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DIED

SMITH---Died at his residence near Clay Fork, Cumberland county,

N. C. on the 28th of June 1878, Rev. Joab Smith in the 56th year

of his age. Bro. Smith was stricken with paralysis about a

month before he died and suffered much. He was anxious to live

that he might preach Christ to sinners, but was not afraid to

die. He left a wife and ten children, eight of them consistent

members of the church.

BIBLICAL RECORDER

February 26, 1879, page: 3:2.

REPORT ON OBITUARIES

. we have to mourn the loss of two excellent members,

both ministers, viz: Elder Joab Smith and Elder B. F. Jessup.

We are sorry that your committee are not in possession of

any facts and incidents in the life of the former; but we

can say he was a worthy and good man, whose labors were accept­

able as a servant of the Most High. He was loved and re­

spected by all who knew him.

CEDAR CREEK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES, 1878, page: 12.

U. S. CENSUS, 1850-----------BLADEN COUNTY, N. C.------Page 94

Name Age Sex

JOAB SMITH 27 M

EDNEY SMITH 27 F

ELIZA J. SMITH 6 F

SUSANNA SMITH 4 F

PARRIPA SMITH 2 F

FANNY P. SMITH 7 M TI