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Ephraim's glory is like the firstling of his bullocks and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth.
~ Deuteronomy 33:17

Stephen's Smith Family - Ancestors, Descendants and Cousins

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Anderson Best Smith

BIOGRAPHY: IN MEMORIAM
    Anderson Best Smith, known as "Bud;" was born April 19th, 1837, and died Sept. 4th, 1911, at 6:30 p.m., at his late residence two miles north of Cameron.
    His father, edward, better know as "Ned" smith, made the first settlement of southeast DeKalb county, in the year of 1833. coming here from Clay County, Missouri, he built his cabin near the old spring, on the farm now owned by Mr. Silvius.
    In his early residence here they depended on themsleves. They made everthing at home that they could; but for the meal and flour that could not be made at home, they must make a trip to Liberty to mill about once or twice a year. He kept a good many hogs and was obliged to drive them to Weston or Camden Point to market, or make bacon and haul it to St. Joseph or Weston when these places were mere villages. The early settler could not, as we do, go to town and buy muslin, crash, and ready made clothing, but by a dedious process, they rasied their flax pulled it and spread it out to rot the stalk, then broke it, scutched it, hackled it and spun it on a little wheel, wove it, then made the garment from the cloth, and it has been said it did not get good until it was worn a year or two.
    When "Ned" smith came here, his only neighbor was William Hunter, who had moved to the farm owned by Mr. H. Wamsley. Edward Smith had quite a large family all born on this farm except Ann. their names were, Ann, who married Ahira Manning; Katie, who married Alpheus Reed; Tom, who married Rebecca Smith; Anderson B., who married Fannie Ashby; Louise, who married Russell Bing; Bettie, who married Ira Stout, Emma, who married James Parrott, and Thompson, who has not been heard of for twenty-eight years. When Thompson was about six years old the mother died. "Ned" married again in about two years, Mrs. Bettie Brooks, and there was born to them the following children: Margaret, who married John Trice; Lucy, married Joel Trice; Ned, who married Margaret Coyle; Wash, who married Sit Taylor; Hattie, who married Zeff Reed, and Alice, who married Jacob Stoner.
    When the war between the states came on "Bud" went to Gen. Price's army and arrived at Lexington the day before the battle. He enlisted in the Missouri State Guard Sept. 12th, 1861. On december 6th, he was discharged at Osceola, Mo., and on december 8th, enlisted in the confederate service. He was one of the sixteen men who started the First Missouri Brigade.
    "Bud" was married June 2nd, 1872 to Miss Fannie Ashby. There was born to this union the following children: Edward Ashby; Henry Thomas; Ernest Anderson; Ahira Vincent; Beatrice M., Blanche and J. Sterling who live in Cameron.
    Anderson B. Smith was converted in 1873 and joined the M.E. Church South, of which he was a member until the two churches at Cameron united, when he became a member of the First M.E. Church.
    He died on September 4th, 1911, at the set of sun, age seventy-four years, four months and fifteen days. the funeral was held at his late residence and he was laid to rest in the Wamsley Cemetery. In this cemetery are the graves of his father and mother, and grandfather and grandmother.

MILITARY: Civil War - enlisted  8 Dec 1861; Company E, 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade


Beatrice Mary Smith

taught school 43 years, never married.