SMITH, Thomas - Died at the residence of Mr. Henry Mullins, Richland, Washington County, Ark., on the 3d of Aug. 1870, Mr. Thomas Smith. Mr. Smith, an old and respected citizen of our county, was a native of North Carolina, emigrating to Tennessee in his early boyhood and from there to this state. He was one of the pioneers of Arkansas. There is probably no man living who was here to welcome his arrival in this county. He found this an unbroken forest but was spared to a long and useful life, to reap an abundant harvest, to see broad fields spread themselves across his fertile acres and the country around him grown into prosperity and influence. Bur few are spared to so ripe an age; he lived to see three generations "rise up and call him blessed." How long a life his wast days lengthening into weeks, weeks into months, months into years and years had eighty-six times counted their seedtime and harvest between his cradle and his grave. His body has been laid to sleep beneath the shadow of a church which was the fruits of his generosity and public spirit. [Fayetteville Democrat 9/10/70]