Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Carroll Co. HENRY CLAY SMITH, a native of Carroll County, Ky., was born November 18, 1855. His father, Milton M. Smith, was born in Montgomery County, May 8, 1818, was a merchant and surveyor, and married Mary Reid, of Montgomery County, daughter of Morton and Mary E. (Lane) Reid, the latter a niece of ex-Gov. Lane, of Indiana. The birth of two sons and four daughters followed their union, of whom the subject of this sketch is the fifth child. Capt. Joseph Smith, the paternal grandfather of H. C. Smith, was one of the earliest settlers of Montgomery County. The maternal grandfather of our subject was also a native of Montgomery County, the latter's father came from Virginia. Henry Clay Smith took the degree of A.B., at Ghent College, Kentucky, at the age of sixteen, and three years later the degree of A.M. When twenty-three years of age he took the degree of LL.D at the Cincinnati College. He practiced law in Warsaw for six months, after which he became principal of the schools. He was the first president of the Warsaw classical schools, then called the Male and Female College, which position he still holds. February 9, 1882, he married Miss Minnie Pulliam, of Warsaw, and a daughter of Capt. J. D. and Helen (Brown) Pulliam, of Kentucky. One child blessed their union: John P. Politically Mr. Smith is a Prohibitionist, but was formerly a Democrat. He owns a house and lot, and is a member of the Christian Church. Smith Reid Lane Pulliam Brown = Montgomery-KY IN VA OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/carroll/smith.hc.txt