History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 582.
[Bourbon County]    [Ruddel's Mills Precinct]

WES. B. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Harrison County, Ky.,
Dec. 24, 1824, son of Robert and Mary (Snodgrass) Smith.  Robert was born
in Nicholas County, Ky., in 1795; Mrs. Smith in Bourbon County in 1795,
she being the daughter of Robert and Mary Snodgrass, who came to Kentucky
from Culpepper [sic] County, Va.  Robert Smith was reared to farming,
which occupation he followed through life, with the exception of about nine
years, when he was engaged in distilling in Harrison County, Ky., where he
lived during the active part of his life.  He was married Sept. 16, 1820,
and died Sept. 6, 1877; she died Oct. 14, 1871.  They reared the following
family: Wes. B., William, Robert, Columbus and Martha.  Wes. B., our
subject, was the eldest son, and was raised a farmer, but has paid
considerable attention to the breeding of short-horn cattle and trotting
horses; "Minnie" with a record of 2:22 1/2, was reared by him.  He moved
to Bourbon COunty in 1874, where he owns 100 acres of land.  He was
married March 21, 1849, to Miss Maria Ishmael, daughter of James and Mary
Ishmael.  Her parents died when she was an infant, and was raised by a
cousin, Mrs. Trigg.  She gave birth to seven children: Ezekiel R., James
W., Columbus Holton, Eugene W., Lewis L., John Charles and Mattie
Cordelia.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith reared from infancy and education John F.
Morgan, a lawyer of Cynthiana.  Mr. Smith volunteered in the Mexican war,
but was discharged on account of sickness, he is serving as Magistrate
of Ruddel's Mills Precinct.  Mr. S. [sic] and wife are members of the
Christian Church, and he is a Mason and a Democrat.

Smith Snodgrass Ishmael Trigg Morgan
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Harrison-KY Nicholas-KY Culpeper-VA

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