Jim was born about 1869 in Mississippi to William L. Smith and Susan Fails.[1]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSR-CWJ : 17 October 2014), Jim Smith in household of Wm L Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 3, family 15, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,248.
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