Silas C Smith (1845 - 1862)

Born 1845 in Steens Creek, Rankin Co Mississippi

Ancestors

Died 8 Mar 1862 at about age 17 in Elkhorn Tavern, Benton, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Silas C Smith was born in 1843 in Rankin County Mississippi.^[1] He was the son of Merrill Smith and Susan Lusk. At the age of 7, he was in his parent's home in Carroll, Carroll County, Mississippi.^[2]

He died at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

He passed away on March 8, 1862 at the age of 17, in Elkhorn Tavern, Benton County, Arkansas and was buried in theConfederate Cemeteryin Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt Silas C. Smith (1845–8 Mar 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #74727613, citing Confederate Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Beckie Saar Leone (contributor 47783924).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-9B4 : 22 December 2020), Silas Smith in household of Merrell J Smith, Carroll, Carroll, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).