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
December 29, 1943
Page 1
Column 1Andrew Smith, 88
Died Here TuesdayAndrew Smith, 88, died in his home in Carthage Tuesday afternoon after a short illness. Mr. Smith was a retired farmer from the Oak Grove community east of here. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Mosley Smith; four sons, Stephen of Hamilton, Glenn and Ivan of Carthage, and Arlie, U. S. navy, now home on leave, and two daughters, Mrs. Charles Wear of Carthage and Mrs. Charles Irish of Blandinsville. A son, Charles was killed in World war I. Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary last month. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock p. m. at The Elms. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
January 5, 1944
Page 1
Column 4Andrew Smith
Well-Known Local
Man Died Dec. 28James Andrew Smith, native of Hancock township, but for some years a resident of Carthage, where he had very many warm friends, passed away at his home here Dec. 28, after a brief illness, aged 88 years.
Funeral services were held at the Elms, Dec. 31, at 2:00 p. m. with the Rev. H. C. Reichel officiating. Mrs. Erma Rowe Hecox sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden.” Interment was in Oak Grove cemetery, the following acting as pall bearers: L. G. Stewart, Lee Troute, R. A. Brooks, Warren Kirkpatrick, Edward B. Hackett and Albert Salisbury.
Mr. Smith, the son of Guthrie and Martha Prior Smith, was born June 27, 1955, in Hancock township, and on Nov. 13, 1879, was married to Alice Mosley, by Justice of the Peace Louis Rhea. The family home was in the same locality for many years.
Mrs. Smith survives him, together with four sons, Stephen of Hamilton, Glenn and Ivan of Carthage, and Arlie, U. S. Navy, now home on leave, and two daughters, Mrs. Charles Wear of Carthage and Mrs. Charles Irish of Blandinsville. A son, Charles, was killed in world war I. Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary quietly at their home Nov. 13.
Mr. Smith's parents lived under the primitive conditions of that early day, and he became acquainted with all the pioneer methods of life, hunting and fishing to supply the family table and the toilsome ways of providing corn meal and later flour as well as lumber for any building.
In an interview with him within a month in The Republican office he told of life in early days in the wilds of Hancock township, and one of the features of that life was the difficult journeys by ox team to Quincy, the nearest place where meal could be ground and the long wait there for one's turn for the services of the miller. He said that people complained nowadays at rationing and the discomforts of life and if they could go back to pioneer days and see how hard life was, they would change their ideas.
Mr. Smith became a great fisherman and after locating in Carthage, made frequent trips to the Mississippi, where he indulged in his favorite sport. His friends were interested in it and made it convenient often to see that he had a chance to get to the river. He was a man of great intelligence and had a kindly attitude toward life. His popularity was attested by the large group present at the funeral service.
