James Henry Smith

James Henry was the 7th child born to Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty) Smith. He was born in 1857 in Illinois, probably St. Clair County since that is where the family was living in the 1860 census.

According to family sources James married Jane Melinda McBride on September 19, 1878 in St. Clair County. I could not find a record of their marriage in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, however, James and Jane do show up on the 1880 census married and living with Rose Smith.

James and Jane had one known child - Robert James Smith, born May 31, 1882 in Illinois. Robert married Elizabeth Jane Montgomery about 1904. Robert died December 31, 1925 in Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois.

James is believed to have died in September of 1914 in St. Clair County. Wife Jane died December of 1907 in St. Clair County. This information is from family sources. I do not know where this family is buried.

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Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith was born May 31, 1850, in Northern Ireland (probably County Antrim), the fourth daughter/child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty). She emigrated to the U. S. with her parents and 3 sisters in 1850.

Sarah married James Johnson in St. Clair County, Illinois, on December 23, 1868 and gave birth to 12 known children:

• William Henry - born August 18, 1869 in Missouri; died February 11, 1900 in Cook County, Illinois. He married Elizabeth M. Riley on July 2, 1896 in Cook County. He is buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
  
• James Elbert - born July 16, 1871, place unknown; died March 12, 1872 in St. Clair County, Illinois. He is buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• Maud - born February 19, 1872 and died July 10, 1928 in Illinois. She married Logan D. Jones on September 14, 1892 in St. Clair County, Illinois.
• Lillie E. - born February 19, 1874 and died February 12, 1875 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She is buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• James Thomas - born Nov. 1877 in Illinois; died July 25, 1947 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. He married Rhodiena E. Osborne on November 15, 1899 in St. Clair County, Illinois.
• Edward Ludwig - born September 15, 1878 and died January 24, 1965 in St. Clair County, Illinois. He married Edith Lee Heller on June 20, 1901 in St. Clair County.
• Frank - born October 15, 1881 in Illinois; died March 30, 1939, place unknown. He married Eunice Lucy Mitchell on September 1, 1902 in St. Clair County, Illinois.
• Sidney Smith - born May 26, 1884 in Illinois; died June 14, 1941, place unknown. He married Pansy Myrtle Campbell on August 23, 1913, probably in Missouri since he was living there in 1910 and their children were born in Missouri.
• Alice Amanda - born February 16, 1887 in Illinois; died August 31, 1976 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She married Martin Luther Snyder on April 9, 1907. Both are buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• Lillian Russell - born March 1889 in Illinois; died April 18, 1954, place unknown. She married Frank Fitch in 1909, and they were living in Colorado during the 1910-1930 censuses.
• Rose Ella - born June 27, 1891 and died December 22, 1951 in Illinois. She married Joseph Edwin Dickey on September 30, 1911, probably in Illinois. They are both buried in the Marissa Cemetery.
• Ruth Florence - born June 2, 1893 in Illinois; died July 19, 1943, place unknown. She married Samuel Bennett Harring on October 18, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to family sources. They were living in Camden County, New Jersey in the 1930 census.

Sarah died on November 5, 1916 in St. Clair County, Illinois. James died July 7, 1907 in St. Clair County. Both are buried in the Marissa Cemetery.