SMITH, James Payne of Summers, Arkansas was born December 17, 1839 at Cincinnati, Washington County, Arkansas, son of James Smith and Rebekah Odell of Overton County, Tennessee. Subject was a Democrat, Presbyterian and a Mason. He served with Company E, 17th Arkansas Infantry, T.W. Thomason, Captain, Col. John Griffith and he served three years. He married Jane Gibson, daughter of William and Eliza Gibson, in June 1866. The children are: Mrs. Nora Cline, Ruby, Oklahoma; William Smith, Fowler, Colorado; Ellen Smith, Summers, Arkansas; Mrs. Sallie Barnes, Summers, Arkansas; Frank Smith, Barbara Smith (deceased), J Gilbert Smith and Kate Smith, all residing in Summers, Arkansas. [1911 Arkansas Confederate Census] James P. Smith filed Veteran Application #13852 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 11, 1913, citing service with Company E, 17thArkansas Infantry from 1861 thru 1865. Mr. Smith died February 6, 1925, His wife filed Widow Application #13852 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed August 10, 1925 at the State. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]