BIO: Smith, Thomas J. Esq. s/o Smith, Henry G. & Eliza Settles 
               - Nelson Co

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS. 1884

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY

PAGE 903

THOMAS J. SMITH, ESQ.  The above is a son of Henry G. and Eliza (Settles)
Smith, both natives of Nelson County, Ky., and of German descent.  They came
to Indiana in 1839 and settled on a farm in Jackson County.  In 1848 they
removed to Salem where Mr. Smith was engaged in stock-dealing and farming
for sixteen years.  They then returned to Jackson County.  Mrs. Smith died
in 1873.  Mr. Smith, although over seventy-one years of age, still manages a
farm.  Thomas J. Smith received his education in schools of Salem.  March
29, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, Seventeenth Ind., V. I., with which
regiment he served until mustered out at Macon, Ga., August 8, 1865.  He
participated in all the battles of the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
and was also under Gen. Wilson on the expedition to liberate the prisoners
at Andersonville.  After his return from the war he attended school for a
time.  In 1869 he went to Missouri, bought a farm and remained one year.  He
then returned to the farm where he now resides.  June 13, 1869, he was
united in marriage to Beldora Burrell, of Jackson County.  They have had
three children:   Kirby, Tilden and Annie (deceased).  Mr. Smith is a member
of the G. A. R. and is a Democrat in politics.  He was a Justice of the
Peace in Jefferson Township for two years.

Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: Tue, 6 August 1997