Wayne-Randolph-Boone County IN Archives Biographies.....Smith, Thompson December 26, 1822 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Green Township
p. 488 & 489

Thompson Smith, eldest son of James and Mary (Massey) Smith, was born Dec. 26, 
1822, in Randolph County, Ind. He was educated at the Winchester Seminary, in 
his native county, and was an assistant teacher there a portion of two years, 
at the same time reading law with a view of entering that profession, but 
after completing his studies he taught school for five years. He was married 
in February, 1847, to Elizabeth A., daughter of James and Amy (Jeffrey) 
Britain, who was reared in New Jersey, but came to Wayne County in 1820. Mr. 
and Mrs. Smith have had four children, of whom only one survives---Mary A., 
wife of O. G. Davis, of Williamsburg. James H., William and Sarah J. are 
deceased. Mr. Smith, after his marriage, purchased a farm in Randolph County, 
which he sold in 1849, and the following two years taught school at Economy, 
Wayne County. In the spring of 1850 he purchased the farm where he has since 
successfully fol1owed agricultural pursuits. He owns a fine farm of 260 acres, 
a fine residence and one of the most commodious barns in the township. He has 
served his township as Clerk a number of years, and was Justice of the Peace 
twelve years. He affiliates with the Greenback party in polities. His wife 
died June 7, 1860, and he was again married, April 14, 1871 to Mrs. Frances 
Crane, of Boone County, Ind. They have no children. Mr. Smith's grandparents, 
Eleazer and Ruth (Davis) Smith, were natives of North Carolina, and his father 
was born in that State, Davidson County, Jan. 6, 1798. They removed to Wayne 
County in 1818, where our subject's father was married. His children living 
are---Thompson, Rachel, Martha and Mary. Ruth, William M., Oliver and Henry 
are deceased. Their mother died Nov. 12, 1839, and the father was married to 
Mary Willburn, of Kentucky, by whom he had two children----Eleazer and Oliver 
H. (deceased). In 1855 he moved to Warwick County, Ind., where his wife died 
in 1870, and May 24, 1871, Mr. Smith died at the residence of his daughter 
Mary, in Jasper County, Ill. He was buried in Concord Cemetery, Wayne County, 
by the remains of his first wife.

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