From the Oskaloosa Independent, September 18, 1903
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| Jarett and Dicey Ann Smith tombstone, McLouth Cemetery, photo by Raymond Riley |
The death of Aunt Dica Smith at McLouth the other day
removes another of a fast narrowing circle. Aunt Dica was born in Kentucky in
1830, and until 1862 she was owned as a slave. Her master took her to Pleasant
Grove, Missouri, in 1841. In 1862 she ran away with her husband and across the
ice on the Missouri river into the vicinity of Leavenworth. The husband at once
enlisted in the Union Army, serving until the end of the war. He is alive yet,
and both he and Aunt Dica bore the respect of every citizen of McLouth where
they had lived for many years.
This story appeared in “Yesteryears” in April 2006
From the McLouth Times, September 11, 1903
Jarrett Smith's Civil War Pension application, B 79, U.S.C. Infantry.
Very interesting!
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