NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11140 DAVIESS CO – CLAUDE E. SMITH – Smith, Baker, Kimbley, Maddox, Heavrin, Barnes, Tatum, Tichenor #11140: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Claude E. Smith [photograph], a talented and prominent member of the Owensboro bar, has practiced his profession continuously for more than twenty years. He was born February 9, 1879, in Ohio county, Kentucky, where he resided until 1924. He is a son of E. W. and Mary L. (Baker) Smith, who have always lived within the borders of that county. The mother was born May 5, 1857, and the father on the 3d of March, 1851. The latter followed the occupation of farming until age and declining health forced him to retire from these activities. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in politics is an ardent republican. The grandparents of the subject of this sketch, John E. V. and Elizabeth (Kimbley) Smith, were natives of Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, but in early life became residents of Ohio county. The grandfather was also an agriculturist and in political views were in harmony with the tenets of the republican party. In early life he was a Presbyterian but later united with the Methodist Episcopal church. He was also a Mason and a past master of his lodge. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Smith were Andrew W. and Pauline (Maddox) Baker, the latter of whom was a native of Ohio county. Mr. Baker was a native of Tennessee but emigrated to Ohio County in early life. He was a farmer. He gave his political support to the democratic party and was a Baptist in religious faith. The public schools of Ohio county afforded Claude E. Smith his early educational advantages. He also attended select and collegiate schools and in early manhood taught for a while in the public schools of his native county. He read law while engaged in teaching and later in the office of M. L. Heavrin, of Hartford, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar at Hartford, where he began the practice of law. For several ears he pursued his profession alone but since 1912 has been associated with W. H. Barnes. The firm of Barnes and Smith is one of the strongest legal combinations in Owensboro, and has established a large and desirable clientele. They also maintain an office in Hartford, Kentucky. Mr. Smith has a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, and from 1916 until 1922 he was commonwealth attorney for the sixth judicial district, having been elected to that office on the republican ticket at the time when the district was strongly democratic. He made an enviable record as a commonwealth attorney. He also served for six years as county attorney of Ohio county. He is one of the directors of the National Business University of Owensboro, and vice president of the Hartford Printing Company, of Hartford, of which he is also a director. On November 3, 1903, while a resident of Hartford, Ohio county, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Jessie B. Tatum, who was born in that county, February 11, 1884, and passed away in Hartford, March 3, 1910. She was a daughter of Dr. O. V. and Mattie (Tichenor) Tatum, the latter of whom was born in Ohio county and resides in Hartford. Dr. Tatum was a native of Logan county, Kentucky, and received his medical education in Louisville. He became one of the prominent physicians of Ohio county, in which he resided until his demise. He was a member of the Baptist church and was a democrat in his political views. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of a daughter, Martha M., who was born February 5, 1909. She was graduated from the Hartford high school in 1927. Mrs. Smith was a public the public schools of her native county and completed her studies in the Beaver Dam Seminary of Kentucky. She was affiliated with the Baptist church, in which she was an earnest worker, and was also a member of Hartford Chapter of the Eastern Star. Mr. Smith was chairman of the Red Cross committee at Hartford during the World war and did much to promote the success of the local organization. He is a consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a republican in his political convictions. He is a Mason, belonging to Hartford Lodge, No. 675, F. & A. M., and is also a member of Owensboro Lodge, No. 144, B. P. O. E. He finds diversion in hunting and fishing. Mr. Smith is highly esteemed by his business associates and professional colleagues and has demonstrated his public spirit by actual achievements. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch