MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Thomas M. Smith
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THOMAS M. SMITH, farmer, is a son of Thomas S. and Lucinda (Blackwell)
Smith, natives, respectively, of Virginia and Kentucky.  They were married
in Williamson County, Tenn., whither they immigrated when children.  The
father had been married previous to his union with Miss
Blackwell, and by that union had one child, Merritt.  By the second
marriage he became the
father of four children:  Thomas M., Emeline F. (deceased), Susan A. and
Sarah C.  The father was a tiller of the soil, and quite a successful one
at that.  He died in 1843 and the mother followed in 1880.  Our subject was
born November 24, 1835, in Davidson County, Tenn., where his father had
moved for a few years, to superintend a farm.  His education was rather
limited, but not enough to prevent him from having sufficient knowledge for
all practical purposes.  He farmed for his mother till 1879, when
they  bought the farm where he now lives.  In 1861 he enlisted in Capt.
Alexander's independent company, and after a year's service joined the
Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate Army.  He served all through the war
without receiving a wound or being taken prisoner.  Since that time he has
been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and at the present has a farm of 235
acres.  He is a democrat in politics and has been a
resident of this county for thirty-two years, and is considered an honest,
upright citizen.

Surnames: Blackwell, Smith
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."