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Jarrett Smith Dead. - - The well-known colored man, Jarrett Smith, died yesterday afternoon at the home of James Tompkins, after an illness of 2 or 3 weeks. He was an old-time resident of Springdale and McLouth and for some years has lived in Oskaloosa. He served in the Union army, for many years has been a member of the Baptist Church of McLouth and was a good man, respected by the many who knew him. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence and burial will be at McLouth. He was nearly 90 years of age, as near as could be figured out (born ~1826).
(Researcher's note: Jarred (Jarrett) Smith enlisted at Fort Scott, Kansas on August 18, 1862, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company B.
On November 24, 1866, A. L. (Aytchmonde Lane) Perrin of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #106 for enlisted slave Jarred Smith and swore an oath of allegiance before Weston, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas Clerk William F. Yocum. Perrin claimed he had acquired title by “…said Jared Smith was the property of Sarah Jane Shy and by the marriage of claimant to the said Sarah Jane Shy (nee' Shanks), the said Jared Smith became the property of A. L. Perrin, the claimant.”)Date(s) of Creation
12/29/1916
