1888 Biography of Elder William P. Smith (1827 - 1883), Union Parish Louisiana Submitted by: T. D. Hudson Date of Submission: 11/2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== ================================================================================== 1888 Biography of Elder William P. Smith, Union Parish Louisiana From "A History of the Baptists of Louisiana From The Earliest Times to the Present", by Rev. W. E. Paxton, C. R. Barnes Publishing Co., St. Louis, 1888. ================================================================================== ================================================================================== [pages 607] ELDER W. P. SMITH --- Was born in Henry County, Georgia, January 20, 1827. He was baptized in 1851, by Eld. William Stevens, into the fellowship of Indian Church. He came to Louisiana in 1856, and settled in Union Parish. He began to preach in 1869, and was ordained in 1870, by Elders D. L. Hicks and J. Milner. He has supplied the following churches: Pisgah, Shiloh, Mount Olive and Bethel in Union Parish; Mineral Springs and Fellowship, Lincoln Parish, and Hebron, in Claiborne Parish. He is an acceptable preacher and enjoys the confidence of his brethren in the fullest degree. He resides near Shiloh, Union Parish. ================================================================================== ================================================================================== NOTE: Elder William P. Smith died on 25 August 1883 and was buried in the Shiloh Cemetery. The side of his tombstone marker reads: "Baptized into the fellowship of Indian Creek Baptist Church in Henry County, GA 9-26-1851. Ordained to the gospel ministry by the Shiloh Baptist Church 10-31-1870" ############################################################# File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/bios/smith-william-p.txt