Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Margaret Smith, Wright 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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Mrs. Margaret Smith, widow of Henry Smith, of Pleasant Valley Township,
Wright County, Mo., was born in Roane County, E. Tenn., in 1826.  She
is a daughter of Daniel and Jane (Mattox) White, the father having 
lived all his life in Tennessee, where he was engaged in farming. After
his death his widow with her six children came to Missouri.  Margaret
Smith grew to womanhood in Tenn., and was married there, in October,
1851, to Henry Smith, who was a native of the "Old North State," born
in 1824.  He was taken by his people to Tennessee when a boy, and there
grew to manhood.  While a young man he served in the Mexican War, and
after his return he and Mrs. Smith were married, came to Missouri in
1852, and located in Webster County, but at the end of two years came
to Wright County, and located on their present farm.  Mr. Smith entered
the Union army, Company B, First Missouri Cavalry, and served about 
three years.  His health at this time became very much impaired, but he
has never applied for a pension.  After his return home he was engaged
in farming until his death, in 1880.  He left a valuable 500 acre 
upland and bottom farm, which is still in possession of the family,
with the exception of twenty-seven acres, which were sold for $50 per
acre.  Mrs. Smith became the mother of six children, five of whom are
living: Eliza, wife of John A. Hensley, Houston; Hulda E., wife of 
Gid. M. Hensley; William J. and Samuel Lafayette.  Her oldest child,
Alexander, was bortn in 1852 and died in 1881, leaving a wife and three
children.  The family attend the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Smith was a
Republican in politics.
 
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