Livingstone Relations:  Smith Family.

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated June 2, 2007.
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Mary Smith was the mother of David Livingstone's wife Mary Moffat.  Information on her family is on this web page.

James Smith (alias Adam Gow) & Mary Gray

• James (b. c. 1763, Little Dunkeld, Perth, Scotland)
• 18 Apr. 1792, m. York, Yorkshire, England (St. Mary Bishophill Elder, James gardener of Boirdon Chester, Mary of St. Mary Bishophill, wit. Christy Jacques, Edward Gray, Sarah Burnley)
1. 24 May 1795, dau. Mary Smith b. Salford, Lancashire, England [m. Robert Moffat 1819]
2. 6 Oct. 1797, son James Gray Smith b. Manchester, Lancashire, England [m. Sarah Sayre 1829]
3. son William Smith b. [d. c. 1838]
4. 8 Mar. 1801, son John Smith b. Salford, Lancashire, England [m. Sarah Marsden 1828, m. Charlotte Byfield 1833]
• Oct. 1825, Mary Smith d. Dukinfeld, Cheshire, England
• 1853, James Smith d. Flixton, Lancashire, England
   
• Census Records:
• 1841, Flixton, Lancashire (res. Flixton, James Smith 78 nurseryman Scotland, William 11 gardener Y, Ann Astley 30 housekeeper N)
• 1851, Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire (res. Worsley Rd, James Smith wd 87 nurseryman Perthshire, servant Anne Astley 40 housekeeper Shorebury, servant Sarah 19 housemaid Shrewsbury, visitor John Hope 42 cotton agent Salford, Ellen 35 Manchester, Fanny 7 Cheetham Hill, George W 3 Cheetham Hill)

The Gow family changed their name to Smith at the time of their move from Scotland to England.

(Sources:  C1841E, C1851E, IGI, MoffatJ, Northcott, SMBishopE)

John Smith & Sarah Marsden

• John, son of James Smith & Mary Gray (b. 1801, Salford)
• Sarah (b. 1798)
• 11 Mar. 1828, m. Southwark, Surrey, England
• 1831, Sarah Smith d.

John Smith & Charlotte Byfield

• Charlotte (b. 1802)
• 15 Aug. 1833, m.
• May 1843, John Smith d. Bay of Bengal, India
• 1886, Charlotte Smith d.

John was a pastor at Manchester, and later a missionary at Madras, India.  He died during a storm at sea returning from Visakhapatnam in a small boat.

(Sources:  Blaikie, IGI, MoffatJ)

James Gray Smith & Sarah Waller Sayre

• James, son of James Smith & Mary Gray (b. 1797, Manchester)
• Sarah (b. 11 Feb. 1806, London)
• 6 Oct. 1829, m. Manchester, Lancashire, England
1. 11 Aug. 1830, dau. Mary Sarah Smith b. Manchester, Lancashire, England [d. 27 Apr. 1833, West Chester, Pennsylvania]
2. 24 Dec. 1831, dau. Eliza Sayre Smith b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [m. William Henry 1854]
3. 2 May 1834, dau. Sarah Sayre Smith b. West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA [d. 21 Nov. 1900, Maryville, Tennessee]
4. 20 Feb. 1836, son Gray Smith b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [m. Thomasina Allen 1859]
5. 8 Apr. 1838, son Walter Smith b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [d. 13 July 1838, Jefferson Co., Tennessee]
• 16 Apr. 1838, Sarah Smith d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• 2 Sep. 1875, James Smith d. Maryville, Tennessee, USA (bur. Magnolia Cem.)
   
• Census Records:
• 1840, Blount Co., Tennessee (James Smith, 110001-122001, 1 ag)
• 13 Nov. 1850, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 9, J Gray Smith 51 store clerk England, Eliza 18 PA, Sarah 16 TN, Gray 14 TN)
• 19 June 1860, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Maryville, J G Smith 60 clerk England, Sarah 20 England)
• 17 Aug. 1870, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 9, Eliza S Henry 39 PA, Sarah M 15 TN, Jasper 13 TN, Margaret 12 TN, Gray 9 TN, John S 7 TN, Jas Smith 71 confectionery clerk England)
• Unmarried children:
• 14 June 1880, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Maryville, Eliza Henry wd 48 PA, Matha 20 TN, John S 17 printer TN, niece Tempest Smith 20 KY, sis Sarah 46 school teacher PA)
• 2 June 1900, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 19, Eliza S Henry wd 68 PA, Margaret E 41 school teacher TN, sis Sallie S Smith 66 school teacher PA, servant Elvira Simes 49 servant TN)

(Sources:  C1840, C1850, C1860, C1870, C1880, C1900, IGI, Little1, Little2, Valenti)

William Jasper Henry & Eliza Sayre Smith

• William (b. 1832, Tennessee)
• Eliza, dau. of James Smith & Sarah Sayre (b. 1831, Pennsylvania)
• 29 Nov. 1854, m. Maryville, Tennessee, USA
1. 9 Sep. 1855, dau. Sarah Mahala Henry b. Blount Co., Tennessee, USA [m. Robert Hood 1879]
2. 7 Oct. 1856, son William Jasper Henry b. Blount Co., Tennessee, USA [d. 11 Jan. 1938, bur. Magnolia Cem.]
3. 29 Nov. 1858, dau. Margaret Eliza Henry b. Blount Co., Tennessee, USA [d. 7 July 1916, bur. Magnolia Cem.]
4. 23 Jan. 1860, son Gray Smith Henry b. Blount Co., Tennessee, USA
5. 24 Aug. 1862, son John Smith Henry b. Maryville, Tennessee, USA [m. Elizabeth --- c. 1892]
• 21 Mar. 1864, William Henry d. Columbus, Ohio, USA [mem. Magnolia Cem., Maryville, Tennessee]
• 7 Oct. 1909, Eliza Henry d. Maryville, Tennessee, USA [bur. Magnolia Cem., Maryville, Tennessee]
   
• Census Records:
• 29 June 1860, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 14, Jasper Henry 27 farmer TN, Eliza 28 PA, Sarah 5 TN, Samuel 3 TN, Margaret 2 TN, Gray 3m TN)
• 17 Aug. 1870, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 9, Eliza S Henry 39 PA, Sarah M 15 TN, Jasper 13 TN, Margaret 12 TN, Gray 9 TN, John S 7 TN, Jas Smith 71 confectionery clerk England)
• 14 June 1880, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Maryville, Eliza Henry wd 48 PA, Matha 20 TN, John S 17 printer TN, niece Tempest Smith 20 KY, sis Sarah 46 school teacher PA)
• 2 June 1900, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 19, Eliza S Henry wd 68 PA, Margaret E 41 school teacher TN, sis Sallie S Smith 66 school teacher PA, servant Elvira Simes 49 servant TN)
• Unmarried children:
• 22 Apr. 1910, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Main St, Maryville, 4th Ward, Jasper Henry 52 carpenter TN, sister Margaret E 50 college teacher TN, sis Sarah Henry Hood wd 53 TN, niece Grace L 23 school teacher TN)
• 9 Jan. 1920, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. 452 Main St, Maryville, 4th Ward, Jasper Henry 62 contractor TN)

(Sources:  C1860, C1870, C1880, C1900, C1910, C1920, Little1, Little2, Valenti)

Gray Smith & Thomasina Ann Allen

• Gray, son of James Smith & Sarah Sayre (b. 1836, Philadelphia)
• Thomasina, dau. of James Allen & Nancy Trundle (b. 1842, Kentucky)
• 26 Apr. 1859, m. Paris, Kentucky, USA
1. 9 Mar. 1860, dau. Mary Tempest Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. William Makemson 1889]
2. 8 July 1862, dau. Nancy Maud Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. William Hamilton 1891]
3. 16 Jan. 1865, son James Gray Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Emma Linegar c. 1891]
4. 16 Dec. 1866, dau. Lillian May Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. John Webb 1890]
5. 25 Jan. 1869, son Homer Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Ida Davis 1905]
6. 12 Dec. 1870, dau. Thomasina Ann Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Charles Jones 1889]
7. 30 Dec. 1873, son Ernest Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Martha Lucas 1903]
8. 21 Nov. 1875, dau. Lula Livingstone Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA
9. 4 Feb. 1879, dau. Clara Poynter Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Harry Shepherd 1902]
10. 14 Oct. 1883, son Joseph Hood Smith b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Carrie Vickers 1906]
• 6 Dec. 1907, Gray Smith d. Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• 1920, Thomasina Smith d.
   
• Census Records:
• 9 July 1860, Bourbon Co., Kentucky (res. Eastern Div, N A Trundle 67 farmer KY, Laura B 7 KY, John L 2 KY, G Smith 22 trader VA, Thomas A 18 KY, Tempest 4m KY, Elis Turner 61 KY, Sarah E Allen 16 KY, John 12 KY, William Bellows 22 school teacher DE)
• 9 July 1870, Bourbon Co., Kentucky (res. Paris, Gray Smith 34 farmer KY, Ann 28 KY, Mary 10 KY, Maud 8 KY, James 6 KY, Lelia 3 KY, Horace 1 KY, Jno Williams 25 farm hand KY, Lottie 16 domestic servant KY)
• 23 June 1880, Bourbon Co., Kentucky (res. Paris, Gray Smith 44 farmer PA, Thomas Ann 38 KY, Tempist 20 KY, Maud 19 KY, James 15 KY, Lillie 13 KY, Homer 11 KY, Tomie 9 KY, Ernest 6 KY, Lula 4 KY, Clara 1 KY, Thomas Lecher 35 laborer KY)
• 18 June 1900, Bourbon Co., Kentucky (res. Main St, Paris, 1st Ward, Gray Smith 64 farmer PA, Thomas A 57 KY, Homer 31 carpenter KY, Ernest 26 farmer KY, Loula L 24 KY, Clara P 21 saleslady KY, J Hood 16 farm hand KY, boarder Fannie Shropshire wd 55 KY, boarder Henry Overly mar 33 miller KY, boarder W C Goodman 59 KY, boarder Milton Abuee tobacco agent KY, boarder John Meringer 20 plumber KY)
• 23 Apr. 1910, Jackson Co., Missouri (res. 3908 E 13th St, Kansas City, 8th Ward, James G Smith wd 45 railroad clerk KY, mother Tommie wd 67 KY, sis Lula 34 KY)
• 6 Jan. 1920, Jackson Co., Missouri (res. 1014 Boles Ave, Kansas City, 9th Ward, Tommie A Smith wd 76 KY, Lula L 44 nurse KY)
• Unmarried children:
• 14 June 1880, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Maryville, Eliza Henry wd 48 PA, Matha 20 TN, John S 17 printer TN, niece Tempest Smith 20 KY, sis Sarah 46 school teacher PA)

(Sources:  C1860, C1870, C1880, C1900, C1910, C1920, Francis, Valenti)

Robert Nathaniel Hood & Margaret McKenzie

• Robert, son of Francis Hood & Eliza McTeer (b. 1844, Tennessee)
• Margaret (b. c. 1849, Tennessee)
• 16 Mar. 1866, m. Blount Co., Tennessee, USA
1. c. 1868, son William Hood b. Tennessee
2. c. 1870, dau. Mamie Hood b. Tennessee
3. c. 1878, dau. Margaret E. Hood b. Tennessee
• c. 1878, Margaret Hood d.

Robert Nathaniel Hood & Sarah Mahala Henry

• Sarah, dau. of William Henry & Eliza Smith (b. 1855, Tennessee)
• 1879, m.
1. 11 May 1881, son Robert Gray Hood b. Tennessee [d. 14 Sep. 1882]
2. 15 Sep. 1883, son Robert Nathaniel Hood b. Tennessee [d. 17 Mar. 1885]
3. 6 Aug. 1886, dau. Grace Livingstone Hood b. Tennessee [m. Joseph Sanders 1911]
• 1 Feb. 1893, Robert Hood d. [bur. Old Gray Cemetery]
• 21 Aug. 1946, Sarah Hood d. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA [bur. Old Gray Cemetery]
   
• Census Records:
• 17 Aug. 1870, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 9, Robt J Hood 26 attorney TN, Margaret 21 TN, William 2 TN)
• 19 June 1880, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Maryville, Robert N Hood 35 lawyer TN, Sarah M 24 TN, William 12 TN, Mamie 10 TN, Margaret E 2 TN)
• 2 June 1900, Knox Co., Tennessee (res. 848 Temple Ave. Knoxville, 10th Ward, Sara H Hood wd 44 TN)
• 22 Apr. 1910, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Main St, Maryville, 4th Ward, Jasper Henry 52 carpenter TN, sister Margaret E 50 college teacher TN, sis Sarah Henry Hood wd 53 TN, niece Grace L 23 school teacher TN)
• 8 Jan. 1920, Knox Co., Tennessee (res. 114 Morningside Dr, Knoxville, 12th Ward, Sarrah H Hood wd 63 TN, boarder Carrie McDonald 50 music teacher ME)
• 18 Apr. 1930, Knox Co., Tennessee (res. 114 Morningside Dr, Knoxville, 12th Ward, Sarah H Hood wd 74 TN, sL Joseph A Saunders 56 accountant KY, dau Grace H 43 nutrition worker TN, gd Louise L 16 GA, gd Peggy H 11 TN, roomer Elizabeth Sturt 40 office worker WI)

(Sources:  C1870, C1880, C1900, C1910, C1920, C1930, Valenti)

William Grant Makemson & Mary Tempest Smith

• William (b. 1863, Indiana)
• Mary, dau. of Gray Smith & Thomasina Allen (b. 1860, Kentucky)
• 25 Apr. 1889, m. Paris, Kentucky, USA
1. 17 Feb. 1890, dau. Mabel Cosette Makemson b. Pierceton, Indiana, USA [m. Frank Finnell 1923]
2. 5 Sep. 1892, son Emil Allen Makemson b. Pierceton, Indiana, USA [m. Verna Scott 1926]
3. 31 Oct. 1894, dau. Sarah Gladys Makemson b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Wallace Brinton 1916]
4. 3 Oct. 1896, dau. Mary Moffat Makemson b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. William Hogan 1916]
5. 20 Aug. 1899, dau. Willie Gray Makemson b. Paris, Kentucky, USA [m. Glenn Krommes 1918]
• 8 Jan. 1920, Mary Makemson d. Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• 22 July 1929, William Makemson d.
   
• Census Records:
• 15 June 1900, Bourbon Co., Kentucky (res. Main St, Paris, 1st Ward, W G Makemson 38 farm hand IN, Mabel T 40 KY, Cossette 10 IN, Emil 7 IN, Gladis 5 KY, Mary M 3 KY, William 10m KY)
• 16 Apr. 1910, Jackson Co., Missouri (res. 3718 E 12th St, Kansas City, 8th Ward, William G Makemson 47 carpenter IN, Mabel 50 KY, Cosett 20 clerk IN, Emil 17 clerk IN, Gladys 15 KY, Mary 12 KY, Willa 10 KY)
• 2 Jan. 1920, Jackson Co., Missouri (res. 2105 E 31st St, Kansas City, 14th Ward, William G Maknason 56 chemical lab worker IN, Mary T 59 KY, Cozette 29 clerk IN, Emil A 27 office supervisor IN)

(Sources:  C1900, C1910, C1920, Valenti)

Charles Kinney Jones & Thomasina Ann Smith

• Charles (b. Jan. 1861, Tennessee)
• Thomasina, dau. of Gray Smith & Thomasina Allen (b. 1870, Kentucky)
• 25 Apr. 1889, m. Paris, Kentucky, USA
1. 12 Mar. 1890, son Vernon Gray Jones b. Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA [m. Dorothy Crawford by 1910, m. Margaret Taylor 1917]
2. 14 Nov. 1892, dau. Ethel May Jones b. Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA [d. 21 Mar. 1911, Kansas City]
3. 23 Nov. 1894, son Floyd Ross Jones b. Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA [m. Marie Niles 1919]
• 17 Feb. 1950, Charles Jones d. Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• 4 Dec. 1953, Thomasina Jones d.
   
• Census Records:
• 18 June 1900, Colbert Co., Alabama (res. Tuscumbia Pct, Chas K Jones 39 railroad train dispatcher TN, Tomie A 29 KY, Vernon 10 AL, Ethel 7 AL, Floyd 4 AL)
• 25 Apr. 1910, Jackson Co., Missouri (res. 3909 E 13th, Kansas City, 8th Ward, Charles K Jones 49 railroad operator TN, Tommie 39 KY, Ethel M 17 office clerk AL, Floyd R 14 AL)

(Sources:  C1900, C1910, Valenti)

John Henry Webb & Lillian May Smith

• John (b. 1858, Tennessee)
• Lillian, dau. of Gray Smith & Thomasina Allen (b. 1866, Kentucky)
• 9 Oct. 1890, m. Paris, Kentucky, USA
1. 12 July 1894, dau. Lillian Gray Webb b. Maryville, Tennessee, USA [m. David Proffitt 1917]
• 25 Dec. 1936, Lillian Webb d. Maryville, Tennessee, USA
• 7 Oct. 1945, John Webb d. Maryville, Tennessee, USA
   
• Census Records:
• 9 June 1900, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Dist 9, John Webb 41 merchant TN, Lillian May 32 KY, Lillian Gray 5 TN, mother Sarah C wd 71 NC, sisL Clara Smith 20 KY)
• 29 Apr. 1910, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. Maryville, 3rd Ward, John H Webb 52 merchant TN, Lillian M 42 KY, Lillian G 16 TN, boarder Mahlon J Hanes 77 IN, Mollie 81 IN)
• 12 Jan. 1920, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. 140 High St, Maryville, 3rd Ward, John H Webb 61 merchant NC, Lillian M 53 KY)
• 3 Apr. 1930, Blount Co., Tennessee (res. 140 E High St, Maryville, 3rd Ward, John H Webb 71 merchant TN, Lillian M 63 KY)

(Sources:  C1900, C1910, C1920, C1930, Valenti)

William McClelland Hamilton & Nancy Maud Smith

• William (b. 1866, Indiana)
• Nancy, dau. of Gray Smith & Thomasina Allen (b. 1862, Kentucky)
• 19 Aug. 1891, m. Paris, Kentucky, USA
1. 23 Nov. 1894, son Arthur Gray Hamilton b. North Madison, Indiana, USA [m. Edith Herbert 1918]
• 9 July 1917, William Hamilton d.
• 2 Mar. 1930, Nancy Hamilton d. Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
   
• Census Records:
• 11 June 1900, District of Columbia (res. 1922 Third St, Washington, William M Hamilton 38 tool compositor IN, Maude 36 KY, Arthur G 5 IN)
• 25 Apr. 1910, Prince Georges Co., Maryland (res. Wine Ave, Hyattsville, 2nd Ward, William Mc Hamilton 47 printer IN, Maud S 48 KY, Arthur G 15 IN)
• 6 Jan. 1920, Prince Georges Co., Maryland (res. Wine Ave, Hyattsville, 2nd Ward, Maud Smith Hamilton wd 58 KY)

(Sources:  C1900, C1910, C1920, Valenti)

James Gray Smith & Emma Linegar

• James, son of Gray Smith & Thomasina Allen (b. 1865, Kentucky)
• Emma (b. Apr. 1864, Iowa)
• c. 1891, m.
• 29 Oct. 1904, Emma Smith d.
• 11 Feb. 1911, James Smith d. Kansas City, Missouri, USA
   
• Census Records:
• 11 June 1900, Greene Co., Missouri (res. 749 College, Springfield, 3rd Ward, James G Smith 35 railroad yardmaster KY, Emma 36 IA, Nannie McDaniel 16 KY)
• 23 Apr. 1910, Jackson Co., Missouri (res. 3908 E 13th St, Kansas City, 8th Ward, James G Smith wd 45 railroad clerk KY, mother Tommie wd 67 KY, sis Lula 34 KY)

(Sources:  C1900, C1910, Valenti)

John Smith Henry & Elizabeth B. ---

• John, son of William Henry & Eliza Smith (b. 1862, Tennessee)
• Elizabeth (b. Apr. 1870, Tennessee)
• c. 1892, m.
1. Aug. 1893, son John B. Henry b. Kentucky, USA
2. Nov. 1898, dau. Margaret L. Henry b. Kentucky, USA
• 30 July 1942, John Henry d. (bur. Magnolia Cem., Maryville, Tennessee)
   
• Census Records:
• 1 June 1900, Knox Co., Tennessee (res. 1011 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, 10th Ward, John S Henry 37 railroad conductor TN, Elizabeth B 30 TN, John B 6 KY, Margaret L 1 TN)
• 22 Apr. 1910, Sullivan Co., Tennessee (res. 812 Virginia Ave, Bristol, John S Henry 48 railroad conductor TN, Elizabeth B 38 KY, John S Jr 17 KY, Margarrett 12 TN, servant Laura Evans 20 cook TN)
• 11 Jan. 1920, Knox Co., Tennessee (res. 1107 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, 10th Ward, John S Henry 52 railroad conductor TN, Elizabeth 49 KY, Margaret 21 hospital dietician TN)

(Sources:  C1900, C1910, C1920)