REV. STEPHEN SMITH Loretta, LA ** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin published in 1891; page 197. Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore REV. STEPHEN SMITH, Loretta.- Rev. Stephen Smith is a native -of Mississippi. His father and mother are both natives of the same State. They are both living and reside with the subject. Rev. Stephen Smith is one of a family of six children, five boys and one girl. He removed to Louisiana when young, where he received his principal education. Rev. Smith, aside from his ministerial duties, superintends, the operation of a farm at this place. He is a minister of the primitive Baptist persuasion. He was married in 1881 to Miss Martha Miller. They are the parents of four children.