William Calloway Smith Family Bible - Longtime Recorder of Union Parish Louisiana Submitted by: Dr. Robert S. Hendrick Date of Submission: October 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= William Calloway Smith Family Bible - Longtime Recorder of Union Parish Louisiana Original Bible published in 1868 by the American Bible Society of New York In October 2009, Bible in the possession of his great-granddaughter, May Virginia Hendrick Chidlow ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= FAMILY BACKGROUND: William Callaway Smith (6 Nov 1828 – 23 Dec 1880) moved with his family to Linville in eastern Union Parish Louisiana about 1840 from Selma, Dallas County Alabama. He was the son of John Smith, who is buried in the Liberty Baptist Cemetery. In 1850, William C. Smith worked as a saddler, but in the early 1850s he assumed the position of Union Parish Recorder. He held this job for over twenty years, until about 1879. Smith's son, James Monroe Smith, attended Louisiana State University, and in 1879 at the tender age of twenty-two, Smith was elected clerk of court by the citizens of Union Parish. He remained in this capacity continually until 1900, when he was elected as the region's state senator. After one term, Smith was appointed as the Registrar of the State Land Office, and then in 1904, he was elected as the Louisiana Treasurer. After leaving office in 1908, Smith moved to Shreveport, where he joined his brother-in-law L. E. Thomas in various political and business ventures. He also owned a cotton plantation in Bossier City including the current location of Louisiana Downs. ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= William Calloway Smith Family Bible ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= Births Page 1 ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= William Calloway Smith November 28, 1828 Elizabeth Amy Manning Smith November 4, 1837 James Monroe Smith February 6, 1857 Mary Elizabeth Smith February 27, 1860 William Allen Smith June 12, 1866 Florence Smith November 9, 1870 ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= Marriages ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= William Calloway Smith and Elizabeth Amy Manning March 20, 1856 James Monroe Smith and May Olive Kidd October 15, 1885 Mary Elizabeth Smith and George A. Kilgore March 20, 1879 Florence Smith and Lee Emmet Thomas December 22, 1891 ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= Births Page 2 ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= William Kidd Smith August 14, 1886 [NOTE: son of James M. Smith & May O. Kidd] Lois May Smith February 16, 1889 [NOTE: daughter of James M. Smith & May O. Kidd] James Milton Smith February 7, 1891 [NOTE: son of James M. Smith & May O. Kidd] James Monroe Smith, Jr. March 13, 1893 [NOTE: son of James M. Smith & May O. Kidd] ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= Deaths ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= Elizabeth Amy Manning Smith November 15, 1879 Mary Elizabeth Smith Kilgore November 26, 1879 William Calloway Smith December 23, 1880 William Allen Smith March 16, 1884 William Kidd Smith May 29, 1888 James Milton Smith July 11, 1891 May O. Kidd Smith February 23, 1895 ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= ########################################################################################## File posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/bibles/smith-william-calloway.txt