizabeth (Foulk) Dent, the immigrant. (See notes of the Dent Family by the publisher.)
Sixth. Herbert McKelden Smith, 6th and only child of John Williams Green, by his second wife, Sarah (McKeldon) Smith, born April 10, 1876; married, Feb. 1, 1898, Ida Morgan Glover. No children.
THIRD GENERATION.
Second. Daniel Smith, Jr., 2d of Colonel Daniel Smith and Jane Harrison Smith, born June 25, 1754; commanded a company at the battle of Point Pleasant, after his captain had been wounded. Of him nothing further is known.
Sixth. Benjamin Smith, 6th of Colonel Daniel and Jane (Harrison) Smith, born in Augusta county, Va., May 25, 1761; married about 1782-3, Elizabeth Cravens, born 1762, daughter of Robert. (See Cravens Family.) He was a lieuten- ant in the Revolutionary army and present at the surrender of Yorktown ; was the owner of a fine estate near Harrison- burg, about two miles from his father's place, "Smithland," and about the same distance in the opposite direction from
the fall of 1778 marched to Tuscaroah river, where they built Fort Lawrence. February, 1779, marched to Fort Pitt, where he commanded seventy-five men to harrass the Indians., In the winter of 1779-80 he returned to Fort McIntosh, where he was in command, by order of Col. Gibson, of a cavalry company in pur- suit of deserters, where he remained until November, 1780, when he resigned. On Aug. 28, 1832, he filed his declaration for a pension, stating his age at seventy- seven years; his service as ensign two months and twenty-nine days; as lieutenant, one year and nine months. He married, June, 1780, Margaret Evans, and died Sept. 20, 1840. In 1845 his widow Margaret filed her claim for a pension for the services of her husband; with which declaration was filed a copy of their family Bible, stating her marriage to Capt. John Dent as June, 1780, and the date of his death as Sept. 20, 1840. The names and births of their twelve children recorded in the following order: Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1781; John S., b. Jan. 24, 1783; George, b. Nov. 18, 1784 (d. at New Orleans July, 1805); Dudley S., b. March 1, 1787; Ann, b. May 23, 1789; Nimrod, b. June 18, 1792; Margaret Higgs, b. April 1, 1794; Enoch, b. May 21, 1796; James, b. Aug. 15, 1799; Marmaduke, b. May 25, 1801; Nancy, b. April 3, 1803; Evans, b. Feb. 28, 1808.
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Judge Daniel Smith's estate, known as "Waverley." His home was known as the Old Stone House. Wishing to free his slaves, in September, 1810, he removed with his family to Ohio, and settled near where the town of Lancaster now is. He was a man of high integrity, strong character and religious conviction. He died August 18, 1812, his wife surviving; she died Feb. 22, 1837, aged 75 years. Both were buried in the old Methodist churchyard. Their house at Lancaster was destroyed by fire in 1859, with all family records, hence the deficiency of dates, etc. Nine children :
1. John, b. 1783.
2. Ann, or Nancy,
b. 1784.
3. Robert, b. 1785.
4. Daniel, b. -.
5. Margaret, b. 1792.
6. Elizabeth, b. 1795.
7. Benjamin Harrison, b. 1797.
8. James Harrison, b. 1798.
9. Jane Harrison, b. -; died young.
FOURTH GENERATION.
First. John Smith, 1st of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cravens) Smith, born 1783, in Rockingham county, Va .; married, -, 1809, Adamena Carthae, of Rockingham county; lived in Charleston, W. Va., later in Lancaster, Ohio; served in the commissary department in the War of 1812; died from an accident in 1827. His wife Adamena was born July 28, 1783; a member of one of the oldest families of the valley of Virginia ; is said to have been a woman of remarkable beauty, devoted Christian, and universally beloved ; she died in Charleston, W. Va., June 16, 1848. Issue, four children :
1. Charles, b. 1810; was elected to Virginia State Senate in 1834 ; died in Vicksburg, Miss., before taking his seat. 2. Mary Smith, b. 1811; married, in 1834, Geo. Hudson ; died 1837, leaving a daughter, Mary, born 1835, died 1848.
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3. Elizabeth Frances Smith, b. 1819.
4. John Benjamin Smith, b. June 22, 1822, in Charleston, [W. Va.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Third. Elizabeth Frances Smith, 3d of John and Adamena (Carthae) Smith, born in 1819; married, -, William Noyes. Four children :
1. Adelbert, b. ; m. -. Res., W. Va.
2. Charles, b. -; m. -. Res., W. Va.
3. Wright, b. ; m. Res., W. Va.
4. John Smith, b. ; m. Mary McKay, an aunt of Mrs. Roger M. Smith, of Jefferson Co., Ken- tucky. Res., Louisville, Ky.
Fourth. John Benjamin Smith, 4th of John and Adamena (Carthae) Smith, born June 22, 1822 ; he passed part of his early life with his grandmother, Elizabeth Cravens Smith, at Lancaster, Ohio; returned to Charleston, W. Va., where he engaged in commercial life. In 1854 he moved permanently with his family to Louisville, where he represented the Kanawha Salt Company, and rapidly rose in prominence, becoming a merchant and financier of marked ability. In 1857 he retired from active business, later engaged in bank- ing, and was the founder of the bank of Commerce of Louis- ville, of which he was President for many years ; was vestry- man of Christ Church for twenty-seven years, of which the Rev. Dr. James Cregg (?), who performed his marriage cere- mony in Va., was rector. He was a man of simple taste, gentleness and refined manners. He married July 18, 1844, Caroline Amelia Welsh, born Feb. 16, 1827 ; d. of Levi Welsh and Catherine G. Slaughter. He died April 20, 1887, in Louisville, Ky. Had issue, five children :
1. Levi Welsh, b. - , 1845 ; died 1848.
2. Mary Cornelia, b. Feb. 9, 1848.
3. Kate Welsh, b. Sept. 13, 1850.
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4. Amelia, b. 1852; died young.
5. Roger Morris, b. Mar. 20, 1858.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Second. Mary Cornelia Smith, 2d of John Benjamin and Caroline Amelia (Welsh) Smith, born 1848 ; married June 14. .. 1871, H. D. Newcomb, of Louisville, Ky. He died Aug. 10, 1874. Two children :
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