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