Richard Ivy Smith

(1800-1871)

At a Glance

Richard Ivy Smith was a delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America in Philadelphia in May 1838 [2]. See John Wilson to Richard Ivy Smith, 23 May 1838 [1].

Story

Richard Ivy Smith and Mary Amis Goodwin Smith were first cousins who were descended from the Smith family which established Abram's Plains Plantation in Granville County. Their grandfather, Col. Samuel Smith, served in the Revolutionary War [3].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Richard Ivy Smith was born on February 16, 1800, in Caswell County, NC. He died on July 28, 1871.

Schools Attended

• University of North Carolina, until 1820 [4].

Occupations

• Farmer.
• Merchant. Richard was a partner in a mercantile business with his brother-in-law, John Wilson, in Milton [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Mary Amis Goodwin (1815-1889), married from April 15, 1835 to July 28, 1871. Mary Amis Goodwin and Richard Ivy Smith were first cousins.
  Children:
  
  • six sons, Samuel Maurice Smith (b. 1838) [2], John Baptist Smith (1843-1923) [2], William Goodwin Smith (b. 1845) [2], Robert Kennon Smith (b. 1854) [2], Richard Ivy Smith, [Jr.] (1857-1857) [2] and James Richard Smith (b. 1858) [2].
  • seven daughters, Frances Elizabeth Smith (1838-1873) , Rebecca Cameron Smith (1840-1888)  [2], Mary Ivy Smith (1842-1913)  [2], Amy Webb Smith (1847-1849) [2], Mildred Isabella Smith (1848-1849) [2], Anne Wilson Smith (b. 1850) [2] and Penelope Campbell Smith (b. 1853) [2].

References

1. Caswell County Historical Association. Flickr photostream.
2. Caswell County Historical Association. Caswell County Family Tree.
3. Smith, Jonathan Kennon Thompson. Smiths of Abram's Plains. 1988.
4. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).