Smith, Thomas Russell, 1832-1914

Thomas R. Smith was born in 1833, the son of Jonas and Miriam Smith. He was a Quaker and a member of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends in Lincoln, Virginia. He married Ellen Haines in 1859 and died in 1914.

From the description of Papers, 1849-1864. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 30760663

Quaker farmer, of Loudoun County, Va.

Thomas Russell Smith (16 August 1833-17 October 1914), was a son of Jonas and Miriam (Russell) Smith of Lincoln, Loudoun County, Virginia. Smith was a farmer and member of the Goose Creek Monthly Meeting. He married Ellen Haines (25 July 1835- 5 February 1925), daughter of Reuben and Sarah Haines of Carroll County, Maryland, 17 October 1859. They had four children: Anna T. (b. 4 June 1862- 15 August 1903; married Eli Elliott and moved to Iowa), Sarah H. (22 March 1864- 29 November 1939, m. Howard M. Hoge and moved to Iowa), Harvey T. (27 April 1867-26 August, 1888 -kicked by a stallion), and J. Russell (b. 3 February 1874, married Henrietta Stewart and moved to Swarthmore, Pa.).Thomas R Smith was a faith based conscientious objector and was one of several members of the Friends in Loudoun County who paid a fine, $500 Confederate, to insure exemption from military duty.

From the description of Thomas Russell Smith reminiscence, 1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963257