After the Civil War, ex-slaveholder, physician, newspaper publisher and businessman Joseph Riley Smith divided up his corn and cotton fields into residential lots to develop Smithfield, now a neighborhood of Birmingham. He named the streets after his children, including Thomas.
After the Civil War, ex-slaveholder, physician, newspaper publisher and businessman Joseph Riley Smith divided up his corn and cotton fields into residential lots to develop Smithfield, now a neighborhood of Birmingham. He named the streets after his children, including Thomas.
Family Members
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Lucy Gray Smith
1846–1858
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Mortimer Jordan Smith
1847–1860
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Sarah Emma Smith Owen
1849–1874
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Mary Ella Smith Morrow
1849–1873
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Martha Prince "Mattie" Smith
1853–1856
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Joseph Riley Smith Jr
1856–1925
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John Fleming Smith
1857–1884
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Mariah A. Smith
1864–1871
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William D Smith
1867–1932
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Virginia Irene Smith McDavid
1870–1916
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