Isaac Smith
The late Isaac Smith, who died at his home in Jamestown in the fall of 1914 and whose widow yet lives there, was a native of the Old Dominion, but had been a resident of Greene county since the days of his young manhood. He was torn in Hampshire county, Virginia., June 20, 1839, a son of John and Maria (Kiter) Smith, both of whom were born in Virginia, the former on June 6, 1806, and the latter. May 22. 1806, who came to Greene county after the Civil War and here spent their last days. John Smith and wife were the parents of seven children, George, Isaac, Hester, Mary, Elizabeth, Frederick and Catherine, of whom but three, Hester, Mary and Frederick, are now living.
Isaac Smith was about twenty-one years of age when he left his native Virginia and came over into Ohio, arriving in Greene county with seven dollars in his pocket. That was about the year 1860. Upon his arrival here he began work as a farm hand and was thus engaged until he was joined here by his parents some three or four years later, when the family rented a farm and established a home. Isaac Smith presently bought that farm, but after his marriage in 1881 sold the same and bought the farm of one hundred and fifty-four acres in the immediate vicinity of Bowersville upon which he and his wife established their home and which his widow now owns, and there he continued farming until his retirement in 1890 and removal to Jamestown, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring there on October 5, 1914, and where his widow is still living. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Baptist church and Mr. Smith gave to that church his financial support during his residence in Jamestown.
It was on December 18, 1881, that Isaac Smith was united in marriage to Catherine M. Hite, who was born in Caesarscreek township, this county, a daughter of Andrew D. and Mary (Meyers) Hite, the former of whom was born on December 16, 1816, and the latter, August 14, 1814. Andrew D. Hite and wife were the parents of ten children, two of whom died in infancy, the others, besides Mrs. Smith, being James (deceased), William, George (deceased), John (deceased), Allen, Cyrus and Elizabeth (deceased). To Mr. and Mrs. Smith one child was born, a son. Homer Smith, born on January 4, 1885, who is making his home with his mother at Jamestown and who is engaged in looking after his farming interests nearby.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918