The Smithson Family of Virginia, Arkansas and Missouri

Bryan Henry SMITHSON was born in 1804 in Virginia and moved to Arkansas Territory around 1830. He married there in 1831 and raised his family in Washington County, Arkansas. His wife was Cynthia KINCAID, the daughter of Isabella ROGERS and Capt. David KINCAID. The children of Cynthia and Bryan Smithson are: William Dugan, Bryan Cole, Cyrene/Serena Eliza, James A., and Samuel. Bryan Smithson served as postmaster of Fayetteville, Arkansas, clerk of the circuit court, magistrate and sheriff. The notice of the death of Gen. Bryan H. Smithson was in the "Arkansas Gazette" on 11 Dec 1858.

We are searching for the parents of Bryan Henry Smithson and would appreciate any help!

Basil Coleman SMITHSON, son of Mary COX and Micajah SMITHSON may be the father of Bryan Henry Smithson. Mary Cox was the daughter of Mary COLEMAN and John COX. The Coleman name is prominent throughout this line of Smithson's. Bryan Henry Smithson owned land in Arkansas with John Toliver Cox.

Family Photos

• Leland Jane (Jordan) and Earl Lee Smithson (439 KB)
  Fiftieth Anniversary -- 26 Dec 1958
• Parents of Jane (Jordan) and Earl Lee Smithson (1155 KB)
  John Lee and Arminda (Black) Smithson - Earl's parents. Guin Frank and Edna (Joslin) Jordan - Jane's parents
• John Lee (1865-1954) and Bryan Coleman (1862-1951) (74 KB)
  Smithson Brothers - sons of William Dugan Smithson and Martha Serena Horner.
• John Lee Smithson Family @1900 at Exeter,MO (56 KB)
  Arminda (Black) and John Lee Smithson and children, Ada Virginia and Bert Houston (back row) and Earl Lee and Eula Lee(front row
• Arminda (Black) Smithson - wife of John Lee (22 KB)
  Daughter of Mariah Louisa Tucker and David Preston Black. She was born in Crawfordsville, IN 19 Apr 1860 and died in Exeter, MO on 22 Jan 1936
• Earl Lee and Bert Houston Smithson @1892 (93 KB)
  Smithson brothers -- Earl Lee (1886-1965) and Bert Houston(1884-1961). Sons of Arminda (Black) and John Lee Smithson. Picture taken at Coffeyville, KS

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Joseph KINCAID


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Bryan Henry * SMITHSON

Related Files

• Bryan Henry Smithson sources (7 KB)
  Sources of information regarding Bryan Henry Smithson
• William Dugan Smithson sources (4 KB)
  Source information about William Dugan Smithson and his wife Martha (Horner) Smithson
• Kincaid family sources (16 KB)
  Information regarding Cynthia Kincaid, and her family - Capt. David Kincaid, her father, Capt. John Kincaid, her grandfather, etc

Related Links

• Smithson Family Exchange
• Barry County, Missouri - US GenWeb Project
• Stephen Kelso Foland web page (brother)