Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: Samuel J. 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. ************************************************************************** SAMUEL J. SMITH -- was born in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1839, and was married in that State and county, October 25 1858. His wife is Parmelia F. SMITH, born in Louisa County in 1839, and the three living children of their union are: N. F., born January 9 1861; and F. B., born May 18, 1866; J. I., born October 27 1874. Laura M., born August 30, 1859, now deceased was the first born of five children of Mr. and Mrs. SMITH. Robert K. and Elvira T. (GIBSON) SMITH, parents of Samuel J., were Virginians, his fathers born in Hanover County in 1800 and his mother in Louisa County in 1806. His father died in the last-named county in 1876. His mother is still a resident of that county. James C. SMITH, born in King and Queen County, Virginia, August 16, 1800 and Adelia M. (HOPKINS) SMITH, born in Caroline County, Virginia, March 22 1801, were the parents of Mrs. SMITH. Both died in Louisa County, Virginia, her father in 1864, and her mother in 1872. Samuel J. SMITH was four years captain in the Louisa County militia, 1857-60. He entered the Confederate service during the war between the States, and was three years a member of the 56th Virginia Infantry. His brother served in the same army, under "Stonewall" Jackson and was killed but a short time before that lamented general fell, in the fight near Fredericksburg, in 1863. In 1876, Samuel J. SMITH came to Greenbrier County, and is established in a general mercantile business at Lewisburg, which is his place of residence and post office address. 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.