Individual Details
James Hyphen Smith
(July 13, 1788 - September 26, 1845)
"Hyphen Smith built a house at Pasquo, Tennessee about 1820, and it become the family home, and our great-grandpa J. T. Smith lived in that house as a child. The house is now on the National Register of Historic Places, and looks much like it did in early days. It has been well preserved, and still is owned and lived in by some of our Smith family. The Smith family cemetery is behind the house, and contains graves for Hyphen and Lucy Smith, and many other of our Smith ancestors, including Uncle Jeff, who we knew as children. Hyphen was a carpenter and a farmer." (Mary Lighfoot, 3700 Pacific Avenue #1211, Livermore, California 94550, 1998. The records of Hyphen Smith were researched by Melinda Hyen in Tennessee 1992, for Mary Lightfoot. Mary compiled the listing of descendants of Hyphen and Lucy (Greer) Smith.)
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"The Smith Farm in Davidson County is a significant Century Farm in Middle Tennessee�s history because of its association with a family of rural Davidson County merchants who operated country stores in the communities of Pasquo, Una, and Brush Creek for over 170 years and through four generations of Smith sons. James Hyphen Smith, the son of a merchant, came to the Middle Tennessee area fifteen miles southwest of Nashville known as Pasquo around 1815 from Virginia. On this land, he built a 1 � story, single-pen log house atop a hill and a general store at the hill�s base, facing Richland Turnpike, that eventually became known as Highway 100. On 108 acres, James and his wife, Lucy raised corn, wheat, tobacco, hay and livestock. The general store, which became known as the Smith Brothers General Store, was operated by James until his son Washington George was old enough to run it. The next owner of the business and homeplace was another of James Smith�s sons, Walter Sparel. Walter�s son Charles Benjamin Smith took over operating the store in 1902. Charles had five children and his daughter, Mary E. Smith became the owner of the farm in 1976. Mary and her son Charles R. Mungoran currently manage the farm and raise Angus cattle and donkeys. Today, the farmhouse that was built by the founder in 1815 still stands. Although urban growth from the city of Nashville has occurred nearby and around the farm, it still maintains an isolated rural character and setting. In addition, the Smith Farm still conveys its significance as the homeplace of the industrious Smith family who played central roles in the lives of their neighbors and passersby by supplying groceries, farm implements, clothing and social contact. The rural, self-sufficient way of life for the Smith family and other farmers is depicted through the house, the smokehouse, outhouse, hen house, cellar, carriage shed, barns and family cemetery that all remain intact." (Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Century Farms, Davidson County, "Smith Farm" by Mary E. Smith.)
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"The Smith Farm in Davidson County is a significant Century Farm in Middle Tennessee�s history because of its association with a family of rural Davidson County merchants who operated country stores in the communities of Pasquo, Una, and Brush Creek for over 170 years and through four generations of Smith sons. James Hyphen Smith, the son of a merchant, came to the Middle Tennessee area fifteen miles southwest of Nashville known as Pasquo around 1815 from Virginia. On this land, he built a 1 � story, single-pen log house atop a hill and a general store at the hill�s base, facing Richland Turnpike, that eventually became known as Highway 100. On 108 acres, James and his wife, Lucy raised corn, wheat, tobacco, hay and livestock. The general store, which became known as the Smith Brothers General Store, was operated by James until his son Washington George was old enough to run it. The next owner of the business and homeplace was another of James Smith�s sons, Walter Sparel. Walter�s son Charles Benjamin Smith took over operating the store in 1902. Charles had five children and his daughter, Mary E. Smith became the owner of the farm in 1976. Mary and her son Charles R. Mungoran currently manage the farm and raise Angus cattle and donkeys. Today, the farmhouse that was built by the founder in 1815 still stands. Although urban growth from the city of Nashville has occurred nearby and around the farm, it still maintains an isolated rural character and setting. In addition, the Smith Farm still conveys its significance as the homeplace of the industrious Smith family who played central roles in the lives of their neighbors and passersby by supplying groceries, farm implements, clothing and social contact. The rural, self-sufficient way of life for the Smith family and other farmers is depicted through the house, the smokehouse, outhouse, hen house, cellar, carriage shed, barns and family cemetery that all remain intact." (Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Century Farms, Davidson County, "Smith Farm" by Mary E. Smith.)
Events
| Birth | July 13, 1788 | Bedford County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | December 27, 1814 | Virginia - Lucy Greer | |||
| Death | September 26, 1845 | Kingston Springs, Cheatham County, Tennessee | |||
| Burial | Smith Family Cemetery, Pasquo, Davidson County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Greer (1793 - 1872) |
| Child | Washington Greer Smith (1816 - 1899) |
| Child | Martha Ann Juliana Smith (1817 - ) |
| Child | John H. Smith (1819 - 1873) |
| Child | Henry D. Smith (1821 - ) |
| Child | Byrd Flemings Smith (1824 - 1914) |
| Child | Lucinda "Lucenia" Smith (1826 - 1876) |
| Child | Nancy Ellen Smith (1828 - ) |
| Child | James Hyphen Smith Jr. (1830 - 1838) |
| Child | Walter Sparrell Smith (1831 - 1899) |
| Child | Nathan Greenberry Smith (1834 - 1914) |
| Child | Priscilla Emily Smith (1838 - 1921) |
| Father | Smith ( - ) |
| Mother | Unknown ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Smith (1770 - ) |
| Sibling | Stephen Smith (1773 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann Smith (1776 - 1778) |
| Sibling | William Henry Smith (1792 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Smith (1796 - ) |