Clinton-Marion County IN Archives Biographies.....Smith, Thomas Jefferson 1844 - 
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THOMAS JEFFERSON SMITH, who was commissioned postmaster, for Frankfort, on the
9th day of May, 1894, is one of the best known citizens of Clinton county, was
born in the city of Indianapolis, Ind., April 30, 1844, and is a son of George
and Eva (Ward) Smith, Virginians by birth, and of Scotch ancestory. The mother
died when Mr. Smith was a child, and in the year 1853 his father, then a
widower, removed to Clinton county, Ind., and settled in Center township. Here,
with his father, Mr. Smith made his home until seventeen years old, and at this
age he enlisted, July 3, 1861, in company E, Twentieth Indiana infantry, and
re-enlisted in December, 1863, as a veteran of the same company. He served
throughout the entire war, being mustered out on the 30th day of June, 1865. Mr.
Smith participated in the engagements at Yorktown, Williamsburg, and the seven
days' fight in front of Richmond, Va.; Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Culpeper, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North
Ann River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and was at the surrender at Appomattox. He
was wounded three times; first at Chancellorsville, where he received a wound in
the breast from a minie ball; at North Ann River, he received a shell wound in
the side, and at Petersburg, a minie ball struck him in the right leg.

   Mr. Smith is a prominent member of the G. A. R., being a comrade of Stone
River post, No. 65. After his discharge from the army, Mr. Smith returned to
Clinton county, and accepted a clerkship in a mercantile establishment at
Frankfort. Two years later he accepted a clerkship with another mercantile firm,
with which he remained for eight years. In 1875, he and Mr. W. J. E. Morris,
under the firm name of W. J. E. Morris & Co., embarked in the lumber business,
at Frankfort.

One year later Mr. Smith withdrew, and for one year held a clerkship in the
store of J. H. Paris. In politics he has always been a stanch democrat. In 1878
he was elected coroner for Clinton county and on the death of the sheriff, W. A.
Brandon, Mr. Smith acted as sheriff a short time by virtue of his office. He
then became deputy clerk of Clinton county, serving as such for eighteen months,
and his next employment was in the clothing store of S. A. Hoover, for four
years. In 1885 he again entered the employment of J. H. Paris, as manager of the
cloak and carpet department, which position he held until he became postmaster.

   He is a prominent member of the Masonic order, being a thirty-second degree
Mason. He also belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the Improved Order of Red Men,
having filled all the chairs in the two former orders, and in the Order of Red
Men he has twice served as chief of records of the great council of the state of
Indiana and three times as representative to the great council of the United
States from Indiana.

   Mr. Smith has been twice married. In March, 1866, he was united with Caroline
Armstrong, who died in January, 1867. In October, 1871, he was married to Miss
Agnes Morrison, daughter of the late John Morrison and his wife, Jane (Skidmore)
Morrison, and this union has been blessed by the birth of the following named
children: Guy B., Clare M., and Max.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF
BOONE, CLINTON and HENDRICKS COUNTIES, IND.,
CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS OF INDIANA.
CHICAGO: A. W. BOWEN & CO.
1895.


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