unyielding convictions and unfaltering courage, qualities inherited by his sons in a marked degree.

Colonel Smith and his estimable wife, who is still living, were the parents of eight children. They were Ellen A., Cornelia E., James, A. Wynn, Joseph H., John P., Mary A., and Alice R. Of these, Ellen, James and A. Wynn, are dead. The first named lived to womanhood; James died when a boy, and A Wynn achieved military distinction and the rank of Colonel before his death, which occurred in 1873.

John is now chancellor of the First District in Tennessee, where he and his sister, Cornelia, reside. Mary and Alice are both married. The former lives in Emporia, Kan.; the latter in Denver.

This branch of the Smith family from which Joseph H. Smith is descended, is an old and honorable one; it members being scattered through North Carolina, Virginia, and East Tennessee. The paternal grandfather of Joseph was an old school gentleman; one "native here, and to the manor born." He was a large land and slave owner, and was extensively engaged in the manufacture of iron. He lived to a ripe old age.

Joseph H. Smith early acquired a practical education. He had inherited the military spirit of his father, and like his distinguished sire he was patriotic in his devotion to the Union. When Beauregard's gun-boats opened fire on Fort Sumter, Mr. Smith was

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but seventeen years of age. later he resolved to offer himself to the Federal army. This resolu

tion was easier made than to carry out. It necessitated the risk of his life. He set out on foot for the north, and by traveling nights and hiding days, succeeded in crossing the Confederate lines, arriving at Cumberland Gap after its occupancy by Federal troops, and prior to its evacuation.

He immediately enlisted in the Second Tennessee infantry, and was with the regiment through quite a severe campaign, until he was taken sick and ordered by Colonel Carter back to private life, where he remained until he recovered. He then enlisted in the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry with a commission in his pocket; but before being mustered in he was detailed to nurse a sick uncle, Major H. C. Smith, of the same regiment. From this time on he was a privileged character; was for a time an attendant on the quartermaster, and was with what was known as the "Andy Johnson Brigade," composed of the Eighth, Ninth and Thirteenth Cavalry, detailed for special service.

It was this brigade that engaged the command of the famous John Hunt Morgan, in which engagement Morgan was killed. Morgan had attained a national notoriety as the leader of raids into Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. The Andy Johnson Brigade at its own request was attached to General George Stoneman's

Division on the raid to intercept the Jeff Davis party in their endeavor to escape after the fall of Richmond.

At the close of the war, Mr. Smith engaged in the mercantile business, and the year 1868 once more found him at the place of his nativity, Mountain City, engaged in dry goods and general merchandising, in which he continued until 1872. He then sought new fields of labor, and, after traveling somewhat extensively, found himself in Denver, Col., in August, 1872. After familiarizing himself with the State to a considerable extent, engaing in mining industries at Alma, Gold Hill and other localities, he organized, in the spring of 1873, the Novelty Manufacturing Company; and, having always had a taste for that line of business, he successfully conducted this chosen line of manufacturing, until he furnished nearly all the electrical supply trade in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico. He severed his connection with this business upon his election to the office of clerk and recorder for Arapahoe county, in November, 1887. Mr. Smith performed the duties of this important office with such ability

and fidelity that he was re-elected thereto for a second term in 1889. Since he has become the administrator of its affairs, it has made the most wonderful advance in its history, and now employs from twenty to thirty copyists.

In politics, Mr. Smith is a Republican of the most pronounced type, as is generally the case with the Southern born when they espouse the principles of the party. He is a man of fine physique, light complexion and an eye that is remarkable for its power. He stands fully six feet, scores a weight of two hundred, and possesses certain mental characteristics that enable him to command the respect and confidence of not only his friends, but of those who oppose him politically.

All who know him esteem him for his social qualities. He was married in 1871 to Miss Rebecca Allen, daughter of Major Wesley L. Allen, a prominent civil engineer and architect. Five children have been born to them -Charles, born in 1872; Ada C., in 1874; Henry C., in 1875; Dick, in 1876, and Joe H., in 1878.

A. N. ToWNE.