My Genealogy Hound

George J. Smith was born in what is now Nevada County, Ark., in 1846, being a son of Capt. Thomas C. and Emma C. (Fowlkes) Smith, a short history of whom is given in the sketch of Thomas C. Smith, Jr. George J. was educated in the common schools of his native county, and was reared to a farm life. He was married, in 1879, to Miss Jennie, a daughter of Frederick and Lucia Benson, her birth occurring one-half mile from where she now lives. They have an interesting family of three children, and since his marriage Mr. Smith has lived on his present farm of 265 acres, of which he is a joint owner with his brother, W. A. Being a Democrat, he cast his first presidential vote for Seymour in 1868, and he, as well as his wife, is an earnest member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Smith’s father and mother were born in Orange County, N. C., but were married in Hempstead County, Ark., the former dying in Memphis, Tenn., during the war, having been a soldier in the Confederate army. His wife came with her father, Samuel Kirkpatrick, to Dallas County, Ark., and there she is now living, the wife of William M. Thompson. William A. Smith, who is a joint owner of the above mentioned farm, is one of the industrious and successful agriculturists of this region, and was born on the old home farm, in Ozark Township, in 1860, receiving his scholastic training in the schools of Washington. Like his brother, and his father before him, he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Cleveland in 1884.