RECORD OF THE POSTERITY 0 F SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH AND CAROLINE MOONEY SMITH AND MARY ELLEN BATMAN SMITH COMPILED BY THE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF SA!\/1UEL H & CAROLINE M SMITH ALTA ALLDREDGE DAYTON GRATEFUL APPRECIATION IS EXTEN~~D TO ALL WHO ASSISTED AND COOPERATED IN MAKING AVAILABLE, NECESSARY INFOFM.l.TION FOR THIS BOOK. OCTOBER 1957 ****** FAMILY RECORD OF SAMUEL H SMITH OF THE OZARKS ALTA A. DAYTON, the Compiler, and LELA.ND M. DAYTON, who gave valuable assistance in making this volume possible. DedtColeci to f/2e ZJ escenclanl:s. of Sq;-nt:iel Jla/ltJ'rJ/J J'ra I I17 ********* DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH AUUUST 1957 Children Grand G·Grand Total Living Children Children Descendants Children Richard G 10 22 103 2 Aretta Jane 10 47 345 l c:iarinda M 8 20 89 1 J K Polk 9 40 237 4 John B 2 l 4 0 Thomas L 8 Z5 103 6 M Caroline 8 47 246 1 D Webster 7 7 33 2 A Jaclcson 12 46 228 8 Alsie 3 10 57 l William 1 Total 11 85 265 1446 26 Abreviations and Symbols used in this book **** indicates children of Samuel Harrison Smith underline, indicates grand Children of Samuel H Smith ~-dau abbreviation for daughter md abbreviation for married bap abbreviation for baptism End abbreviation for Endowment *********** Mou111tai1w Vieu,, .Missouri Main Street • Jacks Fork rh·er i· here fishing and float trips abound, always a fishing hole handy for a few free hours. SPRING at the forks or JACKS FORK Rrv~ Scl!ne on picturesque Eleven Points River near Thoma sv i 11 e :.:o ;.'im R Smith Slain here 'w - _!," __ . t..6:,-=:~ ·~·..... ~ ---~• ~,...;;..;.;,r;,; Fiocrir.g )HJ. har:~wo·>d oak flo'.)ring grow.ng in:!u. try. emplt•ying o·. er 2JO men TT _.._.'' '.~· • . , w 'N f} A TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL H SMITH Many years have long since fled Since this good man trod earth, But we his loved descendants pause In honor of his birth. To him and his two cherished wives, As angels by his side, In settling mid-America We look to them with pride. They stood for honor and purpose high They and their children ten. They plowed and toiled and felled the trees, Each night praised God again. They stood for right and with their might They pioneered the land, Their price was high--for some 'twas ndie'• Fighting life with Christian hand. And now you descendants in this book, What pioneers are you-- Will you build great as those before, ~ill you build strong and true? Work with zeal, have faith in God, Accept the challenge of this age, Your sacrea trust: let those unborn Enjoy your rich heritage. Helen Alldredge. mue SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, Worthy, Loyal, Revered Pioneer of the now famous Ozark Mountains, was born about 1814 in Oregon County Missouri. Most of his early life was spent near Thomasville, Oregon County Missouri, where he learned what it meant to be a real pioneer~ and to reclaim and settle that thickly timbered, mpuntainous region. Wild animals roamed constantly in the forest as well as- the savage Indians in the territor,y. He worked-and labored long and vigorously in assisting his fat-her to establish a permanent homeo It is lmawn that Samuel helped survey the Batesville and Jefferson Cjty St"lte Roa.d. Samuel .Harrison Smith's grandfather WILLIAM R SMITH was a pioneer, frontiersman and explorer. He was born in South Carolina about 1713. With his wife and I two sons, Richard D Grimes Smith, ~nd Jo~..n Sm~th, of which we have record, turned their faces westward and went to the young and sparsely settled State of Ken.­ tucky., Here they stayed for sometime at a settlement lmown as Slaughtersville Kentucky. The urge to exp­ lore and to improve tneir conditions was uppermost in their thoughtss and so they started west again. They crossed the Mississippi River at a point called Old Jackson, near the ?resent city of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Here they st.ayed two years. In 1814 they finally made a permanent se-:tlement on Barren Fork mi Elevenpoints-' River near Thomasville Missouri$They were rugged pio-· neers~ who made their log homes in the mountainous Ozark Hillso Their supply of meat was plentiful, for in the woods nearby could be found elk~ deer~ bears 1 and wild turkeyo There was great need to protect and guard themselves from the numerous Indians w~o roamed through that section of the territory as well as from the wild animals~ wolves, bears, pan~hers, and many types of snakes. WILLIAM R SMITH went on a hunting trip with his sons and several other settlers. They camped at what is 2 now known as Cold Springs where the two prongs of the Jack's Fork River combine in Shannon County, The hun­ ters left the aged William R Smith to skin and pre­ pare the wild reat and also guard the camp. When the hunters returned, they found him lying upoL the ground, with his head split open with a tonahawk, he had also been scalped. He was then one hundred two years old, a sad fate for a Revolutionary War Veteran. His son John Smith never made peace with the Indians, for he killed redskins on the sly, to avenge his fath­ ers death, which_occured in the fall of 1816. RICHARD D GRIMES SMITH, son of William R Smith and grandfather of Samuel Harrison Smith was born about 1794 in South Carolina. He cane with his father and family to Thomasville Missouri, where he ret and IIRT­ ried Jane Edwards, who was born about 1794 in Kentucky. Richard D rmde gunpowder in a cave about a half mile from Thomasville, which was used by the settlers of that area. Richard D Grires and Jane Edwards Smith were the par­ ents of eight known children, all born in Oregon Co. Missouri. They are: Andrew, Samuel W, Alsie, Clarinda, Demaris, Lorena, Pernita, Aseneth. ANDREW SMITH. son of Richard D GrinEs & Jane Edwards Smith was born about 1812, he IIBrried Nancy. Their children were: Wilson Smith born 1829; Richard Smith, born 1830; Jacob Smith born 1831; Andrew Smith, born 1841; Samuel Smith, born 1844; George Smith born 1846; Margaret Smith, born 1846; Alice (Alsey) Smith born 1849; Amy Smith, born 1852; Dicey Smith, born 1853. These children were all born in Missouri. These records were taken from the U.S. Census of 1850 and 1860 of Oregon and Shannon Counties Missouri. CLARINDA SMITH, dau of Richard D Grimes and Jane Edwards Smith, was born about 1825 in Oregon County Mo. married JOHN THOMAS, born in Missouri. Their children are: Mary Thoma.s, born 1847; Elizabeth Thorms born 1849; George Thanas born 1852 , Ma.litia Therms, born 1854; Sgrah Thoms born 1856; ·william Thomas born 1857; Lafayette Thomas born 1858. 3 Donsel:.a Thomas, born 1860. All these children were ~orn in Missouri. These records were taken from the 1860 Oregon County illissouri, UeS. Census. Richard D Grimes Smith with his wife and children, mcved to Spring Valley Mo. He and his wife died in ~he 1860s. within three days of each othero SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH., son of Richard D Grimes and Jane Edwards Smith., md 1840 CAROLINE MOONEY, dau of Jacob Mooney., who came from Ireland about 1815 and settled "in MeMinneville Tennesee. Came to Arkansas about 1837. Caroline Mooney was born about 1820 in Mountain Home Arkansa£. Samuel and Caroline's first child, Richard Grimes Smith was born in a Hanter's Camp on the Current River in Shannon County Missouri. About three months later they went to Thomasville Missouri, and took up a claim on some land about two miles north of the settlement up Elevenpoints River. The place is still known as "Sam Smith's Hollero" It took courage and determination to establish and protect their cabin home and family. One day when Caroline was returning home from the fields with Aretta-Jane in her arms, the tiny child began to cry. An old panther heard her and came very near them ma.king hideous noises. Carol~ne ran to the house., left Jane and then called the dogs,· who treed the panther and Caroli~e-shot ito o~ ~nothar cccasion Caroline held a torch light while her husband shot the panthers who tried to kill their hogs. At Sam Smith'--s Holler in Thomasville they had four chil­ drer T,hey now h~rt~ Richard Grimes; Aretta Jane; Clarinda Ivfy-rinda, James K Polk.; and John Byes Smith. After the birth of the last child in 1850 Caroline died and was buried on their own farm in Thomasville Moo Samuel took his five little motherless children and moved to Mountain View Missouri. Here he met and married in 1850 MARY ELLEN BATNiAN CANADA, a widow lady who had two daughters, Ellen born 1843 in St, Francios Cci.mty Missouri., died 1861; Hannah born 1845· .. in St Francois County Missouri, married Joe Frederick, they lived in Arkansas" Mary Ellen Batman~ dau of Mr Batman, part Indian. and Mary Caroline Peyton Batman, born 4 2 Mar 1825 at a French Village in St Francois County, Missouri. According to Martha Seay Davis. Mary was a slender, very active and pretty young lady. She -was a good woman and truly mothered Samuel's five little children, who have talked of her kindness and love for them. To Samuel and Mary six children were born; Thomas Lee; Mary Caroline; William; Daniel Webster; Andrew Jackson; Aisie. Samuel a~d Mary secured a hamestead, north and eErat of Mountain View Missouri.