Moses Fairfax Smith, son of Aaron Fairfax Smith

Moses Fairfax Smith (son of Aaron Fairfax and Judith Smith) was born in 1825 or 1826. In 1870 and 1880 he lived in the home of his brother Presley William.  No family for Moses was shown. Both Moses F. and Presley W. were millers.  The Smith Brothers, presumably the very early ones, built a mill on Pond Creek near Paradise.  In 1916 the mill was torn down after having stood exactly one hundred years.  Rothert speaks of it as having been established in 1796 and says that it was first known as the Ely Smith mill and later became the Elias Smith mill and in 1850 was known as the Smith Brothers mill.

Moses Fairfax Smith's will is found in Muhlenberg County Will Book 4, page 96, and is dated March 27, 1877.  He instructed that perishable property be sold to pay debts and burial expenses, and that the rest of his property be sold and equally divided among the children of his brother Presley William Smith,  to be distributed when the youngest shall have married or become of age. 

Presley William Smith, son of Aaron Fairfax Smith

Presley William Smith (son of Aaron Fairfax and Judith Smith), born 1823 or 1824; married Mary Ann Morton, born 1836 or 1837, daughter of Thomas Ross Morton and Nancy Elizabeth Rhodes, who were married December 9, 1833.  Nancy Elizabeth was the daughter of David Rhodes and granddaughter of Henry Rhodes (or Rhoads), who was of German birth and was a Revolutionary Soldier.

Presley William and Mary Ann Smith's children in 1880 were:

Nancy J.,                   b. 1867 or 1868

Thomas A.,                b. 1870 or 1871

Moses R.,                  b. 1871 or 1872

Presley W.,                b. 1873 or 1874

Elizabeth E.,               b. 1874 or 1875

Samuel T.,                 b. 1877 or 1878*

Bessie,                       m.                   Williams

Lucinda Smith, daughter of Aaron Fairfax Smith

Lucinda Smith (daughter of Aaron Fairfax and Judith Smith) was likely born in 1819. She died in 1884.  Lucinda did not marry.  She lived with her parents during their lifetime and in 1880 her home was with her brother Presley William Smith.  Her will, found in Book 4, page 63, is dated June 10, 1884, and states that on November 17, 1883, in consideration of four notes (three for $100 and one for $114) she entered into contract with W. H. Smith (wife Isadora) to keep her for her natural life.  The above contract, it states, was carried out to the satisfaction of all.  Her death must have been shortly after June 10,1884. 

Eudoxy Smith, daughter of Aaron Fairfax Smith

Eudoxy (or Eudoxie) (daughter of Aaron Fairfax and Judith Smith) married Alney M. Robinson on September 10,1837.  Very likely this man's name was "Robertson" instead of "Robinson." 

In 1825-26 and again in 1827-28, Rachel Robertson Smith, wife of James Simpson Smith, was the guardian of Alney Robertson.  The 1850 census of Muhlenberg County includes Laura Robertson, age 11, and Aaron Robertson, age 10, in the household of Aaron F. Smith, who would have been their grandfather.  

One might assume that Eudoxie and Alney Robertson were not living in 1850.  Laura Robertson, age 22, was living with her uncles Presley and Moses Smith, and her Aunt Lucinda Smith (all children of Aaron Fairfax Smith) in 1860.  It appears that they maintained a residence separate from their parents.