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Thomas Porter Smith, Esq.
Facts and Events
| Name |
Thomas Porter Smith, Esq. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][4] |
1 Jan 1793 |
Bourbon, Kentucky, United States |
| Marriage |
Dec 1814 |
Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesto Frances R Oden |
| Residence[4] |
1818 |
Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesjoined the Presbyterian church |
| Living[2] |
14 Jan 1820 |
Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesnamed in Will of Mary Markham, aunt of wife Frances |
| Death[1][4] |
12 Nov 1867 |
Scott, Kentucky, United Statesage 75y 10m 10d - died at the home of his son Robert |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SMITH BIBLE , in Document. Family Bible Record of Robert Snoddy, of Glasgow, KY.
Thomas Porter Smith was born Jan. 1, 1793 on Monday.
Thomas Porter Smith and Frances R. Oden were married Dec., 1814.
Their children, all born in Paris, Ky.
...
Thomas Porter Smith died Nov. 12, 1868.
- ↑ .
BOURBON CO. KY WILLS AND ESTATES, 1816-1824 -- originally compiled by Charles M. Franklin, 1991. [1]
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MARKHAM, Mary, 14 Jan 1820, Will Book F p. 418, Recorded June 1821,
Gr. Nephew: William Smith,
Nephew-in-law: Thomas Porter Smith,
Niece: Frances Smith,
Gr. Nephew: Thomas Porter Smith,
Brother: William Markham,
Exec: William Markham, William Garrard,
Wit: Thomas Davis, William Markham, William Garrard Jr.
- Bourne Collection of Manuscripts.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Early Elders and Trustees, in Sanders, Robert Stuart. Presbyterianism in Paris and Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1786-1961. (Paris, Kentucky: First Presbyterian Church, c1961 (Dome Press))
31-33.
WESTERN PRESBYTERIAN
Louisville, Ky. and St. Louis, Mo.
November 19, 1868.
THOMAS PORTER SMITH, ESQ.
Was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, January 1st, 1793, and died at the residence of his son, Dr. Robert Smith, in Scott county, Kentucky, November 11, 1867, and so was aged 75 years, 10 months and 10 days. He joined the Presbyterian church in Paris, Kentucky, on examination October the 3d, 1818, so he was a member of the church 50 years, 1 month and eight days. He was, together with Ebenezer Sharpe and Joel R. Lyle, elected a ruling elder of that church, December 2d, 1821; examined for ordination "at some length, (the record says) and unanimously sustained," January 2d, 1822; and ordained with Joel R. Lyle, (Sharpe not mentioned) January 5th, 1822. So he was a member of the church 50 years and more, and a ruling elder over 46 years.
He was prominent in the transactions which made epochs in the history of the church. He was a member of the great Domestic Mission Convention which met in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23d, 1831. He was a member of the Committee of the Synod of Kentucky, who produced their ever memorable report, on the then vexed question of slavery, and in opposition to that institution, in 1835.
He was a member of the Convention which met in Versailles, Kentucky, March 17th, 1841, and was prominent in the division of the Paris church in that year, and afterwards in the return to it, and reunion of it, which he always loved; and in the late schism, with equal meekness and fidelity, he adhered to the Assembly church, the mother of us all; and died in the faith in which he had lived thirty long years; full of labors, and of years, and anxious to depart and be with Christ-which is far better.
He held the office of County Clerk of Bourbon County, Kentucky, from 1816 until the first election after the adoption of the New Constitution, in 1851, during which time, he and D. B. Price of Jessamine, were considered the model clerks of the State. He refused to canvass the county and was beaten by a very small vote. At the next session of the Circuit Court after this, he was appointed Master Commissioner, which office he held until the last Court, in October 1868, when he resigned. About the time of his leaving the office of Clerk, he became a practitioner of law.
In Paris, he spent his long, laborious and useful life; and acquired a spotless reputation. It will be said of him in time to come, as I say it now.-It may be some may say it with pride; but I say it in love, and to his honor, he adorned the offices he held; he was a friend of God, true to his trusts and true to his country.
His funeral was preached in the Baptist church, which with the Methodist and maybe others, was kindly tendered for the purpose, by Rev. J. K. Lyle, of Lexington, in the presence of the Paris Bar; and numerous relatives and friends; and then his remains were deposited in the Paris Cemetery, and reverently and hopefully committed to the holy keeping of Him, who is the resurrection and the life.
His most excellent wife died many years ago, and also some of his children. Four of them survive him, two married daughters, Mrs. Van Deering, and Mrs. Hope, and two sons, Robert, at whose house he died, and McFarland, who bears the name of his much loved pastor. Of his brothers and sisters he has left only two known to the writer, Dr. J. Newton Smith, of Berry's Station, Ky., Cen. R.R., and Mrs. Daniel McCarty Payne, of Lexington.
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