Individual Details

1900 Census. Civil Dist 7, Johnson Co, TN, Hh 175
James Smith, b. Nov 1849, age 50, married 29 years - farmer, b. TN as were his parents and all his family
Eliza, wife, b. Jan 1852, 48, 13 children - 9 are living
Doron, son, b. Oct 1883, 16.
Martha, dau, b. Apr 1886, 14.
John, son, b. Nov 1888, 11
Lillie, dau, b. Apr 1891, 9
Vada, dau, b. Aug 1895, 4.

1910 Census. Civil Dist 7, Johnson, TN
James L. Smith, 60. Eliza, 56. Doran, 26. Mattie 24. John 21. Vada, age 14.
Eliza noted that 8 of her 13 children were living.

1920 Census. Civil Dist 7, Johnson, TN
James Smith, now age 70, widowed. John, 31, living with him.

1930 Census. Civil Dist 2, Johnson, TN, Hh 239
Highway No. 3
John H. Smith, 40
Bessie, wife, 38
James Harold, son, 8
Loyd Elmer, son, 6
Edsel Ray, son, 5

1940 Census. Civil Dist 2, Johnson, TN, Hh 159
Bristol Mt. City Highway - lived in same house in 1935
J. H. Smith, 49, all b. TN, Farmer
Bessie, wife, 47
Jimmie, son, 18
Lloyd, son, 16
Ray, son, 15
Etta Wills, mother-in-law, 71, widow
Martha Jenkins, servant, 68, widow


An autosomal match to this person on Ancestry has conflicting data regarding John. Added is a World War I draft registration from Lawrence, TN, for a John Henderson Smith, born 28 Nov 1892 in Loretta, TN - which is Lawrence Co, not Johnson Co. I believe this is a very different John. However, FamilySearch and census data suggests that only this record is wrong - not the lineage.

Birth	Nov 1888
Marriage	24 Apr 1921	Washington County, Tennessee - Mary Bess Wills

Spouse	Mary Bess Wills (1892 - 1990)
Child	Dr James Harold Smith (1922 - 2013)
Child	Lloyd Elmer Smith (1923 - 1991)
Child	Edsel Ray Smith (1924 - 1997)

Father	James Lawson Smith (1849 - 1929)
Mother	Elizabeth Ann Lewis (1851 - 1915)
Sibling	Mary Ella Smith (1871 - 1952)
Sibling	Lillie Bruce Smith (1891 - 1988)