James Alexander SMITH

Millsaps Cemetery
Hamilton County, Tennessee

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT
Company A Sixth Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Civil War Union
Oct 11,1835-Apr 5,1906

Biography Info:

Though his brothers and father were in the opposing army, James Alexander Smith chose to join the Union's 6th Mounted Infantry. He enlisted at Chattanooga and served until he was mustered out at Nashville.
He had been a schoolteacher at Harrison prior to the war.

James A. Smith had married Mary Jane Varner, daughter of Allen Varner, before the war.
Their children were Sarah Pauline, William A., Allen Napoleon, Frances Adaline and John A. who died when he was two. Sarah married Lewis Henry Hatfield in 1875, but she died three years later. William A. married Eliza Lewis. Allen N. married Nancy Cox, then Cynthia Isabelle Millsaps. Frances married James Cope. Children of Allen N. Smith were Mary Adaline who married David Ables and then Harrison Redden, Rose Belle who married William M. Chancey, Joe Adam who married Annie Mae Patterson, and Earl Thomas who married Beatrice Davis. William A. Smith's sons were James L. “Whisker,” William Aaron “Butch,” Charles Monroe “Boston,” and Joseph Allen “Shotgun.” Many of these Smiths were Soddy coal miners.

After his first wife's death, James A. Smith remarried in 1872 to Mary Averilla Bowers at Melville, Tenn. He was 37 and she was 22. Their children were Jasper who married Hallie Pryor, Arthur Howard who married Flora Elizabeth Copeland, the bachelors George Washington “Hootie,” Robert Sullivan and Samuel Luther, Jesse Alexander who married Elizabeth Brown, and Lula Jane who married Claude Evens Martin. Children of Arthur H. Smith were Hazel May who married Robert Jett, Elizabeth Flora who
married Ralph Emiol Millsaps, Leila Ruth who married Oscar Mysinger, Grace Copeland who married Lucius Brown, and George Howard who married Helen Shadwick.

James A. Smith joined the Baptist Church at Union Fork on Aug. 5, 1877. He was baptized the next day by the Rev. James Barnes at the McRee mill dam at Soddy. Smith afterward became a minister and presided at the marriage of some of his children. He was postmaster for the Igou Ferry Post Office, located next to his home on Igou Ferry Road at Daisy. James A. Smith died in 1906.

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Additional SMITH Surnames in MILLSAPS Cemetery

Additional SMITH Surnames in HAMILTON County

SMITH, Sam Harvey SMITH, Irene Lee SMITH, Mary SMITH, Florence L.SMITH, Floyd N.SMITH, John Anna SMITH, Floyd N.SMITH, Mary Ann SMITH, Thomas Boyd SMITH, Robert Lee SMITH, Lois Lee SMITH, Claude SMITH, Laura SMITH, Annie Ree SMITH, Lois SMITH, James Ed SMITH, John William SMITH, Margaret Marie SMITH, Marlie SMITH, Katie SMITH, Roy Allen SMITH, William Orby SMITH, Annie Christine SMITH, Needham Jackson SMITH, Minnie Leona SMITH, Nancy Lee SMITH, J.P.SMITH, Cordelia SMITH, Maryetta SMITH, John P.SMITH, Crockett SMITH, Jesse A.SMITH, Berk SMITH, Mona Lee SMITH, Grover SMITH, Infant Son SMITH, L. C.SMITH, Abraham Lincoln SMITH, Rindie SMITH, Lake J.SMITH, Raymond J.SMITH, W.D.SMITH, John William SMITH, Lucinda J SMITH, Ruth M.SMITH, James G.SMITH, Mary Jane SMITH, John T.SMITH, Floyd H SMITH, Margaret Jo SMITH, Timothy SMITH, W. T.SMITH, William T.SMITH, Mannie A.SMITH, James A.SMITH, Ethel E.SMITH, Frances SMITH, Everette Nelson SMITH, Zena B SMITH, Lawrence J.SMITH, Catharine T.SMITH, Clarence Arvel SMITH, Myrtle SMITH, Roy Fletcher SMITH, Winfield Scott SMITH, Poline SMITH, Isabelle C SMITH, Basil B SMITH, Irene SMITH, Hubert SMITH, Samuel M SMITH, Nancy I SMITH, Arthur Fred SMITH, Casto H.SMITH, Mary A.SMITH, Donald Blair SMITH, Johnny Mart SMITH, Clesia M.SMITH, Leva Ellen SMITH, Ernest SMITH, Flois A.SMITH, Lois Ann SMITH, William Otis SMITH, Terry Lee SMITH, Johnanna SMITH, Burdette E.SMITH, Edna Jo SMITH, J. P.SMITH, Margaret SMITH, James E.SMITH, Lossie G.SMITH, Billy C.SMITH, Minnie Lee SMITH, Tilda Ann SMITH, Margarette C SMITH, Rowena May SMITH, Charles E.SMITH, Charlotte C.SMITH, James W.SMITH, Allen K SMITH, Dora SMITH, Mary SMITH, Raney SMITH, Eli SMITH, Nancy SMITH, John B.SMITH, William Author SMITH, Victoria SMITH, Cassandra SMITH, Daniel Boone SMITH, Jackson Yarnell SMITH, Abraham R SMITH, Daniel C SMITH, Cassandra SMITH, John H. A.SMITH, Eliza S.SMITH, Richard M SMITH, George D SMITH, Mary E SMITH, John S SMITH, Nancy Malindy SMITH, Samuel E SMITH, J I W SMITH, Margaret E SMITH, Martha J SMITH, Nannie W SMITH, James H SMITH, Lorena SMITH, Arnold E SMITH, Fred A SMITH, Annie K SMITH, Earl L SMITH, Evelyn SMITH, Darrell Ray SMITH, Paul SMITH, Mae Bell SMITH, Charlie F SMITH, Anna Belle SMITH, Nancy SMITH, Jack SMITH, William B SMITH, Georgia Katherine SMITH, William E SMITH, Rachel Ann SMITH, Jackie Ray SMITH, Betty Lou SMITH, William SMITH, James Ernest SMITH, Pearl SMITH, Tommy SMITH, Chester L SMITH, Patricia R SMITH, Linda G SMITH, Doshie SMITH, Buddy H N SMITH, Jimmie R (Jo)SMITH, Charles Estill SMITH, Bobbie L SMITH, John H SMITH, Rose Moe SMITH, Nellie Eunice SMITH, Sybil J SMITH, Stacy Ann SMITH, Steven W SMITH, Gary Randall SMITH, Mildred R SMITH, Raymond L SMITH, Enoch Albert SMITH, Essie E SMITH, Elizabeth SMITH, Jessee SMITH, Jesse Ray SMITH, Dorothy Mae Imogene SMITH, John Newton SMITH, Margaret Ann "Bill Bob"SMITH, Avis Arlene SMITH, Billie Jo SMITH, William H SMITH, George A SMITH, Louise SMITH, C. Leon SMITH, Ceceile Marie SMITH, Peggy A SMITH, Issac W SMITH, Una SMITH, Toney SMITH, Edna SMITH, James "Andy"SMITH, Edna Lou SMITH, James O "J.O."SMITH, Jennifer Sue SMITH, Larry Jon SMITH, Barry Don SMITH, Luther J SMITH, Annie B SMITH, Leslie Cole SMITH, Myra SMITH, Robert SMITH, Baby SMITH, Fred W SMITH, Anna E SMITH, Sylvia SMITH, Jasper Clyde SMITH, Dennis Lamar SMITH, Jane SMITH, Clyde Franklin SMITH, Anderson Robert SMITH, March C SMITH, Margaret A SMITH, Sara K SMITH, James D SMITH, Nancy S SMITH, I Henry SMITH, Ethel E SMITH, Martha Ann SMITH, George Ann Isabella SMITH, Esther Ann SMITH, General Emmett SMITH, Billie SMITH, Emmett SMITH, Mary June SMITH, Sarah Pauline Ford SMITH, Lula E SMITH, Lawrence Edwin SMITH, Bettye SMITH, Suzanne SMITH, Derrick L SMITH, Alma J SMITH, Elbert S SMITH, Jesse Willard SMITH, Martha Ann SMITH, Ada Belle SMITH, J. James SMITH, Hattie SMITH, Clifford SMITH, Malinda SMITH, William SMITH, Wayne SMITH, Lawrence SMITH, Mary SMITH, Mary Jane SMITH, Mamie W SMITH, Emma S SMITH, Louise S SMITH, Dorothy V SMITH, Martha G SMITH, James B SMITH, Joseph B SMITH, Nettie J SMITH, Joseph Preston SMITH, William Burton SMITH, L E SMITH, Margret SMITH, Martha Elizabeth SMITH, Samuel W SMITH, Infant Son SMITH, Ollie May SMITH, Lula SMITH, Enoch M SMITH, John Henry SMITH, Trudie Maye SMITH, Margaret Ann SMITH, Stephen Michael SMITH, Marcella D SMITH, Luther B SMITH, Robert Ernest SMITH, Jeff SMITH, Emma SMITH, Betty L SMITH, Raymond F SMITH, Kera Dawn SMITH, Edith L SMITH, Flavis L SMITH, Edna Mae SMITH, Robert SMITH, Bessie SMITH, Eva SMITH, Osta SMITH, Sallie SMITH, Richard Allen SMITH, Marion Jo SMITH, Rena SMITH, Sherman SMITH, Hattie SMITH, Paul E.SMITH, Hester SMITH, Lynda Gayle SMITH, Ronald Earl SMITH, Cayden Dupree

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Submitted: 11/7/22 • Approved: 11/9/22 • Last Updated: 11/12/22 • R246561-G0-S3

James Alexander SMITH

Millsaps Cemetery Hamilton County, Tennessee

Additional SMITH Surnames in MILLSAPS Cemetery

Additional SMITH Surnames in HAMILTON County

Millsaps Cemetery
Hamilton County, Tennessee