Individual Details

"James Turner Smith was a Confederate soldier from November 26, 1861 until March 27, 1865, rank of private with the 50th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers from Ft. Donnelson, Tennessee. He was wounded in the right knee and walked with a limp as a result. His army discharge states he was five feet, five inches tall.

"He was a farmer and raised his children alone and lived his later years with his daughter Lizzie Gist. He loved books and left a very large dictionary and several books on American History, and several religious books, now in my library." (Mary Ligthfoot, 1998.)

Birth	May 1, 1842	Davidson County, Tennessee
Marriage	September 3, 1871	Hamilton Springs, Hill County, Texas - Julia Loftin
Death	March 14, 1914	Mitchell County, Texas
Burial		Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas

Spouse	Julia Loftin (1845 - 1885)
Child	Elizabeth Rim Smith (1872 - 1953)
Child	Annie Smith (1873 - 1910)
Child	James Franklin Smith (1875 - 1963)
Child	Joseph Smith (1877 - 1879)

Father	Washington Greer Smith (1816 - 1899)
Mother	Elizabeth "Betty" Davis (1823 - )
Sibling	John Wesley Smith (1845 - )
Sibling	Tennessee Virginia Smith (1847 - )
Sibling	Henry Clay Smith (1847 - )
Sibling	William Smith (1854 - )
Sibling	Nancy Jane Smith (1854 - )
Sibling	Sarah Elizabeth Smith (1856 - 1856)
Sibling	Franklin Smith (1857 - )
Sibling	Robert Fulton Smith (1860 - )
Sibling	Jefferson Davis Smith (1862 - 1935)
Sibling	Joseph Shelby Smith (1866 - )