NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11495 OWEN CO – GEORGE W. SMITH – Smith, Scroggins 11495 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 982. Owen Co KY. George W. Smith, post-office Curryville, was born in Owen county, Kentucky, June 13, 1833. Left an orphan when he was eight years of age, he found a home with his elder sister, and at the age of ten years he came with her and her husband to Pike county, Missouri, where he lived until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Texas with his brother-in-law, where he remained for nine years, and where he accumulated considerable property. Having a limited education, and having an ambition to obtain an education, he return to Pike county and attended school for more than a year, and by hard study in his leisure hours fitted himself for a teacher, which occupation he followed until 1867. He was married, April 7, 1867, to Mrs. A. Scroggins, a native of Kentucky. After this he turned his attention to farming and stock-raising, which he still follows. He has held the office of justice of the peace for more than seven years, and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Mr. Smith and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx