General Information

Birth
17 DEC 1839
Cincinnati, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
6 FEB 1925
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Old Union Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

SMITH, James Payne of Summers, Arkansas was born December 17, 1839 at Cincinnati, Washington County, Arkansas, son of James Smith and Rebekah Odell of Overton County, Tennessee. Subject was a Democrat, Presbyterian and a Mason. He served with Company E, 17th Arkansas Infantry, T.W. Thomason, Captain, Col. John Griffith and he served three years. He married Jane Gibson, daughter of William and Eliza Gibson, in June 1866. The children are: Mrs. Nora Cline, Ruby, Oklahoma; William Smith, Fowler, Colorado; Ellen Smith, Summers, Arkansas; Mrs. Sallie Barnes, Summers, Arkansas; Frank Smith, Barbara Smith (deceased), J Gilbert Smith and Kate Smith, all residing in Summers, Arkansas. [1911 Arkansas Confederate Census]

James P. Smith filed Veteran Application #13852 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 11, 1913, citing service with Company E, 17thArkansas Infantry from 1861 thru 1865. Mr. Smith died February 6, 1925, His wife filed Widow Application #13852 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed August 10, 1925 at the State. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]

Parents

James Smith
- Father
Birth
ABT 1800
Rebekah Odell
- Mother
Birth
ABT 1803

Spouse

Jane Gibson
- Wife
1847 - 1926
Birth
9 AUG 1847
Married
JUN 1866
Death
22 FEB 1926
Burial
Old Union Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Ellen Dora Smith
- Daughter
1872 - 1957
Birth
10 OCT 1872
Death
26 FEB 1957
Jannie Kate Smith
- Daughter
1889 - 1970
Birth
27 AUG 1889
Death
19 MAY 1970
Burial
Old Union Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
James Franklin "Frank" "Sandy" Smith
- Son
1877 - 1926
Birth
3 SEP 1877
Death
10 SEP 1926
Barbara M. Smith
- Daughter
Birth
11 JUL 1880
Gilbert Ross Smith
- Son
1886 - 1935
Birth
21 JUN 1886
Death
21 MAY 1935
Burial
Old Union Cemetery, Washington County, Cincinnati, Arkansas
Joel Harrell "Joe" Smith
- Son
1883 - 1963
Birth
22 JUN 1883
Cincinnati, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
30 APR 1963
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Old Union Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Nora Smith
- Daughter
1867 - 1935
Birth
7 JUL 1867
Death
13 MAR 1935
Sallie Smith
- Daughter
1875 - 1929
Birth
2 APR 1875
Death
3 JAN 1929
Burial
Old Union Cemetery, Washington County, Cincinnati, Arkansas