Son of Willis Smith and Louisa Jane Lynch
John Riley Smith, was born in Marion County, Illinois,August 4, 1830. He grew up and married in that county, and his main vocation in life was farming. in the flush of young manhood, on August 4, 1862, his thirty-second birthday, he enlisted in the 111th Illinois infantry, and was in all the service of that regiment until it was mustered out August 4, 1865, just three years later. He served in the Army of the Tennessee under the gallant General McPherson. John R. Smith was wounded in the battle of Resaca which was a part of the great Atlanta campaign. He was incapacitated for further duty, and in December, 1864, was transferred to the invalid corps at Camp Douglas, Chicago. He remained on duty there
until the close of the war, and continued to make his home in Chicago for several years. He set up in a contract teaming business, having purchased several teams of Government horses at the very reasonable price of $25
apiece. He continued this business until 1869, in that year came out to Kansas, and early in 1870 settled in Wilson County. in the fall of the same year he homesteaded 160 acres in Cowley County about ten miles east of Winfield, and that farm, developed and improved under his direction remained his home until 1890. Selling it he came to Winfield and lived retired.
When the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma was opened he secured a claim,and for a time lived at Newkirk. in 1902 he retired to Dexter, Kansas, where his death occurred March 14, 1907, at the age of seventy-seven.
He was a democrat in politics, had membership in the Grand Army Post at Newkirk, Oklahoma, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
This old soldier and Kansas pioneer married Mary Frances Brown. She was born near Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1831 and died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1909. They had a large family of children, a brief record of whom is as follows;
William M., who is a farmer and stockman and died near Lawton, Oklahoma , in 1901; Solomon A.; Elizabeth, who died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1912, wife of L. B. Bullington, who was a soldier of the Civil war and is now a retired
farmer at Winfield; Delia, wife of E. I. Johnson, who lives in Winfield but owns a farm two miles from the town; John R., Jr., postmaster at Warner, Oklahoma; Carrie Frances, wife of Ed. Watt, whose home is in Austin,
Texas, but who is foreman of a ranch at San Luis Potosi, about fifty miles west of Tampico, Mexico; Charles M., who was a cowboy and died at Ralston, Oklahoma, in 1901.
Civil War:
Sgt
Company E.
111th Regiment Illinois Infantry
John Riley Smith, was born in Marion County, Illinois,August 4, 1830. He grew up and married in that county, and his main vocation in life was farming. in the flush of young manhood, on August 4, 1862, his thirty-second birthday, he enlisted in the 111th Illinois infantry, and was in all the service of that regiment until it was mustered out August 4, 1865, just three years later. He served in the Army of the Tennessee under the gallant General McPherson. John R. Smith was wounded in the battle of Resaca which was a part of the great Atlanta campaign. He was incapacitated for further duty, and in December, 1864, was transferred to the invalid corps at Camp Douglas, Chicago. He remained on duty there
until the close of the war, and continued to make his home in Chicago for several years. He set up in a contract teaming business, having purchased several teams of Government horses at the very reasonable price of $25
apiece. He continued this business until 1869, in that year came out to Kansas, and early in 1870 settled in Wilson County. in the fall of the same year he homesteaded 160 acres in Cowley County about ten miles east of Winfield, and that farm, developed and improved under his direction remained his home until 1890. Selling it he came to Winfield and lived retired.
When the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma was opened he secured a claim,and for a time lived at Newkirk. in 1902 he retired to Dexter, Kansas, where his death occurred March 14, 1907, at the age of seventy-seven.
He was a democrat in politics, had membership in the Grand Army Post at Newkirk, Oklahoma, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
This old soldier and Kansas pioneer married Mary Frances Brown. She was born near Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1831 and died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1909. They had a large family of children, a brief record of whom is as follows;
William M., who is a farmer and stockman and died near Lawton, Oklahoma , in 1901; Solomon A.; Elizabeth, who died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1912, wife of L. B. Bullington, who was a soldier of the Civil war and is now a retired
farmer at Winfield; Delia, wife of E. I. Johnson, who lives in Winfield but owns a farm two miles from the town; John R., Jr., postmaster at Warner, Oklahoma; Carrie Frances, wife of Ed. Watt, whose home is in Austin,
Texas, but who is foreman of a ranch at San Luis Potosi, about fifty miles west of Tampico, Mexico; Charles M., who was a cowboy and died at Ralston, Oklahoma, in 1901.
Civil War:
Sgt
Company E.
111th Regiment Illinois Infantry
Son of Willis Smith and Louisa Jane Lynch
John Riley Smith, was born in Marion County, Illinois,August 4, 1830. He grew up and married in that county, and his main vocation in life was farming. in the flush of young manhood, on August 4, 1862, his thirty-second birthday, he enlisted in the 111th Illinois infantry, and was in all the service of that regiment until it was mustered out August 4, 1865, just three years later. He served in the Army of the Tennessee under the gallant General McPherson. John R. Smith was wounded in the battle of Resaca which was a part of the great Atlanta campaign. He was incapacitated for further duty, and in December, 1864, was transferred to the invalid corps at Camp Douglas, Chicago. He remained on duty there
until the close of the war, and continued to make his home in Chicago for several years. He set up in a contract teaming business, having purchased several teams of Government horses at the very reasonable price of $25
apiece. He continued this business until 1869, in that year came out to Kansas, and early in 1870 settled in Wilson County. in the fall of the same year he homesteaded 160 acres in Cowley County about ten miles east of Winfield, and that farm, developed and improved under his direction remained his home until 1890. Selling it he came to Winfield and lived retired.
When the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma was opened he secured a claim,and for a time lived at Newkirk. in 1902 he retired to Dexter, Kansas, where his death occurred March 14, 1907, at the age of seventy-seven.
He was a democrat in politics, had membership in the Grand Army Post at Newkirk, Oklahoma, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
This old soldier and Kansas pioneer married Mary Frances Brown. She was born near Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1831 and died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1909. They had a large family of children, a brief record of whom is as follows;
William M., who is a farmer and stockman and died near Lawton, Oklahoma , in 1901; Solomon A.; Elizabeth, who died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1912, wife of L. B. Bullington, who was a soldier of the Civil war and is now a retired
farmer at Winfield; Delia, wife of E. I. Johnson, who lives in Winfield but owns a farm two miles from the town; John R., Jr., postmaster at Warner, Oklahoma; Carrie Frances, wife of Ed. Watt, whose home is in Austin,
Texas, but who is foreman of a ranch at San Luis Potosi, about fifty miles west of Tampico, Mexico; Charles M., who was a cowboy and died at Ralston, Oklahoma, in 1901.
Civil War:
Sgt
Company E.
111th Regiment Illinois Infantry
John Riley Smith, was born in Marion County, Illinois,August 4, 1830. He grew up and married in that county, and his main vocation in life was farming. in the flush of young manhood, on August 4, 1862, his thirty-second birthday, he enlisted in the 111th Illinois infantry, and was in all the service of that regiment until it was mustered out August 4, 1865, just three years later. He served in the Army of the Tennessee under the gallant General McPherson. John R. Smith was wounded in the battle of Resaca which was a part of the great Atlanta campaign. He was incapacitated for further duty, and in December, 1864, was transferred to the invalid corps at Camp Douglas, Chicago. He remained on duty there
until the close of the war, and continued to make his home in Chicago for several years. He set up in a contract teaming business, having purchased several teams of Government horses at the very reasonable price of $25
apiece. He continued this business until 1869, in that year came out to Kansas, and early in 1870 settled in Wilson County. in the fall of the same year he homesteaded 160 acres in Cowley County about ten miles east of Winfield, and that farm, developed and improved under his direction remained his home until 1890. Selling it he came to Winfield and lived retired.
When the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma was opened he secured a claim,and for a time lived at Newkirk. in 1902 he retired to Dexter, Kansas, where his death occurred March 14, 1907, at the age of seventy-seven.
He was a democrat in politics, had membership in the Grand Army Post at Newkirk, Oklahoma, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
This old soldier and Kansas pioneer married Mary Frances Brown. She was born near Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1831 and died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1909. They had a large family of children, a brief record of whom is as follows;
William M., who is a farmer and stockman and died near Lawton, Oklahoma , in 1901; Solomon A.; Elizabeth, who died at Dexter, Kansas, in 1912, wife of L. B. Bullington, who was a soldier of the Civil war and is now a retired
farmer at Winfield; Delia, wife of E. I. Johnson, who lives in Winfield but owns a farm two miles from the town; John R., Jr., postmaster at Warner, Oklahoma; Carrie Frances, wife of Ed. Watt, whose home is in Austin,
Texas, but who is foreman of a ranch at San Luis Potosi, about fifty miles west of Tampico, Mexico; Charles M., who was a cowboy and died at Ralston, Oklahoma, in 1901.
Civil War:
Sgt
Company E.
111th Regiment Illinois Infantry
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