This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1632 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Sat. Aug. 23, 1879: "Died at the residence of his son, near Akers' Chapel, in Pike county, Ill., Aug. 12, 1879, Lewis Smith, aged 84 years and two months. Father Smith was born in Hampshire co. Va. May 30, 1795, during Washington's administration and consequently lived under the administration of every President which our country has ever had. He joined the M.E. church in 1824 and lived a consistent member thereof until his death. His last words were: "I am trusting in Christ. I have trusted him for 55 years. He will not forsake me now."