2016-02-11

Photo Credits: 
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Five_Generations.jpg
See the file "Five_Generations.txt" for more information.

Smith - Joseph Livingston 1891 - Blocton Baseball.jpg 
Photo courtesy of Richard Smith. Richard says: 
     "Joseph Smith must have been a good athlete  as it was reported 
     he was offered a scholarship to go to Alabama but turned it down 
     because he would have to play football as well as baseball and 
     he didn't care for football. He is second from left back row."

Smith-John_W_Jr.jpg 
and Smith-John_W_Sr_1924_Homeplace.jpg
Photos courtesy of Richard Smith. Richard says: 
     "This is a photo of my Dad John W.Smith, grandson of Jesse Kirby 
      Smith, taken in upstate New York when he was surveying for the 
      railroad sometime in the 1920's."
and
     "This picture is of John W. Smith's home place in Brookwood taken 
      in 1924."

Smith-John_W_Sr_1931_&_Adelia_Price.jpg
and
Smith-John_W_Sr_1932_&_Adelia.jpg
Photos courtesy of Richard Smith. (taken about 1931 & 1932)  Richard says: 
     "This [1931] is the photo of my grandparents John W. and Adelia (Price) 
      Smith. Either she was very small or he was very big. They didn't 
      call him Big John for nothing I guess."

Smith-5_Smiths_ 1947-08_Noccalula_Falls.jpg
Photos courtesy of Richard Smith. (taken about 1931 & 1932)  Richard says: 
     "I almost hesitated to send this photo as my wife said it reminded her of 
      the "Little Rascals". It was taken at Noccalulla Falls in Gadsden during 
      a Smith reunion of sorts. Reading left to right are Thomas Ray in the 
      sailor cap, Billy Joe the dark haired one, James Richard peering out from 
      under his brothers arm, John Wesley the oldest and in front Anthony Wayne 
      the youngest who died earliest in 1952. The two men you can see in the 
      background are my Father on the left and my cousin Joe Smith on the right." 

      "Joe was the son of my uncle Dr. Murray Smith. The two of them are carrying 
      a zinc washtub of lemonade to the picnic area where we are to eat. I shudder 
      to think now what the acid in the lemonade did when it interacted with the 
      zinc in the washtub. Of course we did a lot of things that people would 
      shudder at today, run with scissors, play outside, etc.etc. If anyone in the 
      family ever had any money to speak of it would have been my oldest cousin Joe." 

      "After returning from WW2 he opened a bakery in Chattanooga which did very well. 
      He also had a bit part in the Walt Disney Film "Light in the Forest' which 
      starred Fess Parker and was filmed in the Chattanooga area. He played a British 
      Officer and got to ride a horse in a distant scene. I have a picture some where 
      if I can find it I will send later. He's in his British Officer costume. He 
      always came to our house at Christmas with his station wagon loaded down with 
      bakery items, cakes, pies, cookies, It was a kid's fantasy come true." 

Smith-Joseph_1941_Army_Uniform.jpg, Smith-Joseph_1957_with_Fess_Parker.jpg, 
and Smith-Joseph_1957_in_British_Uniform.jpg
Photos courtesy of Richard Smith. (taken about 1941 & 1957)  The first is Joe Smith in
his WWII Army Uniform.  The other two of Joe Smith are explained above. Richard says: 
     "I found the pictures of my cousin Joe Smith in his brief movie career. It was 
     fitting that he played a British Officer as he was a Major when he returned from 
     the European Theater after WW2. My Dad said Joe had been attached to Eisenhower's 
     staff but I have no way to prove that. In any case he proved to be a much better 
     Baker than an actor. He was also an archeologist in his spare time and had an 
     amazing collection of Native American artifacts." 

     "I must apologize for the quality of the photos as they were given to me from that 
     reunion I mentioned earlier ... They were run off on plain paper ... The 2 I'm 
     sending from the "Light in the Forest" movie were made in the summer of 1957."

Smith-John_W_Sr_unk_date.jpg
Copied from Findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 98762203, original photo submitted 
by Richard Smith.  The photo was attached to the memorial for his grandfather, John 
Wesley Smith, Sr.