Jesse Baker Smith, III, son of Jesse Baker Smith, II

Jesse Baker Smith, III (Jay), son of Jesse Baker Smith, II, born March 1, 1944, at Denver, Colorado.  He married Janice Marie Jacksa in the St. James Roman Catholic Church in Denver.  Janice is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Jacksa of Oakland, California.  Jay and Janice were married in June 1966.

Jay graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1966.  In 1968 he was "certified as a deputy combat crew commander for the Strategic Air Command.  Lt. Smith distinguished himself by earning a highly qualified rating.  He is assigned with the 351^st Strategic Missile Wing at Whitman Air Force Base, Missouri."  Jay is now employed by the Trans-International Airlines.  He is the District Sales Manager of the San Francisco area, which included Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, and as far east as Utah.  He and his wife live in San Bruno, California.

Jesse Baker Smith, II, son of Jesse Baker Smith

Jesse Baker Smith, Jr
South Seas Island, 1944

Jesse Baker Smith, II, son of Jesse Baker Smith, was born March 30, 1913, at Evanston, Wyoming.  He married, on July 9, 1938, Ernestine Letita Ricci, born August 2, 1915, in Georgetown, Colorado.  Ernestine's parents were from Italy.

Jesse, II (Jess), attended the University of Wyoming for two years.  During World War II he served four years (1942-1946) in the Southwest Pacific Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Communications and was released from duty with the rank of captain.  He worked three years for the Unita County Abstract and Title Company in Evanston, then went to the Title Guaranty Company in Denver in 1940.  Since 1952 he has been vice president of Title Guaranty and in April 1964 was appointed manager of the Jefferson County Branch at Lakewood.  He has many interests and activities; is a past president of the Denver Realty Board, Mile-Hi Sertoma Club, Presidents' Round Table, and Land Title Association of Colorado, and was District Governor of Sertoma for two terms.  He is active in the Denver Board of Realtors, the Denver Home Builders Association, and the Chamber of Commerce.  He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Pinehurst Country Club and Sigma Nu Fraternity.  

Jesse Jr, Jesse Sr, and Merrill Smith

Jesse's and Ernestine's one child is

Jesse Baker Smith, III

Jesse Baker Smith, son of Elias William Smith

Jesse Baker Smith, age 16
Ceralvo, Kentucky

Jesse Baker Smith, son of Elias William Smith, born July 8, 1884, at Ceralvo, Kentucky; died March 30, 1947; married on June 20, 1912, Sarah Ellen Gerrard, born October 2, 1889, at Evanston, Wyoming.  Sarah's parents were Daniel and Sarah (Morris) Gerrard, both of whom were born in England.

When Jesse Baker Smith was in his early twenties, he left his native State of Kentucky to seek employment in Florida.  Later he decided to leave Florida and go to Portland, Oregon.  He went by train as far as his money would take him, which was to Evanston, Wyoming.  There he left the train to look for a job.  He was employed as a carpenter and he worked at that trade the rest of his life.

Sarah Ellen Gerrard,
age 19

Jesse arrived in Evanston in August 1908.  About a year later, a close friend, who was a member of the Latter-day Saints Church, invited him to attend a Church meeting.  Jesse was introduced to several Latter-Day Saints girls, one of whom was Sarah Ellen Gerrard.  They became friends and went to church together, to dances and other entertainments.  Jesse became a convert to the L. D. S. Church in July 1911 and he and Sarah were married on June 20, 1912, in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  In time, they became the parents of five children.

Some time later, unemployment in Evanston necessitated Jesse's going to Rock Springs, Wyoming, to find employment and he continued to work there.  He died in the Rock Springs Hospital on March 30, 1947, and was buried in Evanston on April 2. 

Jesse Baker Smith & Sarah Ellen Gerrard, 1910

Although Sarah G. Smith and this writer have not met, they have corresponded for twenty years and have exchanged a great deal of information about the Smith and related families.  Before her marriage Sarah was a school teacher.  When she was 66 years of age she enrolled for 8-month courses in English Literature and Social Science.  This is only one evidence of her industry and quest for knowledge.

The children of Jesse Baker and Sarah Ellen (Gerrard) Smith are:

Sarah Smith,
Merrill, Claude, Jesse Jr.

Jesse Baker Smith, II

Jesse Baker Smith

David Merrill Smith

Claude Gerrard Smith

Phyllis Marie Smith

Elenor Elizabeth Smith

William Ashby Smith, son of Everett Andrew Smith

William Ashby Smith, son of Everett Andrew Smith, is the youngest of the three children.  His date of birth probably was 1923 or 1924.  On February 4, 1951, he married Eugie Virginia Lawler at the First Methodist Church in Athens, Alabama.  For a time the couple lived in Red Bay, where "Billy" was engaged in the practice of law.  Some years later they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where I believe they now live.  Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lawler, of Russellville, Alabama. 

Mary Nell Smith, daughter of Everett Andrew Smith

Mary Nell Smith, daughter of Everett Andrew Smith, a few years younger than E. A., Jr. She married and had one child.  Following the birth of the child, she suffered a mental illness. 

Everett Andrew Smith, Jr., son of Everett Andrew Smith

Everett Andrew Smith, Jr., son of Everett Andrew Smith, born in 1911; died May 26, 1950, at age 39.  His obituary read as follows and is taken from an Alabama newspaper of Saturday, May 27, 1950:

"E. A. Smith, 39, president of the Smith Lumber Company at Red Bay, was killed in an (auto) accident near Florence Friday.

"He was a trustee of Athens College, chairman of the board of stewards of the Red Bay Methodist Church, and was active in civic affairs.

"He was educated at the Brandon-Hughes Military Academy in Tennessee and at the University of Alabama.

"Mr. Smith is survived by the widow, Mrs. Julia Smith; his mother, Mrs. E. A. Smith, Sr.; two daughters, Mary Lucille, 4, and Sandra, 12; a son E. A. Smith, III; a brother, William Ashby Smith, and a sister, Mary Nell Smith.  Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Red Bay Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Red Bay Cemetery." 

Everett Andrew Smith, son of Elias William Smith

Everett Andrew, Everett Andrew Jr,
Mary Nell, & Geneva Ashby Smith

Everett Andrew Smith, son of Elias William Smith, born January 4, 1882, in Ohio County, Kentucky; died August 15, 1928; married Geneva Ashby about 1905 or 1906.

Everett Smith went to Red Bay, Alabama, when he was a young man.  This writer does not know what prompted him to go there, but in 1927 he was considered a wealthy man and was called "the father of Red Bay."  He had numerous business interests, but the chief one was a lumber business he had established.  It was headquartered in Red Bay and had branch offices and mills in three or four other small towns in Alabama.

Cousins:   Martha Mary Smith, Everett Andrew Smith Jr., 

Pearl O. Smith, & Mary Nell Smith

Mrs. Smith survived her husband by a number of years.  She was an active Daughter of the American Revolution.  In her latter years, she was the victim of crippling arthritis.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith's children were:

Everett Andrew Smith, Jr.

Mary Nell Smith

William Ashby Smith