Dr. and Rev. James Thomas Ditimus Smith is connected to this writer by marriage. His widowed mother married my great great uncle.
James was the son of Thomas D. Smith (1829- ) who was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, and died around the time of the Civil War, possibly in Missouri; and Pembrook (Campbell) Smith (1838-1920) who was born in Missouri and died in New Orleans, Louisiana.
James was the only known child of his parents. His father died when he was very young. Although a record of Thomas Smith's death cannot be found, it is believed he either died in the Civil War or near that time. James' mother, Pembrook, remarried in 1868 to Fielding Dick Bennett, a widower with a 14-year-old son who became James' step-brother:
John F. Bennett 1854-1930
James' mother and step-father had 5 known children, who would be James' half-siblings:
Ezekiel Robinson Day Bennett 1869–1957
Mary Emma Airey Ada Bennett 1871–1941
Lydia Canzadia May "Zadie Sadie" Bennett 1876–
William Bennett 1878–1878
Lovena Bennett 1879–1883
When James was a young man, he worked as a farm hand for his step-father's sister and her husband, Paulina and John William Thurman in Macon County, Missouri. These are this writer's great grandparents. Among Paulina's things, this writer found a letter from Pembrook, written to James when he was living in the Thurman home.
On June 17, 1880, James married Harriett Mariah "Hattie Marie" Brassfield, the daughter of a minister. Interestingly, however, they were married by Justice of the Peace G. F. Williams in Adair County, Missouri, rather than by a minister. James' paternal grandfather was also a minister.
James later himself was a lay minister. He also trained as a doctor and practiced in Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and in Nebraska. Some of James' direct descendants say he became disillusioned with medicine when he was unable to save 4 of his own children who were either stillborn or died young. He decided to quit medicine and go back to a simplier way of life. By 1910, the Smiths had moved back to their hometown of Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri where James listed his occupation in the census of 1910 as "ax handle maker."
The Smiths had 7 known children out of 11 who survived to adulthood:
Morrell Woodson Smith 1885 – 1973
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith 1885 –
Flossie Mae Smith 1886 –
Golda Smith 1895 –
Manford Smith 1899 –
Theophilus Mnoah Smith 1906 –
Thomas Hershell Smith 1910 –
James and Hattie returned to Iowa to live sometime between 1910 and 1920. James died there and was buried at Elgin Cemetery. Hattie lived nearly 30 more years and died in Quincy, Illinois where one of their sons lived. She is buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
James was the son of Thomas D. Smith (1829- ) who was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, and died around the time of the Civil War, possibly in Missouri; and Pembrook (Campbell) Smith (1838-1920) who was born in Missouri and died in New Orleans, Louisiana.
James was the only known child of his parents. His father died when he was very young. Although a record of Thomas Smith's death cannot be found, it is believed he either died in the Civil War or near that time. James' mother, Pembrook, remarried in 1868 to Fielding Dick Bennett, a widower with a 14-year-old son who became James' step-brother:
John F. Bennett 1854-1930
James' mother and step-father had 5 known children, who would be James' half-siblings:
Ezekiel Robinson Day Bennett 1869–1957
Mary Emma Airey Ada Bennett 1871–1941
Lydia Canzadia May "Zadie Sadie" Bennett 1876–
William Bennett 1878–1878
Lovena Bennett 1879–1883
When James was a young man, he worked as a farm hand for his step-father's sister and her husband, Paulina and John William Thurman in Macon County, Missouri. These are this writer's great grandparents. Among Paulina's things, this writer found a letter from Pembrook, written to James when he was living in the Thurman home.
On June 17, 1880, James married Harriett Mariah "Hattie Marie" Brassfield, the daughter of a minister. Interestingly, however, they were married by Justice of the Peace G. F. Williams in Adair County, Missouri, rather than by a minister. James' paternal grandfather was also a minister.
James later himself was a lay minister. He also trained as a doctor and practiced in Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and in Nebraska. Some of James' direct descendants say he became disillusioned with medicine when he was unable to save 4 of his own children who were either stillborn or died young. He decided to quit medicine and go back to a simplier way of life. By 1910, the Smiths had moved back to their hometown of Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri where James listed his occupation in the census of 1910 as "ax handle maker."
The Smiths had 7 known children out of 11 who survived to adulthood:
Morrell Woodson Smith 1885 – 1973
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith 1885 –
Flossie Mae Smith 1886 –
Golda Smith 1895 –
Manford Smith 1899 –
Theophilus Mnoah Smith 1906 –
Thomas Hershell Smith 1910 –
James and Hattie returned to Iowa to live sometime between 1910 and 1920. James died there and was buried at Elgin Cemetery. Hattie lived nearly 30 more years and died in Quincy, Illinois where one of their sons lived. She is buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
Dr. and Rev. James Thomas Ditimus Smith is connected to this writer by marriage. His widowed mother married my great great uncle.
James was the son of Thomas D. Smith (1829- ) who was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, and died around the time of the Civil War, possibly in Missouri; and Pembrook (Campbell) Smith (1838-1920) who was born in Missouri and died in New Orleans, Louisiana.
James was the only known child of his parents. His father died when he was very young. Although a record of Thomas Smith's death cannot be found, it is believed he either died in the Civil War or near that time. James' mother, Pembrook, remarried in 1868 to Fielding Dick Bennett, a widower with a 14-year-old son who became James' step-brother:
John F. Bennett 1854-1930
James' mother and step-father had 5 known children, who would be James' half-siblings:
Ezekiel Robinson Day Bennett 1869–1957
Mary Emma Airey Ada Bennett 1871–1941
Lydia Canzadia May "Zadie Sadie" Bennett 1876–
William Bennett 1878–1878
Lovena Bennett 1879–1883
When James was a young man, he worked as a farm hand for his step-father's sister and her husband, Paulina and John William Thurman in Macon County, Missouri. These are this writer's great grandparents. Among Paulina's things, this writer found a letter from Pembrook, written to James when he was living in the Thurman home.
On June 17, 1880, James married Harriett Mariah "Hattie Marie" Brassfield, the daughter of a minister. Interestingly, however, they were married by Justice of the Peace G. F. Williams in Adair County, Missouri, rather than by a minister. James' paternal grandfather was also a minister.
James later himself was a lay minister. He also trained as a doctor and practiced in Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and in Nebraska. Some of James' direct descendants say he became disillusioned with medicine when he was unable to save 4 of his own children who were either stillborn or died young. He decided to quit medicine and go back to a simplier way of life. By 1910, the Smiths had moved back to their hometown of Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri where James listed his occupation in the census of 1910 as "ax handle maker."
The Smiths had 7 known children out of 11 who survived to adulthood:
Morrell Woodson Smith 1885 – 1973
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith 1885 –
Flossie Mae Smith 1886 –
Golda Smith 1895 –
Manford Smith 1899 –
Theophilus Mnoah Smith 1906 –
Thomas Hershell Smith 1910 –
James and Hattie returned to Iowa to live sometime between 1910 and 1920. James died there and was buried at Elgin Cemetery. Hattie lived nearly 30 more years and died in Quincy, Illinois where one of their sons lived. She is buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
James was the son of Thomas D. Smith (1829- ) who was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, and died around the time of the Civil War, possibly in Missouri; and Pembrook (Campbell) Smith (1838-1920) who was born in Missouri and died in New Orleans, Louisiana.
James was the only known child of his parents. His father died when he was very young. Although a record of Thomas Smith's death cannot be found, it is believed he either died in the Civil War or near that time. James' mother, Pembrook, remarried in 1868 to Fielding Dick Bennett, a widower with a 14-year-old son who became James' step-brother:
John F. Bennett 1854-1930
James' mother and step-father had 5 known children, who would be James' half-siblings:
Ezekiel Robinson Day Bennett 1869–1957
Mary Emma Airey Ada Bennett 1871–1941
Lydia Canzadia May "Zadie Sadie" Bennett 1876–
William Bennett 1878–1878
Lovena Bennett 1879–1883
When James was a young man, he worked as a farm hand for his step-father's sister and her husband, Paulina and John William Thurman in Macon County, Missouri. These are this writer's great grandparents. Among Paulina's things, this writer found a letter from Pembrook, written to James when he was living in the Thurman home.
On June 17, 1880, James married Harriett Mariah "Hattie Marie" Brassfield, the daughter of a minister. Interestingly, however, they were married by Justice of the Peace G. F. Williams in Adair County, Missouri, rather than by a minister. James' paternal grandfather was also a minister.
James later himself was a lay minister. He also trained as a doctor and practiced in Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and in Nebraska. Some of James' direct descendants say he became disillusioned with medicine when he was unable to save 4 of his own children who were either stillborn or died young. He decided to quit medicine and go back to a simplier way of life. By 1910, the Smiths had moved back to their hometown of Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri where James listed his occupation in the census of 1910 as "ax handle maker."
The Smiths had 7 known children out of 11 who survived to adulthood:
Morrell Woodson Smith 1885 – 1973
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith 1885 –
Flossie Mae Smith 1886 –
Golda Smith 1895 –
Manford Smith 1899 –
Theophilus Mnoah Smith 1906 –
Thomas Hershell Smith 1910 –
James and Hattie returned to Iowa to live sometime between 1910 and 1920. James died there and was buried at Elgin Cemetery. Hattie lived nearly 30 more years and died in Quincy, Illinois where one of their sons lived. She is buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis
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