Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisSiegfried X
Page 141Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Smith to Observe
59th AnniversaryMr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith of this city will observe their 59th wedding anniversary at their home in this city, Sunday, Nov. 13th.
The wedding day will be passed very quietly with no particular effort to observe the day.
James Anderson Smith and Clara Alice Mosley were married on Nov. 13, 1879, by Fayette Roy, a Justice of the Peace, in Hancock township at his home and a jolly evening at the home of the bride followed.
J. A. Smith was the son of Guthrey and Martha (Patsy) Pryor Smith, both of whom came from Kentucky in an early day. He was born in Hancock township, Hancock county, Illinois, on June 27, 1858. He lived in that township, until he went to Iowa to enter into a partnership with his brother, John Ross Smith, which continued for seven years. He then returned to Hancock county and later located in 1920 in Carthage, which is now his home.
His wife was the daughter of Winston and Sally Ann (Riggens) Mosley and was born in Hancock township.
To Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born the following children: Glenn Smith of Carthage, who has six children; Ivan Smith of Tennessee, has six children; Myrtle Irish of Blandinsville, has six children; Lottie Wear of Carthage, has two children; Steven Smith of Hamilton, has five children; Arlie Smith of Carthage, has two children. One son, Charlie Smith, was killed in the World War; one daughter died in infancy. There are four great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have wo? many friends in this vicinity for their many acts of kindness and are accounted good friends and neighbors.
Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisSiegfried XIX
Page 131MR. AND MRS. J. A. SMITH
James Anderson Smith and Clara Alice Mosley were married November 13, 1879 in Hancock township at the home of Justice of the Peace Fayette Roy. They celebrated their sixty years of wedded life Monday, Nov. 13, at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Lottie Wear, when a dinner was served at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of the following children: Glenn Smith of Carthage, who has six children; Ivan Smith of Tennessee, has six children; Myrtle Irish of Blandinsville, has six children; Lottie Wear, of Carthage, has two children; Steven Smith of Hamilton, has five children; Arlie Smith of Carthage, has two children. One son, Charlie Smith, was killed in the World War; one daughter died in infancy. There are four great grandchildren.
The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
October 7, 1953
Page 2
Column 4Mrs. Alice Smith
Died On SaturdayMrs. Alice Smith, 92, died in her home here Saturday afternoon, October 3 at 2:45. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 in the Elms in charge of the Rev. H. C. Reichel. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
Pall bearers were James Irish, Raymond Irish, Henry Smith, Edwin Smith, Ira Smith and Robert Smith. All are grandsons of the deceased.
Mrs. Smith was born June 30, 1861. Her parents were Winston and Rebecca Ann Riggins Mosley. Her husband, Andrew, died in 1943. Surviving are three sons, Steven of Hamilton, Glenn of Elvaston and Ivan of Macomb, and two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Irish of Blandinsville and Mrs. Lottie Wear of Carthage.
