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Biographical / Big Creek Township [Cass County] |
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John C. Smith / farmer and blacksmith, section 22, was born in Hart County, Kentucky, |
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February 17, I833. His parents, George P. and Susan R. Smith, were natives of the same state, |
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the latter having been born in Barren County. |
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John C. spent his youth on a farm, and was educated in common subscription schools. When in |
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his sixteenth year he went to learn the blacksmith's trade, and worked under an instructor some |
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three years. In 1857 he came to Missouri and located on a farm in Cass County, where he |
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followed farming until I862. |
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He was married January 17, 1861, to Miss Nancy A. McIninch [sic] [9], daughter of |
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Jonathan McIninch [sic] [10]. She was born in Kentucky. |
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In the fall of 1863, Mr. Smith moved to Iowa and settled in Monroe County, and the following |
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spring went to Hannibal, Missouri, and was engaged in working his trade until the fall of 1865, |
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when he returned to Missouri and located at Pleasant Hill. Here he worked at his trade some |
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nine years. |
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In the spring of 1876, Mr. Smith moved on his present farm, some four miles southwest of |
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Pleasant Hill, and has since been carrying on a farm and laboring at his chosen avocation. |
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He has ninety acres of land, with sixty acres fenced, [hard to read] fine house, orchard and |
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improvements. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith have four children: Telitha S., George P., Lucy E. and Nannie O. |
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They are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr. S. belongs to the |
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Unit Workmen. [page 545] |
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Biographical [Cass County] |
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John C. Hon / one of the pioneers of Cass County, was born in Kentucky, October 27, 1819. |
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Rev. Peter Hon, his father, was born in Kentucky, and was a minister of the Christian Church. |
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His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Clark, was also a Kentuckian by birth. |
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J. C. spent his youth on his father's farm in Bath County, and was educated in the common |
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subscription schools. |
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He was married in February, 1838, to Miss Elizabeth L. Hawkins, daughter of Isaac and |
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Sarah Hawkins. She was born in Bath County, Kentucky, where she was married. Her father, |
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Isaac Hawkins, was one of the wealthy agriculturists of Bath County. |
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After his marriage Mr. Hon was engaged in farming for some seventeen years. In the fall of |
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1855 he moved to Missouri and located in Cass County. In the following spring he settled on |
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his present farm in Big Creek, Township, where he now has 100 acres of good land, with a |
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good brick dwelling, orchard and improvements. He resides on section 36. Mr. H. has given |
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to his children some 350 acres of land. |
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They have seven children: Isaac H., Mrs. James Parker, Mrs. James Neal, J. V., |
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Mrs. Harry McAninch [11], Rice F., William H. and Mrs. Thomas Farmer. One is deceased. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Hon and children are members of the Christian Church. [page 538] |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XVI n.1 / January 2008 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2008-07 |