. Family tree book, genealogical and biographical : listing the relatives of General William Alexander Smith and of W. Thomas Smith. logical and Biographical can one have than a true and faithful friend,be such a one within or without the familycircle. Such is she! So! As the years come and go our friend-ship becomes stronger and a source of pleasureand comfort to me. I have received greatinspiration from Bettie and some ideas oflife, and heres hoping she may continue heruseful life for many years and that muchhappiness may come to her. I cannot but fully realize the sweet, sacredopportunity a
. Family tree book, genealogical and biographical : listing the relatives of General William Alexander Smith and of W. Thomas Smith. logical and Biographical can one have than a true and faithful friend,be such a one within or without the familycircle. Such is she! So! As the years come and go our friend-ship becomes stronger and a source of pleasureand comfort to me. I have received greatinspiration from Bettie and some ideas oflife, and heres hoping she may continue heruseful life for many years and that muchhappiness may come to her. I cannot but fully realize the sweet, sacredopportunity afforded me, but as I think ofthat sweet, retiring, reticent life about which I have so freely written, I feel that I do notwant to defame it by any idle word and yetI wish to lend expression in concrete form ofmy appreciation of the friendship that bindsher to me with hoops of steel. 1 feel with George Eliot, that: It iseasy to say how we love new friends andwhat we think of them, but words can nevertrace out all the fibers that point us to theold. God bless her! Mrs. Jeff Davis Herndon, (nee Minnie Wilhelm) Clarksville, Josiah Weightman Smith 925 (See 524)JOSIAH WEIGHTMAN SMITH It has been thought and written bysome of our best writers that the best bio-graphy written, is in most cases, that of onewho has long departed this life. In suchwritings past sins of omission and commis-sion are forgotten and the wonder cure hasso tempered our thoughts that nothing butthe best is said concerning the departed. The writer esteems it not only a privilegebut a pleasure to tell the story of JosiahWeightman Smith, youngest son of Dr. J. D. Smith and his wife, Vetury White lives today in Berkley, California, and isone of the successful business men on thePacific Coast. He was born in the village of Friendship,Tennessee, County of Crockett, May 17,1873. The first years of his life were spenthere. Nothing of special import occurredduring this period. His father moved from Friend
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