Thomas BARNES

Father: John BARNES
Mother: MARY

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 _John BARNES _|
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|--Thomas BARNES 
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|_ MARY _______|
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John Henry GRUBB

BIRTH: 1610, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
DEATH: 1667, Potterne, Devizes, Wiltshire, England

Father: Thomas GRUBB
Mother: Susan HART

Family 1: Helen VIVIAN

+John GRUBB

                 _Thomas GRUBB __
 _Thomas GRUBB _|
|               |_Agnes JEFFREY _
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|--John Henry GRUBB 
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|                _John HART _____
|_Susan HART ___|
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James Hamilton SMART

BIRTH: 8 Oct 1862, Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas
DEATH: 1 Jan 1942, Clark County, Arkansas

Father: Thomas SMART
Mother: Rachel CROW

Family 1: Susan Iola CROSSLIN

MARRIAGE: 3 May 1888

                 _? SMART _____________
 _Thomas SMART _|
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|--James Hamilton SMART 
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|                _Walter CROW _________
|_Rachel CROW __|
                |_Margaret HUTCHINSON _

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Notes

James was farmer and a "self made" Baptist preacher. No formal
education, but began preaching around 1890 (served the Sycamore Baptist
Church as pastor from 1899-1926). He celebrated the marriage and funeral
rites of many of his family members. James kept a diary for a couple
years around 1890 - put down something everyday. Depended on farming for
a living and grew cotton, corn, potatoes and pretty much all their own
food. James did not have electricity, nor indoor toilet for his family.
For water they used an open well - used a bucket and pulley. No
telephone. Just "country life".

His house "never had a paintbrush on it". The house had an open hall
down the middle with two rooms on each side of the hall.

According to his son John, James Hamilton Smart was, "A good man. He
came along at a time when most of the farmers did not try to make alot of
money. They wanted to provide for their family. The Lord was really
leading him in the field of preaching - he farmed so that his family
would have something to eat. He was gone each weekend because at the
time preachers did not really have set churches they preached in.

James Smart had black hair...

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