Farquhard C. Smith, [Sr.]

(1801-1871)

At a Glance

Farquhard C. Smith was a wealthy planter before the Civil War and large landowner in Cumberland County where his ancestors were among the earliest settlers on the Upper Cape Fear River. Farquhard C. Smith, [Sr.] inherited from his father, Lebanon Plantation where the Civil War battle of Averasboro took place. The house is now a historic site because of its Civil War use as a military hospital.

He married Sarah Slocumb Grady and had a child, Farquhard [II] Campbell Smith. Farquhard [II] Campbell Smith married Burwell student Sarah Elizabeth Sanders Burwell School girl .

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Biographical Data

Important Dates

Farquhard C. Smith, [Sr.] was born in 1801. He died in 1871.

Places of Residence

Occupations

Planter [1].

Relatives

Spouse: Sarah Slocumb Grady [1].
Children:
- one son, Farquhard [II] Campbell Smith (1839-1919) [1].
- three daughters, Isabella Smith (1830-1853) [1], Bettie Smith (1836-1875) [1] and Janie Smith [1].
Other children: eight sons (Alexander Robeson Smith (d. 1872), John Durham Smith (d. 1860) [2], William [Dr.] Curtis Smith (d. 1894), James Smith (d. 1906) [2], Walter Douglas Smith (d. 1899) [2], Henry Elliot Smith (d. 1903) [2], Edward Smith (d. 1914) [2] and Jesse Slocumb Smith (d. 1897) [2]).
Sibling: one brother, William Turner Smith [1].
Others: Sarah Elizabeth Sanders (daughter-in-law, 1840-1900) [1], Ida Ross Smith (granddaughter, 1872-1958) [1], Edwin Sanders Smith (grandson, 1873-1929) [1], Laura Sanders Smith (granddaughter, 1875-1953) [1], Douglas Smith (grandson) [1], Farquhard [III] Campbell Smith (grandson, 1881-1941) [1], Jane Robeson Smith (granddaughter, 1885-1910) [1], Bettie Smith (granddaughter, 1881-1881) [1] and Bessie Robeson (granddaughter).

References

Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).
Great Granddaughter of Farquard Campbell Smith