The Civil War decade in Greensboro, N.C., recorded in the diary of Rev. Mr. J. Henry Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, and in the letters of his wife Mrs. Mary Kelly Watson Smith to family members back in Charlottesville, Va., with a few quotes from Church records and other sou

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The Civil War decade in Greensboro, N.C., recorded in the diary of Rev. Mr. J. Henry Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, and in the letters of his wife Mrs. Mary Kelly Watson Smith to family members back in Charlottesville, Va., with a few quotes from Church records and other sources, 1859-1869 ; 1989.

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Typed transcription, abstracted and edited in 1989 by grandson O. Norris Smith, of portions of Presbyterian minister J. Henry (Jacob Henry) Smith's diaries and other material beginning in 1859 and continuing through the 1860s, most of it relating to life in Greensboro during the Civil War. Included are letters of Smith's wife, Mary Kelly Watson Smith. An index is also included.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Smith, J. Henry (Jacob Henry), 1820-1897

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Jacob Henry Smith, born in Lexington, Va., was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, N.C., 1859-1897. He was married in 1857 to Mary Kelly Watson (1834-1924), whose life and letters were published as "The Love That Never Failed." From the description of J. Henry Smith diary, 1860-1897. WorldCat record id: 32040019 From the guide to the J. Henry Smith Diary, ., 1860-1897, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Smith, O. Norris.

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Smith, J. Henry (Jacob Henry), 1820-1897

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Jacob Henry Smith, born in Lexington, Va., was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, N.C., 1859-1897. He was married in 1857 to Mary Kelly Watson (1834-1924), whose life and letters were published as "The Love That Never Failed." From the description of J. Henry Smith diary, 1860-1897. WorldCat record id: 32040019 From the guide to the J. Henry Smith Diary, ., 1860-1897, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Smith, Mary Kelly Watson, 1836-1924.

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Represented in collection are: Mary Kelly Watson Smith, (1836- 1924), resident of Charlottesville, Va., later of Greensboro, N.C.; her sister, Hortensia Hay Watson, resident of Charlottesville; her husband, Jacob Henry Smith (1820-1897), Presbyterian minister; and her father, Egbert Reed Watson, 1810-1887, resident of Charlottesville, Va. From the description of Papers of Mary Kelly Watson Smith, 1814-1884 (bulk 1857-1866). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135480 ...