Husband: John Porter SMITH
Birthdate: July 22, 1843
Birthplace: Tallapoosa Co., Alabama
Death date: April 8, 1919
Place of death: Gibtown, Jack Co., Texas
Father: Seaborn SMITH
Mother: Elizabeth GOODWIN

Marriage date: June 17, 1865
Marriage place:

Wife: Nancy Jane BEARD
Birthdate: December 28, 1840
Birthplace: Leon Co., Florida
Death date: July 21, 1916
Place of death: Gibtown, Jack Co., Texas
Father: Israel Folsom BEARD
Mother: Ann "Nancy" BURNEY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Edith Elizabeth SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: June 5, 1868
Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas
Death date: February 26, 1962
Place of death: Jacksboro, Jack Co., Texas
Marriage date: April 21, 1887
Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas
Spouse's name: J. G. BROWN

Child No. 2: Susannah Ellen SMITH
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 28, 1870
Birthplace: Polk Co., Texas
Death date: August 23, 1942
Place of death: Hedley, Donley Co., Texas
Marriage date: April 3, 1887
Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Frank HEATH

Child No. 3: Milton B. SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: December 1871
Birthplace: Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: July 14, 1898
Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Belle MURRAY

Child No. 4: Monroe J. SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: July 1874
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: March 19, 1933
Place of death: Hedley, Donley Co., Texas
Marriage date: September 15, 1895
Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Ora Belle BORDEN

Child No. 5: Cora Lee SMITH
Sex:
Birthdate: September 1879
Birthplace: Boyd, Wise Co., Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: July 28, 1901
Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Charles BLACKWELL

Child No. 6: Jesse S. SMITH
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 1, 1886
Birthplace: Boyd, Wise Co., Texas
Death date: January 1964
Place of death: Oklahoma
Marriage date: January 2, 1910
Marriage place: Jack Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Effie DENISON
 
 
Documentation:
* Courthouse records of the Jack County Courthouse in Jacksboro, Texas, and of Donley County Courthouse in Hedley, Texas.
* Tombstone inscriptions in Gibtown Community Cemetery, Gibtown, Texas.
* Interview with Mrs. Emma Griffin Hilton, a neice of John P. Smith.

Notes:
* John and Nancy Smith's oldest daughter, Edith, was widowed when her husband, J.G. Brown, died in 1917. Edith later married a Mr. BAILEY.