John
Thomas Tewell
(John Thomas)
Smith
Born in Indiana, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Manson Tewell Sr
and Delia Ann Cissell
Brother of
Barbara Tewell, Elizabeth A Tewell, Martha Artemsa Tewell, Mary Ann Tewell, Lucinda E Tewell, Thomas Jefferson Tewell, Manerva Tewell, Elizabeth Ellen Tewell and Richard Manson Tewell Jr
Husband of
Perlina Anna Smith
— married
18 Mar 1879 in Lawrence, Arkansas, USA
Descendants 
Father of
James Montevale Tewell Smith, Richard Evart Tewell Smith, Thurman Smith, Judeah Grover Tewell Smith, Norse John Tewell Smith, Lee Omar Tewell Smith and Otto Constantine Tewell Smith
Died after
after age 55
in Kay County, Oklahoma, USA
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Name
- Name: John Thomas Tewell Smith
Birth
- Date: 1855
- Place: Indiana, USA
Death
- Age at Death: 55
- Date: After 1910 census
- Cause:
- Place: Kay County, Oklahoma, USA
No Burial Data
- FAG page is a memorial only, no burial data included on the page.
- FAG URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=183655216
Residence
- Residence:
- Date: 1870
- Place: Center, Martin County, Indiana, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Son
- Marital Status: Single
- Occupation: Farm Laborer
- Read & Write: Yes [1]
- Residence:
- Date: 1880
- Place: Center, Martin County, Indiana, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Head
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Farmer
- Read & Write: Yes [2]
- Residence:
- Kansas State Census:
- Date: 01 Mar 1895
- Place: Iuka, Pratt County, Kansas, USA[3]
- Residence:
- Date: 28 Jun 1900
- Place: Logan, Pratt County, Kansas, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Head
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Farmer
- Read & Write: Yes [4]
- Residence:
- Date: 19 May 1910
- Place: Kiowa, Harper County, Oklahoma, USA
- Relation to Head of House: Head
- Marital Status: Married
- Occupation: Farmer
- Read & Write: Yes [5]
Children
- James Montevale Tewell Smith 1880–1955
- Richard Evart Tewell Smith 1884–1944
- Charles Thurman Tewell Smith 1888–1974
- Judeah Grover Tewell Smith 1888–1970
- Norse John Tewell Smith 1891–1960
- Lee Omar Tewell "Red" Smith 1896–
- Otto Constantine Tewell "Babe" Smith 1896–1927
Sources
- ↑ Source:
- ↑ Source:
- ↑ Source: 895 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-169. Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1895 Kansas Territory Census; Roll v115_122; Line 1;
- ↑ Source: Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls; Roll: 496; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0182;
- ↑ Source: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Roll T624_1249, Page 15A, Enumeration District 0162.
Memories: 2
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On December 25 1883 at a family Christmas party in Lawrence County Arkansas, Lewis Cissell, uncle to John Thomas Tewell, pulled a knife on John Thomas in an argument over a horse. Pelina's brother Charles Smith reportedly jumped to his brother-in-law’s defense and shot Cissell dead. The family feared that because brother Charley was always-in-trouble, he would be strung up on the spot, so John Thomas, young upstanding family man, took the blame. To the surprise of all he was arrested, tried, and convicted of murder. He was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the Arkansas State Prison, but before he could be moved to Little Rock, "the brothers" broke him out of jail. Because there were brothers on both sides, it was never clear if it was her brothers, his brothers, or all of the brothers that broke John Thomas out.
The young family adopted Perlina Anna’s maiden name of Smith, with a four year old, and a new born, went on the run. John Thomas and Anna would have and raise seven sons, never staying in the same place very long, always with an eye over their shoulder. It is not known how long Perlina Anna’s family, her brother Charley, and her sister Nancy Lingo with her husband Wesley and their son James stayed together as a group or what names Nancy and Wesley used, but Perlina Anna, John Thomas, their children and brother Charley finally stopped running and settled in Oklahoma’s Kay County.
posted 14 Mar 2015 by Sandra Scarborough
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John Thomas:
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~12.50%
Sandra Scarborough
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~1.56%
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John Thomas Tewell Smith , is my maternal great grandfather.
Rejected matches › John P Smith (1853-1885) › John Andrew Smith (1853-1911) › Thomas Smith (abt.1857-1911) › John Cumming Smith (1854-1908)
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My great-grandfather John Thomas lived a hard life, from his 28th year until his death he was a fugitive, an escaped prisoner from Arkansas. An argument at the 1883 family Christmas gathering at the family farm in Walnut Ridge Arkansas, ended in the death of his uncle Lewis Cissell, his mother's brother. He had a pregnant wife and a young son when he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the Arkansas State Prison. The family lore is that while being transported to the prison "the brothers", and between him and Anna there were 6 brothers, broke him out and the young family went on the run, assuming Anna's maiden name of Smith. John Thomas and Anna had seven sons and finally stopped running when they got to Kay county Oklahoma in the early 1900's. It is not known exactly where John Thomas is buried, the story is he sat down to rest under a large Oak tree and died where he sat and was then buried there.