Edward Rumsey Smith (son of Aaron Fairfax and Judith Smith), born August 10,
1836, at Paradise, Kentucky. On September 12, 1863 , he
married Mary Pollock, who was born in Glasgow , Scotland July 1, 1839 . She died at Liberal, Kansas October 12, 1907 .
In the DAR file on Peter
Smith were two
newspaper clippings that evidently were from an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
newspaper. Excerpts from the clippings
follow (information in parentheses is from other sources):
E. RUMSEY SMITH IS DEAD
Pioneer of Seward
County Indian Territory
News was received here last Friday that E. Rumsey Smith, who lived out of town about two miles, died while on
his way to Eureka Springs. ...He died at a point near Kansas, Indian Territory,
August 6, 1907. Mr. Smith had been
suffering the past few years from ill health and it had been his habit the last
three years to make overland trips to the territory to the south and east.
...His departure removes another pioneer settler from Seward County. He came to this county in the fall of 1885 and
used his right on a tree claim and a little later exercised his homestead right.
On the homestead he established his
home and had lived there continuously until his death.
Edward Rumsey Smith was born August 10, 1836, at Paradise, Kentucky. When he had grown to manhood he
moved to Mud River in the same state, where he met his future wife. When the department called for soldiers to
fight for the cause in the Rebellion he accepted and
served for three years. He enlisted in
'61 and was identified with the 17th Kentucky Infantry. In 1863 he returned to Mud River and married
Miss Mary Pollock. Six children were
born to this union:
Mrs. W(illiam) H(enry) Blood (Mary Morrison Smith)
Mrs. B(ernard) H. Lemert (Betty Smith)
Mrs. W. S. Wolley (Lou Smith)
Lincoln Smith
Robert Smith
Edward Smith
In the year 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Smith moved from Kentucky to Texas where they
resided till 1885. The Smiths have been stayers in the county. Undaunted by the little failures in an
agricultural way, the sandstorms and the fierce snowstorms destroying cattle
and other livestock, the Smiths continued to live through it all. Mr. Smith was optimistic. He believed that this country would become a
desirable one, and he lived to see his hope partially realized.
From the second clipping:
...Robert Smith and Mrs. Blood returned from Indian Territory, where
they went to see if proper care had been taken of the body. It is the intention of the family to have the
remains brought to this place a little later on when the weather is cooler.
