Birth: SEP 1821 in Russell County, Virginia
Death: AFT JUN 1900 in Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1870 Mouth Pond Creek, Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1850 Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1900 Pike County, Kentucky
Father: Isaac Smith b: 26 SEP 1798 in Russell County, Virginia
Mother: Elizabeth 'Betty' Hess b: ABT 1803 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Pricey M. Taylor b: ABT 1843 in Pike County, Kentucky
•Married: 16 OCT 1865 in Pike County, Kentucky
Children
1. William Smith b: ABT 1866 in Pike County, Kentucky
2. Octavia Smith b: ABT 1869 in Pike County, Kentucky
Marriage 2 Georgia Williamson b: JUN 1859 in Kentucky
Married: 25 FEB 1896 in Pike County, Kentucky
The Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky
Friday, June 1, 1906, page 8
At his home just a little ways east of Williamson on the Kentucky side, Jacob Smith, one of the wealthiest men in the Sandy Valley, is patiently awaiting the call which will take him from 85 years of successful and honorable earthly existence. Mr Smith is suffering from an attack of pneumonia and owing to his age the physicians say he cannot live but a short time.
Mr Smith has been conscious throughout his illness and realized a few days ago that his time here was but short. He accordingly sent for his attorneys and made his will. By this instrument Will M Smith, the only heir comes, into a fortune of perhaps one million dollars or over. The amount of wealth accumulated by the elder Smith can hardly be estimated. He owns thousands of acres of coal and timber lands in Pike county and has been offered as much as one hundred thousand dollars for the mineral rights on a single tract alone.
Jacob Smith is known to every native of this section of West Virginia and Kentucky. For a number of years he was in the mercantile business at the mouth of Pond creek, the store building standing close to his residence. Numbers of men can be found in Williamson who purchased at the store when prices were so high as to seem ridiculous today. In those days things had to be push boated from the Ohio river and a dollars worth of bacon could be carried in a vest pocket. Common prints sold for 20 or 25 cents a yard and two days work would not buy coffee enough last an ordinary family throughout the week.
It is said that some of the goods purchased by Mr Smith still remain in his store. When the railroad came and merchants began cutting prices, or selling their goods at some what reasonable figure, Mr Smith refused to let his goods go at a less price than he had been accustomed to sell them and preferred that they remain on the shelves rather than sell them at a sacrifice. He could not forget the expense of getting his goods boated and seemingly wanted to preserve the pioneer prices as a matter of respect for them. While he has accumulated wealth he has done it honestly. No one can be found of his acquaintance but who have a good word for "Uncle Jake."
He is a typical business man of the Big Sandy Valley. - Mingo Republican
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky
Saturday, June 9, 1906, page 6
Williamson, W Va, June 8. - Jacob Smith, 90, of Pikeco, Ky, died yesterday. He for years operated the only store within a radius of 50 miles of Williamson. He was a millionaire.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, June 13, 1906, page 1
The death of Jacob Smith occurred at his home at the mouth of Pond creek, in Kentucky, early Thursday morning and the funeral took place at the family cemetery on the old home place. - Mingo Republican
The editor of this journal knew Mr Smith well and always found him a most worthy citizen. He was one of the oldest citizens in the Tug River section and was decidedly the largest land owner. He was a good man and honest to the last degree. He leaves one son and his wife to mourn his loss.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky
Monday, June 18, 1906, page 2
Jacob Smith, aged 94, one of the first settlers of Pike county, and the oldest man in the county, died at Gulnare, in the log cabin where he had lived nearly three-quarters of a century. "Uncle Jake," as he was familiarly called, leaves hundreds of descendents all over the Big Sandy valley.
Death: AFT JUN 1900 in Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1870 Mouth Pond Creek, Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1850 Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1900 Pike County, Kentucky
Father: Isaac Smith b: 26 SEP 1798 in Russell County, Virginia
Mother: Elizabeth 'Betty' Hess b: ABT 1803 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Pricey M. Taylor b: ABT 1843 in Pike County, Kentucky
•Married: 16 OCT 1865 in Pike County, Kentucky
Children
1. William Smith b: ABT 1866 in Pike County, Kentucky
2. Octavia Smith b: ABT 1869 in Pike County, Kentucky
Marriage 2 Georgia Williamson b: JUN 1859 in Kentucky
Married: 25 FEB 1896 in Pike County, Kentucky
The Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky
Friday, June 1, 1906, page 8
At his home just a little ways east of Williamson on the Kentucky side, Jacob Smith, one of the wealthiest men in the Sandy Valley, is patiently awaiting the call which will take him from 85 years of successful and honorable earthly existence. Mr Smith is suffering from an attack of pneumonia and owing to his age the physicians say he cannot live but a short time.
Mr Smith has been conscious throughout his illness and realized a few days ago that his time here was but short. He accordingly sent for his attorneys and made his will. By this instrument Will M Smith, the only heir comes, into a fortune of perhaps one million dollars or over. The amount of wealth accumulated by the elder Smith can hardly be estimated. He owns thousands of acres of coal and timber lands in Pike county and has been offered as much as one hundred thousand dollars for the mineral rights on a single tract alone.
Jacob Smith is known to every native of this section of West Virginia and Kentucky. For a number of years he was in the mercantile business at the mouth of Pond creek, the store building standing close to his residence. Numbers of men can be found in Williamson who purchased at the store when prices were so high as to seem ridiculous today. In those days things had to be push boated from the Ohio river and a dollars worth of bacon could be carried in a vest pocket. Common prints sold for 20 or 25 cents a yard and two days work would not buy coffee enough last an ordinary family throughout the week.
It is said that some of the goods purchased by Mr Smith still remain in his store. When the railroad came and merchants began cutting prices, or selling their goods at some what reasonable figure, Mr Smith refused to let his goods go at a less price than he had been accustomed to sell them and preferred that they remain on the shelves rather than sell them at a sacrifice. He could not forget the expense of getting his goods boated and seemingly wanted to preserve the pioneer prices as a matter of respect for them. While he has accumulated wealth he has done it honestly. No one can be found of his acquaintance but who have a good word for "Uncle Jake."
He is a typical business man of the Big Sandy Valley. - Mingo Republican
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky
Saturday, June 9, 1906, page 6
Williamson, W Va, June 8. - Jacob Smith, 90, of Pikeco, Ky, died yesterday. He for years operated the only store within a radius of 50 miles of Williamson. He was a millionaire.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, June 13, 1906, page 1
The death of Jacob Smith occurred at his home at the mouth of Pond creek, in Kentucky, early Thursday morning and the funeral took place at the family cemetery on the old home place. - Mingo Republican
The editor of this journal knew Mr Smith well and always found him a most worthy citizen. He was one of the oldest citizens in the Tug River section and was decidedly the largest land owner. He was a good man and honest to the last degree. He leaves one son and his wife to mourn his loss.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky
Monday, June 18, 1906, page 2
Jacob Smith, aged 94, one of the first settlers of Pike county, and the oldest man in the county, died at Gulnare, in the log cabin where he had lived nearly three-quarters of a century. "Uncle Jake," as he was familiarly called, leaves hundreds of descendents all over the Big Sandy valley.
Birth: SEP 1821 in Russell County, Virginia
Death: AFT JUN 1900 in Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1870 Mouth Pond Creek, Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1850 Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1900 Pike County, Kentucky
Father: Isaac Smith b: 26 SEP 1798 in Russell County, Virginia
Mother: Elizabeth 'Betty' Hess b: ABT 1803 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Pricey M. Taylor b: ABT 1843 in Pike County, Kentucky
•Married: 16 OCT 1865 in Pike County, Kentucky
Children
1. William Smith b: ABT 1866 in Pike County, Kentucky
2. Octavia Smith b: ABT 1869 in Pike County, Kentucky
Marriage 2 Georgia Williamson b: JUN 1859 in Kentucky
Married: 25 FEB 1896 in Pike County, Kentucky
The Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky
Friday, June 1, 1906, page 8
At his home just a little ways east of Williamson on the Kentucky side, Jacob Smith, one of the wealthiest men in the Sandy Valley, is patiently awaiting the call which will take him from 85 years of successful and honorable earthly existence. Mr Smith is suffering from an attack of pneumonia and owing to his age the physicians say he cannot live but a short time.
Mr Smith has been conscious throughout his illness and realized a few days ago that his time here was but short. He accordingly sent for his attorneys and made his will. By this instrument Will M Smith, the only heir comes, into a fortune of perhaps one million dollars or over. The amount of wealth accumulated by the elder Smith can hardly be estimated. He owns thousands of acres of coal and timber lands in Pike county and has been offered as much as one hundred thousand dollars for the mineral rights on a single tract alone.
Jacob Smith is known to every native of this section of West Virginia and Kentucky. For a number of years he was in the mercantile business at the mouth of Pond creek, the store building standing close to his residence. Numbers of men can be found in Williamson who purchased at the store when prices were so high as to seem ridiculous today. In those days things had to be push boated from the Ohio river and a dollars worth of bacon could be carried in a vest pocket. Common prints sold for 20 or 25 cents a yard and two days work would not buy coffee enough last an ordinary family throughout the week.
It is said that some of the goods purchased by Mr Smith still remain in his store. When the railroad came and merchants began cutting prices, or selling their goods at some what reasonable figure, Mr Smith refused to let his goods go at a less price than he had been accustomed to sell them and preferred that they remain on the shelves rather than sell them at a sacrifice. He could not forget the expense of getting his goods boated and seemingly wanted to preserve the pioneer prices as a matter of respect for them. While he has accumulated wealth he has done it honestly. No one can be found of his acquaintance but who have a good word for "Uncle Jake."
He is a typical business man of the Big Sandy Valley. - Mingo Republican
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky
Saturday, June 9, 1906, page 6
Williamson, W Va, June 8. - Jacob Smith, 90, of Pikeco, Ky, died yesterday. He for years operated the only store within a radius of 50 miles of Williamson. He was a millionaire.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, June 13, 1906, page 1
The death of Jacob Smith occurred at his home at the mouth of Pond creek, in Kentucky, early Thursday morning and the funeral took place at the family cemetery on the old home place. - Mingo Republican
The editor of this journal knew Mr Smith well and always found him a most worthy citizen. He was one of the oldest citizens in the Tug River section and was decidedly the largest land owner. He was a good man and honest to the last degree. He leaves one son and his wife to mourn his loss.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky
Monday, June 18, 1906, page 2
Jacob Smith, aged 94, one of the first settlers of Pike county, and the oldest man in the county, died at Gulnare, in the log cabin where he had lived nearly three-quarters of a century. "Uncle Jake," as he was familiarly called, leaves hundreds of descendents all over the Big Sandy valley.
Death: AFT JUN 1900 in Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1870 Mouth Pond Creek, Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1850 Pike County, Kentucky
Census: 1900 Pike County, Kentucky
Father: Isaac Smith b: 26 SEP 1798 in Russell County, Virginia
Mother: Elizabeth 'Betty' Hess b: ABT 1803 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Pricey M. Taylor b: ABT 1843 in Pike County, Kentucky
•Married: 16 OCT 1865 in Pike County, Kentucky
Children
1. William Smith b: ABT 1866 in Pike County, Kentucky
2. Octavia Smith b: ABT 1869 in Pike County, Kentucky
Marriage 2 Georgia Williamson b: JUN 1859 in Kentucky
Married: 25 FEB 1896 in Pike County, Kentucky
The Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky
Friday, June 1, 1906, page 8
At his home just a little ways east of Williamson on the Kentucky side, Jacob Smith, one of the wealthiest men in the Sandy Valley, is patiently awaiting the call which will take him from 85 years of successful and honorable earthly existence. Mr Smith is suffering from an attack of pneumonia and owing to his age the physicians say he cannot live but a short time.
Mr Smith has been conscious throughout his illness and realized a few days ago that his time here was but short. He accordingly sent for his attorneys and made his will. By this instrument Will M Smith, the only heir comes, into a fortune of perhaps one million dollars or over. The amount of wealth accumulated by the elder Smith can hardly be estimated. He owns thousands of acres of coal and timber lands in Pike county and has been offered as much as one hundred thousand dollars for the mineral rights on a single tract alone.
Jacob Smith is known to every native of this section of West Virginia and Kentucky. For a number of years he was in the mercantile business at the mouth of Pond creek, the store building standing close to his residence. Numbers of men can be found in Williamson who purchased at the store when prices were so high as to seem ridiculous today. In those days things had to be push boated from the Ohio river and a dollars worth of bacon could be carried in a vest pocket. Common prints sold for 20 or 25 cents a yard and two days work would not buy coffee enough last an ordinary family throughout the week.
It is said that some of the goods purchased by Mr Smith still remain in his store. When the railroad came and merchants began cutting prices, or selling their goods at some what reasonable figure, Mr Smith refused to let his goods go at a less price than he had been accustomed to sell them and preferred that they remain on the shelves rather than sell them at a sacrifice. He could not forget the expense of getting his goods boated and seemingly wanted to preserve the pioneer prices as a matter of respect for them. While he has accumulated wealth he has done it honestly. No one can be found of his acquaintance but who have a good word for "Uncle Jake."
He is a typical business man of the Big Sandy Valley. - Mingo Republican
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky
Saturday, June 9, 1906, page 6
Williamson, W Va, June 8. - Jacob Smith, 90, of Pikeco, Ky, died yesterday. He for years operated the only store within a radius of 50 miles of Williamson. He was a millionaire.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, June 13, 1906, page 1
The death of Jacob Smith occurred at his home at the mouth of Pond creek, in Kentucky, early Thursday morning and the funeral took place at the family cemetery on the old home place. - Mingo Republican
The editor of this journal knew Mr Smith well and always found him a most worthy citizen. He was one of the oldest citizens in the Tug River section and was decidedly the largest land owner. He was a good man and honest to the last degree. He leaves one son and his wife to mourn his loss.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky
Monday, June 18, 1906, page 2
Jacob Smith, aged 94, one of the first settlers of Pike county, and the oldest man in the county, died at Gulnare, in the log cabin where he had lived nearly three-quarters of a century. "Uncle Jake," as he was familiarly called, leaves hundreds of descendents all over the Big Sandy valley.
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