James William Smith was born 1829 in Tennessee to Thomas Smith and Rebecca Farley Smith. In 1847 he married Martha Mary Jane Tate. He lived much of his life in Itawamba, and Tippah, Mississippi. In September of 1861 he enlisted in the 23rd Mississippi Infantry, Company E. He was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. He was taken to the Corinth, Mississippi Hospital. His wife Martha, with 2 slaves came and moved him to a hospital in Memphis, where he died of his wounds and Typhoid Fever on May 23,1862.
Children of James and Martha:
Thomas Gardner Smith 1848-1920
Mary Jane S. Smith 1851-
James W. Smith 1853-1939
John Henry Smith 1854-1922
David Calvin Smith1856-1935
Louis Monroe Smith 1858-1922
Lee Kennedy Smith 1860-1952
James William Smith was born 1829 in Tennessee to Thomas Smith and Rebecca Farley Smith. In 1847 he married Martha Mary Jane Tate. He lived much of his life in Itawamba, and Tippah, Mississippi. In September of 1861 he enlisted in the 23rd Mississippi Infantry, Company E. He was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. He was taken to the Corinth, Mississippi Hospital. His wife Martha, with 2 slaves came and moved him to a hospital in Memphis, where he died of his wounds and Typhoid Fever on May 23,1862.
Children of James and Martha:
Thomas Gardner Smith 1848-1920
Mary Jane S. Smith 1851-
James W. Smith 1853-1939
John Henry Smith 1854-1922
David Calvin Smith1856-1935
Louis Monroe Smith 1858-1922
Lee Kennedy Smith 1860-1952
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