Campbell Alexander Smith

As printed in 1901

CAMPBELL ALEXANDER SMITH.

During life C. A. Smith, of section 30, Marion township, was one of the leading farmers of Jasper county, Missouri. His birth, September 20, 1832, was in the state of Tennessee, where his father, Daniel Smith, had long been a farmer, but when he passed out of life the mother took her two little sons and moved to Jasper county, Missouri. Here C. A. Smith grew up. became a farmer and a very successful stock-raiser, and accumulated much land. At his death in 1881 he was able to leave to his family a fine farm of two hundred and fourteen acres, which is managed by his three sons. Mr. Smith was a life-long Democrat, was well known in this locality and was sincerely mourned when he passed out of life. His burial was in the West cemetery.

Mrs. Sarah A. (Thompson) Smith, who is the estimable widow of the late C. A. Smith, was born in Daviess county, Kentucky, on August 13, 1833. and she was a daughter of Thomas Thompson, who also was a native of Kentucky, and a granddaughter of Joseph Thompson, also a native of Kentucky. The latter was supposed to be of Irish ancestry and he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Thomas Thompson come to Jasper county in 1839 and located in the southeastern portion of the county. There he cleared up and improved a farm, but his last years were spent with his daughter, Mrs. Smith, where he died when about sixty-three years old.

The mother of Mrs. Smith was Lucinda Marks, who was born in Virginia, although she was reared in Kentucky. She lived to the age of fifty years and had been the mother of nine children, six of whom grew to maturity, Mrs. Smith being the fourth child of the family. She was about six years old when she came to Jasper county with her parents and she has remained in this county ever since. Her marriage to Mr. Smith was in 1858. and six children were born to them, five of whom still survive, the names being: William E., who married Fannie McClintick; Ida M., who married Charles Creamer and lives in Galena, Kansas; James, who married Lizzie Rice; Clara, who has passed away; Charles C, who married Agnes Leidv: and George W., who remains at home, unmarried.

Mrs. Smith is a survivor of the pioneer days and has witnessed with interest the wonderful progress that the county has made since she first came here. Her fine farm is managed by her sons and she is one of the most highly esteemed residents of the Locality, and is the only one of her family still residing in Jasper county. For many years she has been a consistent member of the Congregational church and is known far and wide for her kind neighborliness and many acts of kindness. Her memory is excellent and her tales of pioneer days in Missouri are very interesting.

As printed in The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.