. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . t 1770, he married Miss Simms. After the battle ofYorktown and the return of the Virginia militia to their homesMr. Smith, together with several of his neighbors and rela-tions, in tbe year of 17S2, passed over the Alleghanies into theNew River Valley. Mr. Smith was brother-in-law to JohnPeters and Larkin Stowers, and they, together with ChristianPeters, Charles Walker and others, came to New River. Smithsettled on the Long Bottom on New River, nearly opposite theplace of settlement of John Peters. Among the sons of IsaacSm
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . t 1770, he married Miss Simms. After the battle ofYorktown and the return of the Virginia militia to their homesMr. Smith, together with several of his neighbors and rela-tions, in tbe year of 17S2, passed over the Alleghanies into theNew River Valley. Mr. Smith was brother-in-law to JohnPeters and Larkin Stowers, and they, together with ChristianPeters, Charles Walker and others, came to New River. Smithsettled on the Long Bottom on New River, nearly opposite theplace of settlement of John Peters. Among the sons of IsaacSmith were: Ezekiel, Benjamine, and William, the latter bornin 1774. Ezekiel went to Texas before the war for its inde-pendence, was captured by the Mexicans and kept a prisonerfor five years. His son, French C. Smith, a man of talent andbrilliancy, followed his father to Texas, and became a promi-nent figure in that state, having been the Whig candidate forGovernor, but was defeated by General Sam Houston, theDemocratic candidate, by a large majority. Benjamine Smith. Wm. r. shannon Grandson of Thomas Shannon, the Settler. The Snidows of New River Valley. 453 lived in the County of Mercer and had several sons—amongthem Theodore, who went West—Thomas, and Allen. W. Smith, of Bluefield, and Judge Charles W. Smith,of Princeton, West Virginia, are the grandsons of BenjamineSmith. Captain William Smith married a Mrs. Neal, whose maidenname was Dingess, a daughter of Peter Dingess, a Revolution-ary soldier, who served in Triggs battalion of MontgomeryCounty artillery in LaFayettes corps at the battle of York-town. Opposite page 454 will be seen the photograph of CaptainWilliam Smith, taken when he was a very old man. He livedto about the age of eighty-four. Mr. John B. Smith, of Willow-ton, in Mercer County, is a son of Mr. Benjamine Smith, andwas a heroic and devoted Confederate soldier. the snidows of new river family is of German origin and the first of th
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