Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Jedediah Smith (b. 1792-1869)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p.688


JEDEDIAH SMITH. 

Jedediah Smith. The subject of this sketch was born in Guilford county, North Carolina,
in the year 1792. He was married in his native state in 1819, to Miss Jane Close, the
daughter of Joseph and Susan Close, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. Smith was born in
Guilford county, North Carolina, October 20, 1802. During the war of 1812, Mr. Smith
served in the North Carolina militia. He emigrated to Missouri and settled in Ray county
in the year 1838, and engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became
the parents of the following named children: John Calvin, Joseph Addison, Susan Ann,
William Washington, and Margaret E. J. Mr. Smith was an elder in the O. S. Presbyterian
Church for many years. He died in September, 1869. He was a highly respected citizen and
a devout and active Christian. Mrs. Smith is yet living on the old homestead.?


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