Biography of Jones Smith 1833-1870 Troup County, GA SMITH, (Capt.) Jones P., Troop County, GA., then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section Date: 28 Oct 1998 CAPTAIN JONES P. SMITH, OPELOUSAS.--Captain Smith was born in Troop county, Georgia, February 15, 1833. He is the son of Simon and Sarah (Persons) Smith, both natives of Georgia. They were married in this State, and removed to Alabama in 1847. Simon Smith was a farmer by occupation. He died in Alabama in 1870, his wife surviving him until 1883. The subject of our sketch was reared and received his education in the respective States in which his parents resided. He removed to Louisiana in 1853, and located in Claiborne parish, where he remained until the breaking out of the war. At its beginning he enlisted as a private in Company B, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, and in the organization of the company he was elected its captain. He participated in the battles at Belmont, Missouri; Shiloh, Corinth, Mississippi, and Vicksburg, and was with Hood in his Tennessee campaign. He served until the close of the war, and was with General Hood in South Carolina at the time of the surrender. When the war closed Captain Smith returned to his home in Claiborne parish and devoted himself to his plantation interests. He removed to St. Landry parish in 1867, where he now owns thirteen hundred acres of land, nine hundred acres of which are under cultivation, chiefly in cotton and corn. Captain Smith was married in 1858 to Mattie E. Boring, daughter of Joseph and Sicily (Wafer) Boring. To them was born one son--Theo. S., who is now practising medicine in Acadia parish. Mrs. Smith died in 1859, at Homer, Louisiana. The Captain subsequently married Laura A. Sassiter. She died in 1884. Captain Smith has been a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity since 1854. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 76. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mike Miller mike_m@deq.la.state.us ====================================================================