NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11339 BATH CO – THOMAS SMITH – Smith, McGary 11339 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. pp. 728-9. Bath Co. Thomas Smith, carpenter and builder, of Louisiana city, was born near Mount Sterling, Bath county, Kentucky, January 14, 1817. The same year of his birth his parents came to Missouri. They stopped at Troy, Lincoln county (then St. Charles), until the spring of 1818, when they came to Pike county (then St. Charles) and settled on a farm on Grassy Creek, six miles west of Louisiana, where he was raised. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the carpenter trade by working at intervals, he having to work on the farm. He followed farming and carpentering on Grassy Creek until 1846, when he came to Louisiana and followed his trade exclusively to the present. During 1864 and 1865 he was employed as ship carpenter on the Mississippi River, on board the steamer Mollie McPike. In the spring of 1879 he went to Colorado, where he worked on a stamp mill and mined at Silver Cliff, returning in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1881 he again went to Colorado and was employed as before, and again returned in the fall. During the season of 1882 he was employed as ship carpenter on the steamer Bald Eagle. September 9, 1841, he married Miss Frances A. McGary, of Pike County. They have four children living: James S., of Dakota; Emma and Fanny, at home; Oscar M. of Texas and Escue B., at home. [note – five listed]. Himself and wife are members of the First Baptist Church, and were among the original members when it was organized in 1853. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx