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John Parker Smith

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John Parker Smith

Birth
Lamasco, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA
Death
2 Mar 1911 (aged 74)
USA
Burial
Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
11-40-8
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John Parker Smith was the 4th of 11 children born to Ransford SMITH and Catharine Graves HOWARD. On Jan 19, 1856, he married first wife Philadelphia PARKER but she died in June 1867 without having any known children. In Jan 1869, John married Nancy Bond KEVIL with whom he had 7 children:
Maggie J. b. 1869-1871,
Mayme b. 1871 who married Robert Garrett,
Infant Daughter b. 1873 and died one week later
Katharine b. 1875 who married James Williams,
Shell b. 1877 who married Lillian Hollingsworth,
James Urey b. 1879 who married Elizabeth Russell
Selena b. 1883 who married John E. Osborne of Wyoming.

John came to Princeton about 1871 and got into the grocery business. About 5 years later, he became the proprietor of the Commercial Hotel in Princeton, managing it for quite a few years. He retired around 1895 and the last few years of his life he resided at the residence then-known as the Smith-Garrett mansion, and now-known as the Adsmore Museum, at 304 N. Jefferson Street.
John Parker Smith was the 4th of 11 children born to Ransford SMITH and Catharine Graves HOWARD. On Jan 19, 1856, he married first wife Philadelphia PARKER but she died in June 1867 without having any known children. In Jan 1869, John married Nancy Bond KEVIL with whom he had 7 children:
Maggie J. b. 1869-1871,
Mayme b. 1871 who married Robert Garrett,
Infant Daughter b. 1873 and died one week later
Katharine b. 1875 who married James Williams,
Shell b. 1877 who married Lillian Hollingsworth,
James Urey b. 1879 who married Elizabeth Russell
Selena b. 1883 who married John E. Osborne of Wyoming.

John came to Princeton about 1871 and got into the grocery business. About 5 years later, he became the proprietor of the Commercial Hotel in Princeton, managing it for quite a few years. He retired around 1895 and the last few years of his life he resided at the residence then-known as the Smith-Garrett mansion, and now-known as the Adsmore Museum, at 304 N. Jefferson Street.


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