Moses A. Smith 1836-1927

Thanks to Joy Magee for contributing the following obituary.

MOSES A SMITH WAS BORN IN KY MARCH 16 1836 AND AT THE AGE OF SEVEN YEARS MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO MO(PARENTS DANIEL V SMITH AND MARY(POLLY) COX AND LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE NEAR RICHLAND MO, UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE MOVED WITH HIS DAUGHTER MRS HARLEY FINLEY TO ST LOUIS MO, WHERE HE PASSED AWAY FEB 4 1927 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND EIGHTEEN DAYS.

IN JAN 1864 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO AMANDA A JONES
AND TO THIS UNION 8 CHILDREN WERE BORN SIX GIRLS AND TWO BOYS. HIS WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS PRECEEDED HIM TO THE GREAT BEYOND. ONE DAUGHTER IN INFANCY, MRS LAURA VICKERS AND MRS BIRDIE HEFFNER.

THOSE LEFT ARE MAUDE O'SHEA OF STOCKTON CALIFORNIA, HATTIE COLLEY OF PICHER OKLAHOMA, LILLY FINLEY OF ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND DAN AND JAMES SMITH OF OROVILLE CALIFORNIA.

HE UNITED WITH THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF EUREKA IN 1896 AND IN 1912 HE UNITED WITH THE RICHLAND CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND LIVED A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE OF RICHLAND MO.

THE BODY ACCOPANIED BY MR AND MRS HARLEY FINLEY WAS BROUGHT TO RICHLAND SUNDAY AND CONVEYED TO THE W. H. JONES UNDERTAKING HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH MONDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO OCLOCK BY REV G. W PAYNE, BURIAL WAS IN THE OAKLAWN CEMETARY- THE SERVICES AT THE GRAVE WERE BY REV J. O BROWN

Thomas Jefferson Zumwalt 1840-1927

Biography of Thomas J. Zumwalt, Pioneer Baptist Preacher

Thomas J. Zummwalt, pioneer Baptist preacher and leader of men in the Ozarks was born in Franklin county, Missouri November 11, 1840.

His father of German descent, his mother of Welch, but each was born in Missouri.

Bro. Zumwalt was a man of supreme simplicity, a man very humble in turn and very persistent in his beliefs. Through always very courteous and pleasant toward his adversaries.

He always commanded the good will and respect of all with whom he came in contact. He always tried to speak plain in his remarks so as to be distinctly understood, but never in the least offensive, and always ready to give his opposer the right of his opinions without the slightest feeling of indifference.

He was converted to the Christian religion when he was 19 years of age and joined the Baptist Church at Old Friendship. Soon after joining the Church
He felt the call to preach and was licensed to preach about 1860, but the Civil war broke out in 1861 hindering all progress in Church works until it’s close in 1865.

He joined the Confederate army under General Price and served with him until captured as prisoner of war and held in prison until the end of the war. When released from prison he returned to Pulaski County, Missouri and was ordained to preach in February, 1866, from that time on until his death…
…June, 1927 was continuously…
…to preach the Gospel. Just two weeks to the day from the time he preached his last sermon, he was laid to rest in the cemetery where he had preached his last sermon.

It has been said that he traveled more miles, preached more sermons, and baptized more people than any man who ever lived in this county.

He was married to Sarah Ma__ May 9, 1869. She passed away September 5, 1896. He was firm…his family discipline, but earnest and loving in his home government. A man who was devoted to his entire family, every struggled in every way to provide for them the greatest needs and pleasures of life.

His father died when he was___ years of age. Soon after his father’s death, his mother moved to Tennessee and lived there about three years. Then about 1853 they came back to Missouri. He spent the remainder of his life here in the Ozarks.

After a long and useful life, he passed on to his reward on June 18, 1927 making his life span __ years, seven months and 7 days.

This biography was written in long hand by John Zumwalt ,…..
…of Thomas J. Zumwalt. The biography was given to Dotson Sutton. Thomas J. was the first preacher Mr. Sutton ever heard in Pulaski County. The meeting…..held in a little log cabin at Sutton home in the South part of Pulaski County, Missouri in 18___. Dotson knew Uncle Tommy until his death. Dotson never heard a criticism about Uncle Tommy.- DOTSON SUTTON

Moses A. Smith 1836-1927

MOSES A SMITH WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY MARCH 16, 1836 AND AT THE
AGE OF SEVEN MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO MISSOURI AND LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE NEAR RICHLAND MO. UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE MOVED WITH HIS DAUGHTER MRS HARLEY FINLEY TO ST LOUIS MO WHERE HE PASSED AWAY FEB 4 1927 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND EIGHTEEN DAYS.


IN FEB 1864 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO AMANDA A JONES
AND TO THIS UNION EIGHT CHILDREN WERE BORN-6 GIRLS AND 2 BOYS. HIS WIFE AND 3 DAUGHTERS PRECEDED HIM TO THE GREAT BEYOND. ONE DAUGHTER IN INFANCY, MRS LAURA VICKERS AND MRS BIRDIE HEFFNER. THOSE LEFT ARE MAUDE OSHEA OF STOCKTON CA. HATTIE COLLEY OF PICHER OK. LILLIE FINLEY OF ST LOUIS, AND DAN AND JAMES SMITH OF OROVILLE CA.

HE UNITED WITH THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT EUREKA IN 1896 AND
IN 1912 HE UNITED WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN RICHLAND
AND LIVED A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE IS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE RICHLAND MASONIC LODGE.

THE BODY ACCOMPANIED BY MR AND MRS HARLEY FINLEY WAS BROUGHT TO RICHLAND SUNDAY AND CONVEYED TO THE W. H. JONES UNDERTAKING HOME. CHRISTIAN FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 OCLOCK BY REV G. W. PAYNE. BURIAL WAS IN OAKLAWN CEMETARY. THE SERVICES AT THE GRAVE WERE BY REV J. O. BROWN