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.

If anyone has more information I would very much appreciate your getting in touch with me.

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.

Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth is the third child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty) Smith. Elizabeth was born in May of 1847 in Northern Ireland (probably County Antrim). She emigrated to the U. S. with her parents and 3 sisters, arriving in New Orleans in 1850. The family moved on to Illinois and settled in St. Clair County.

On September 28, 1869, Elizabeth married John Huey Anderson (born December 2, 1844 in Randolph County) in St. Clair County, Illinois. Elizabeth and John had 8 known children:

• William Alexander - born July 1, 1870 and died October 27, 1964 in St. Clair County. Married Martha Jane Lyons on October 30, 1895.
• Thomas Renwick - born July 20, 1872 and died March 1962 in St. Clair County. Married Elizabeth Jane Dickson on March 25, 1907.
• John Franklin - born October 20, 1875 and died January 15, 1939 in St. Clair County. Married Mathilda Ethel Mulholland on November 25, 1914.
• Mary Rose - born March 18, 1877 and died November 6, 1909 in St. Clair County. Married David Samuel Huey on October 25, 1905.
• Elizabeth Lyons - born June 3, 1879 in Randolph County, Illinois; died September 30, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. Married William Albert Webster February 22, 1906.
• Albert Henry - born November 17, 1881 in Illinois; died September 30, 1947 in St. Clair County. Married Etta May Boyd on July 31, 1907.
• Charles Smith - born November 20, 1884 and died August 5, 1888 according to family sources.
• Joseph Ross - born November 21, 1887 and died September 10, 1888 according to family sources.

Elizabeth Smith Anderson died April 7, 1920 in St. Clair County, Illinois. John Huey Anderson died June 25, 1911 in St. Clair County. Both are buried in Marissa Cemetery. Most of the children are also buried in Marrissa Cemetery.

Jeanette (Jane) Smith

Born on February 3, 1844 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Jeanette Smith is the second child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty) Smith. Jeanette emigrated to the United States in 1850 with her parents and several siblings.

Jeanette married first to John Nevin (born about 1837 in Ireland) on August 16, 1860 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She also uses the name Jane in various records. Jane and John had 3 known children:

• Robert John - born in 1863 in St. Clair County, Illinois, died in 1916 in St. Clair County. Married Nettie Finney Aitken on November 1, 1888 in Randolph County, Illinois.
• William Joseph - born August 20, 1872 in St. Clair County, Illinois, died September 1, 1942. Married Helen Rebecca Crawford on December 7, 1898. Information on William is from family sources.
• Charles Samuel - born October 3, 1876 in St. Clair County, Illinois, died January 28, 1950 in Red Bud, Illinois.

John Nevin died between 1876-1878, presumably in Illinois. I do not know where he is buried.

After his death Jane married Joseph Craig on March 23, 1878 in Randolph County, Illinois. Jane and Joseph had 2 known children:

• Mary R. - born July 19, 1882 in Illinois, died March 8, 1908 in St. Clair County, Illinois. She married Clarence Calvin Folden on October 31, 1900 in St. Clair County.
• Bertha Ann - born November 1889 in Illinois, died October 24, 1960. Married Frank Monds about 1920, probably in Illinois as they were living in St. Clair County in the 1930 census.

Joseph Craig died October 16, 1912 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Jane died August 3, 1922 in Marissa, St. Clair County. Both are buried in the Marissa Cemetery.

Nancy Smith

Nancy Smith, firstborn child of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Rose (Getty), was born in April 1843 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. When Nancy was 7 years old her family emigrated from Ireland to the United States on the British ship Thomas Fielden. They left from Liverpool and arrived at the Port of New Orleans, District of Mississippi, on February 7, 1851. The family continued on to Illinois where they settled in St. Clair County.

On September 6, 1866, Nancy married James W. Green in St. Clair County, Illinois. James was a farmer until his death on March 27, 1877. Nancy and James had 4 known children:

• Anna J. - born September 28, 1867 in St. Clair County, Illinois; died May 30, 1922, Union County, Illinois. Married Nathan Alexander Evans December 3, 1891 in St. Clair County. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.
  
• Sara Elizabeth - born September 13, 1869 and died August 26, 1876 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.
• George Theron - born August 1872 in St. Clair County, died 1916. Married Margaret J. Burgadhing on February 1, 1893 in St. Clair County. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.
• Mary Abbey - born about November 1876 and died about June 12, 1877 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Buried in Marissa Cemetery.

After James Green's death, Nancy married about 1880 to a Mr. Hendron (first name unknown). I could find no record of the place of this marriage; however, the 1900 census gives her name as Nancy Hendron with number of years of present marriage as 20. Also the name on her burial record is listed as Nancy Green Hendron.

Nancy (Smith) Green Hendron died on August 3, 1904 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Both Nancy and James are buried in Marissa Cemetery, in Section A, Lot 36.

Woodside-Smith Connections

My great grandfather, William Steward Woodside, married Rose Ann Lyons Smith daughter of Thomas Smith, Jr. and Mary Lyons. Previously I did postings on these ancestors and you can find them by clicking on the "Labels" for Woodside and Smith.

I have decided to now do a group of postings covering the rest of Thomas Smith, Jr.'s children, as well as any Lyons family information I have, before continuing with the next generation of Woodside.

If anyone has any information to add for my postings, including pictures of persons or tombstones, please let me know by emailing me through the "About Me" section. I always enjoy meeting new cousins.

Erma

Some Woodside Gravestones at Swanwick Bethel Cemetery

Bethel Cemetery is located in Swanwick, Perry County, Illinois. Below are a few Woodside gravestones located there. All three are for children of John Morrow Woodside and Lucinda Eveline (Pettit) Woodside.

Thomas P. Woodside
Illinois
Pvt Co. B, 81 Regt Ill Inf
Civil War




John C.
Son of
J.M. & L. E.
Woodside
Died Feb. 11, 1851
Aged 1 yr. 2 m. 18 dys.






Martha J.
Wife of
W. L. Penninger
Died Aug 14, 1873
Aged __ Yrs. 6 Mo. 3_ (part is unreadable due to mud on sides of stone)

James A.
Son of W.L. & M. J.
Penninger
Died Aug. 10, 1873
Aged 1 Mo. 2 Days