Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
1887, Owen Co.

J. C. SMOOT was born in Clinton County, Ind., February 4, 1835, and is
a son of George and Dorothy (Dennis) Smoot.  George was born in Owen
County, Ky., February 8, 1801.  He moved to Indiana in 1828, where he
lived until 1835, when he returned to Kentucky.  He was an old and
highly respected farmer, and died in Owen County in 1882.  Reed Smoot,
paternal grandfather of J. C. Smoot, was born in Culpeper County, Va.
He was a Revolutionary soldier, and married Fannie Clark, a native of
Virginia.  He came to Kentucky at an early day, being among the first
settlers.  He was a very wealthy man, and owned 10,000 acres of Owen
County land.  Dorothy (Dennis) Smoot was born in Franklin County, Ky.,
a daughter of Jesse Dennis.  Jesse Dennis was a wealthy farmer, and was
killed by a horse kicking him in 1840.  He was born in Woodford County
in 1788, and his father Samuel, was born in Ireland, came to America in
1773, and was a brave soldier of the Revolutionary war.  J. C. Smoot
was educated at the common schools of Owen County.  He has made farming
his chief occupation, and owns a farm of 400 acres, which he values at
$20 per acre.  February 20, 1864, Mr. Smoot married Susan E. Marston,
daughter of William And Nancy J. (Proctor) Marston, and two children
have blessed their union: W. K. and Helen.  William Marston, the father
of Susan E., was a prominent and wealthy farmer of Owen County, he died
September 11, 1863.  Mr. Smoot is a stanch member of the Republican
Party.

Smoot Dennis Clark Marston Proctor
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Franklin-KY Woodford-KY Culpeper-VA Clinton-IN Ireland

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