James Chenoweth Smith

In 1860 he was an 18 year old living with his parents and 3 siblings on the family farm at Linton in Greene County, IN. He enlisted as a recruit and mustered, date not given, as a Private in Company D, 14th Indiana Infantry.

He was wounded in the right hand in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and lost two fingers.

He was discharged for disability on 27 October 1862 and began receiving a US pension in August 1863.

In 1870 he was a day laborer living with his father-in-law at Worthington in Greene County, IN but went to Arkansas in about 1872 and by 1880 and to at least 1910 was a farmer in Arkansas County, AR.

His service basics from the Adjutant General.1 Wound detail from Nelson.2 Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860-1910, and his Pension Card, online from fold3. His gravesite is on Findagrave; his son Cornelius Lee Smith (1886-1932), a WWI veteran, arranged to have a government stone placed for him in September 1931.

He married Sarah A Harrell (1846-1869) in February 1864 and they had 2 daughters. He married again, Adaline Ferbia Cooper (1854-1906) in January 1872 in Arkansas, and they had 10 more children.

His brother William G Smith was also in Company D. Brother John Thomas Smith (1831-1908) was Colonel of the 31st Indiana Infantry.

12/28/1841; Franklin, IN

04/17/1920; Heber Springs , AR; burial in DeWitt Cemetery, DeWitt, AR