U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith, Bessheba M. (b. 1847) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 473 Bessheba M. Smith, born 1847, on Hacker's Creek, daughter of Silas and Sarah (McKinney) Talbott, was married August 27, 1872, to Levi J. B. Smith, son of John and Mary (Swisher) Smith. Their son, Esker T., was born August 9, 1873. Eighteen months later her husband died, and she moved with her son to Barbour County, and now resides on Baker's Run. She has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1863. Levi Smith served six months in the Union army, being discharged at Wheeling in 1864. His father was John Smith who was born in 1796; his grandfather was also John Smith, and was of Irish parentage. Mrs. Smith has been an invalid since 1888. She owns 45 acres of highly improved land underlaid with coal. David Smith was born October 29, 1773, died November 7, 1864, was of English decent, born in New Jersey. He was Justice of the Peace, captain of Malitia and Sheriff of Lewis County. He married Sarah Hacker who was born June 24, 1775, and died 1855. She was of Irish descent. Their son, John Smith, was born October 24, 1796 and died October 12, 1880. He was a local preacher over fifty years. On January 28, 1819, he married Mary Swisher, who was born November 4, 1801, and died May 29, 1878. Her father was Peter Swisher, native of Maryland, born March 11, 1777, died September 27, 1830, (killed by falling tree). On January 27, 1801, he married Susanna Rinehart, who was a native of Maryland, was born December 1, 1779, and died at the age of seventy-five. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------