Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: James Clarke SMITH ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, , 1998. ************************************************************************** JAMES CLARKE SMITH - is a farmer of Anthonys Creek district, owning 70 acres of good land. He has fifty acres of rich bottom land under cultivation, and the remainder is upland, well timbered with white pine, oak and sugar. He was born in Highland County, Virginia, September 14, 1851, a son of Samuel and Mary Ann (KILLINGSWORTH) SMITH, and his parents settled on Howards Creek, Greenbrier County, about twenty years ago. At Columbia Sulphur Springs, April 15, 1879, James C. SMITH was united in marriage with Maggie A. ADAMS, and their two sons were born: Everet, August 6, 1880; George Raymond, April 18, 1882. Ezekiel and Susan Keister (DEAN) ADAMS were the parents of Mrs. SMITH, and she was born in Greenbrier County, at Lewisburg, May 25, 1854. Mr. Smith's eldest brother, William M., served two years in the Confederate army during the war between the States. Mr. and Mrs. SMITH have been in the membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) for about six years. His post office address is Columbia Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974. Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, , April 1998.