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Below is a family biography included in The History of East Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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W. H. Smith, a merchant at Oak Grove, was born in Jefferson County Tenn., March 2, 1852, the son of John and C. C. (Baer) Smith, the former born in Kentucky, November 15, 1820. Moses and Parthenia (Miller) Smith were the grandparents; Thomas, the next ancestor back, a native of Tennessee. Moses was a farmer, and moved to Kentucky about 1819, but returned to Grainger County, Tenn., in 1825. John, the father, was reared on the farm, and educated in the schools of Grainger County and in Jefferson College., He married in 1847, and his wife was born near Dandridge in 1830. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received a good education at Dandridge, and then after a year’s farming, operated a saw mill for eight years. He then purchased a farm, and also engaged in merchandising at Oak Grove, and is succeeding in all three at present. He is school commissioner of his district. October 4, 1876, he married Julia, a daughter of Hyman Mitchell, who was born in Jefferson County April 21, 1856. Five of their six children are living: Jessie P., Jennie L., Lucy, Frank N., Rosie and Carrie. He and his wife are Baptists.
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