Biographical Sketch of George Smith, Laclede County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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George Smith.  Prominent among the enterprising and successful farmers
of Laclede county, and among those deserving special recognition for
their long residence in this county, stands the name of the above men-
tioned gentleman, who was born in Wilson county, Tenn., July 8, 1825,
and is the son of William H. and Lucy W. (Piercy) Smith, natives of
Maryland and Virginia, respectively.  William H. was born in 1800, and
came to Georgia with his parents when a child.  They soon after moved
to Tennessee.  He was the eldest of three children, and attained his
growth in Tennessee, where he was married in 1820.  In 1838 he and 
family moved to Missouri, and lived in different counties for some
time, but finally settled in Laclede county, Mo., within a mile and a
half of where his son George now lives.  Here he died in 1877.  He led
a quiet life, and was a good citizen.  His wife, Mrs. Lucy (Piercy)
Smith, was born in 1805, and was the daughter of Baswell and Sophia
(Woodard) Piercy, natives of Virginia, who came to Tennessee when Mrs.
Smith was a small child.  They moved to Missouri about the same time
the Smith family moved to this state.  Mr. Piercy died in 1853, and 
Mrs. Piercy in 1855.  They had four children: Jack, Frank, Martha and
Lucy, all deceased but the last named, the mother of our subject, who
is still living with her children: George, William B. and Mary (Wood-
ard).  One child, Jack, is deceased.  Mrs. Lucy Smith is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and has enjoyed good health
until within the last five years.  George Smith, subject of this 
sketch, received a rather limited education in the old subscription
schools of early times, and at the age of twenty-eight started out for
himself.  He located on the place where he now lives, and here remain-
ed until 1885, when he returned to his former place, and there he has
since resided.  He was married to Miss Anna Craddock, daughter of 
Edmond and Elizabeth Craddock, both natives of Virginia.  Her father
died in 1855, and the mother in 1886.  Of their fourteen children,
Anna was the sixth child in order of birth.  She is now living, and is
the mother of eight children, one now living, James H., who is the
youngest of this family.  Four of these children died in infancy; 
Ellen, died when eight years old; William, choked to death at the age 
of two years; Geroge, died at the age of eleven months.  James H. was
born in 1862, and is now living with his parents.  He was educated in
the common schools and at Lebanon, and is a promising young man.  Mr.
Smith has been an invalid for over twenty years, and all the business
is done by his son, James H.  He is a Democrat in politics, and his 
wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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