Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Oldham Co.

FIELDING W. SMITH, born in Oldham County, December 26, 1829, is a son of
Earley and Elizabeth (Bates) Smith, natives of Virginia.  His father came
to Kentucky in 1828, and located in Oldham County for one year, then
moved to a farm four miles south of Louisville, where he remained until
1862, moving then to Louisville, where he died about 1872; his wife died
in 1867, and both were members of the Primitive Baptist Church.  Our
subject is the second of two sons and six daughters, passed his early life
on a farm, and has always followed agricultural pursuits, now having a
farm of 185 acres in a high state of cultivation on the San Hill and
Brownsboro Turnpike.  October 31, 1850, he married Sarah M. Carpenter, of
Oldham County, daughter of Abel and Susan (Smith) Carpenter.  Mrs. Smith
died October 23, 1886, a member of the Christian Church, and the mother of
two sons and two daughters: James L., Lee W., ELiza J. and Amanda L.  Mr.
Smith is a member of the Christian Church and politically is a Democrat.

Smith Bates Smith Carpenter
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Louisville-Jefferson-KY VA

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