Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

CAPT. GEORGE P. SMITH was born in Oldham County, December 26, 1811, the
sixth of a family of fourteen children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Q.
(Russell) Smith, natives of Virginia.  Thomas Smith was a son of Billey
Smith, who was better known in Virginia as Silver-tongued Billey Smith.
Thomas was married at an early date in Virginia to Elizabeth Q., daughter
of the distinguished Maj. John Russel, of Virginia, who was an office in
the Revolutionary war.  Thomas Smith came to Kentucky about 1805, settled
near LaGrange, and engaged in farming and school teaching until his death,
which occurred in January, 1836, his widow dying in 1865.  Our subject
remained with his father on the farm until he was eighteen years of age, at
which time he began for himself.  He first went to New Castle, and was
appointed deputy county and circuit court clerk, under Edmund P. Thomas,
and served in that capacity a year or two.  In 1833 he went to Bowling
Green, Ky., and engaged in the mercantile business for a short time. Then
returned to LaGrange, and clerked for William G. Taylor & Co., a short
time.  He then went to Hendrensville, and opened a store under the firm
name of G. P. & R. M. Smith, and continued thus until 1838, when the stock
of goods was removed to LaGrange, and the business was carried on at that
place until 1843.  Our subject then closed out the business and went to
Louisville, where he was employed by different firms for a number of years.
Later he became a member of the firm of Brannon, Smith & Carters in 1854,
and the firm was thus known for a short time, when it became Smith &
Carters until 1858.  Mr. Smith then engaged in business under the firm name
of Smith & Waide until 1864, when Mr. Waide withdrew and the firm later
became known as Smith, Amis & Co. until 1872, when the business was closed
out.  Mr. Smith then retired from active business, purchased a small
tract of land near Louisville, and moved on it.  Two years later his
residence was destroyed by fire, and he returned to Henry County.
Subsequently, however, he retired to Louisville, but in 1882 moved to the
place known as Pendleton, on the Cincinnati Short Line Railroad in Henry
County, where he has since resided.  In 1846 he was commissioned assistant
quartermaster in the Mexican war by President Polk, and served a little
more than a year, being for over seven months of that time a prisoner of
the Mexicans.  November 16, 1858, he married Amelia Shipp, widow of Dr.
W. F. B. Hastings, of Louisville, but a native of Massachusetts.  She had
two children by her first husband: Eva C. and William F. B. Hastings.  To
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born four children: Lena C., Algernon S.,
Virginia L. and Ewell B.  The family are members of the Methodist Church.

Smith Russell Thomas Taylor Brannon Carters Waide Amis Shipp Hastings
Waide Brannon
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