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Charles Wesley Smith (Cumberland County, Kentucky, Methodist minister and justice of the peace.)

b. 1810-02-15 d. 1887-02-21

Cumberland County, Kentucky, Methodist preacher and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Miriam Poindexter Smith. Father of Dorothy Smith, Rebecca Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Mary "Polly" Smith, Sarah Smith, Ruth Smith, Martha Smith, Nancy W. Smith, Lucinda Smith, and Louisa Smith. Methodist minister in Cumberland County in 1850. Farmer preacher in Cumberland County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Cumberland County in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland Division, p. 317B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District No. 2, p. 509.

KYR-0001-017-0206

"Rev Charles Wesley Smith (1810-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19854409, accessed June 23, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19854409/charles-wesley-smith.

Citation

Smith, Charles Wesley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211541 (November 12, 2026).

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