The Smith Genealogy Page



Welcome to the Smith Genealogy Page. Here you will find a short history of the Smith family, descendants of Henry Smith of Logan County, Kentucky. There is a list of related SURNAMES along with an INDEX to those names.

You can download my Smith GEDCOM (404 KB) .

There are some books and photograph albums available, which you can look at on-line or download.
Benjamin Edward Smith and his
wife Jo Anna Milam

Smith Family History

Henry SMITH was born in about 1770 and died on July 26, 1840 in Logan County Kentucky. He was married to Christina of NC and the couple had 12 known children. The SMITH family came from Germany and it's said they spoke German in their home. They resided in Logan County, KY by 1800 where Henry Smith was a wealthy land owner and prominant citizen of Logan county. The children lived in AL, MO, and TN by 1850. The daughters married into the DALTON, CLAMPETT, WILLIAMS, STARK, and MASON families. The direct line information follows:


William Harrison SMITH was born in May 15, 1809 in Logan county, KY and died on February 10, 1878 in Freestone county, TX. He married Mary TOWNSEND the daughter of Light TOWNSEND and Mary ARNOLD. She was born on February 28, 1818 in Logan county, KY and died on March 31, 1896 in Freeston county, TX. They married on October 7 1825. Five children were born to this marriage. The direct line information follows:


Presley Edward SMITH was born December 28, 1837 in Logan county, Kentucky and died on May 4, 1917 in Port Arthur, Jefferson county, TX. Presley married Sarah Frances BOYDSTUN born on July 14, 1839 in Adams county, IL and died on March 9, 1873 in Rockwall, TX. She is buried, along with many members of her family, in the Boydstun Cemetery, Rockwall, TX. The couple had 3 children. After the death of Sarah, Presley married Sarah's sister, Elizabeth Louisa BOYDSTUN on March 9, 1873. Elizabeth was born on February 10, 1851 and died on March 9, 1933 in Jefferson county, TX. The couple had five children. The direct line follows:



Benjamin Edward SMITH was born June 3, 1881 in Clyde, Callahan county, TX and died on October 24, 1972 in San Angelo, Tom Green county, TX. He married Joanna MILAM in Uvalde, TX on December 4. 1904. Joanna MILAM was born on July 12, 1882 in Delta county, TX and died on September 27, 1972 in San Angelo, Tom Green county, TX. The family had two chidren and the direct line follows:


Presley Edward SMITH was born on January 3, 1910 in Uvalde, Uvalde county, TX and died on Ocober 5, 1993 in Plano, Collin county, TX. He married Venita Irene DUCKWORTH on July 10, 1940 in Abilene, Taylor county, TX. Irene was born on January 5, 1912 and died on January 13, 1998 in Plano, Collin county, TX. The family had one child.



Presley Edward SMITH Jr. was born on August 5, 1947 in Uvalde, Uvalde county, TX. He married Charlotte SHANNON and had one child Krista SMITH. They divorced, and Presley then married Patricia (Patty) HENSLEY.




Krista Smith was born on January 12, 1980, and is now in college. Here she is with an ice cream carton on her head.



Patty's son Patrick Douglass was born April 9, 1978.
He is now in college.

Books and Photograph Albums

These books and albums are all .PDF files. To view them you will need Adobe Acrobat, which can be downloaded for free from Adobe's Web Page. You will also need to configure your web browser to launch this program whenever it encounters a .PDF file.

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