On today in the newly posted history's the one on Samuel SMITH at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamontgo/history/montgomerybio.htm#HENRY%20L.%20SMI TH Was wondering if anyone can tell me more about this Jacob SMITH and Elizabeth HARLESS. Did they have other children than just Samuel? Thanks, Sandy C. SAMUEL SMITH- has lived in Montgomery county for seventy years, and was born in Giles county, Virginia, July 16, 1804, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Harless) Smith. July 26, 1824, he married Elizabeth Brose, who died February 28, 1841, the mother of his children: James P., Born May 13, 1825; Eliza A., December 31, 1826; Harvey H., February 24, 1830; Samuel R., April 26, 1836; Riley T., July 6, 1838. James P. married Elizabeth Surface, and has eight living children: H.H. married Susan Shuey, and they have two children living; Samuel Rufus married Clementine Reynolds, and their children were five: Mary M., Laura Jane, Samuel Floyd, John and Essie Brown Smith. These five children are living with their grandfather, their father having died in 1880. He was a minister of the Lutheran Church, a bright light in his calling, and loved and mourned of all who knew him. In November, 1840, Samuel Smith married Nancy Harless, born in this county in 1800, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Price) Harless. She died in 1875. Samuel Smith has been one of the council of the Lutheran Church for fifty-six years, and superintendent of the Union Sunday school for fifty-two years. He has been thirteen years magistrate, and was registrar during the reconstruction of Virginia. His postoffice address is Prices Fork, Montgomery county, Virginia