Notes for: Thomas J. Smith

Local news item in the "West Union Record," Friday, Oct 2 1914:
"Thomas J. Smith, of Liberal, Kansas, arrived here on Friday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney. He came from Salem, where he had been the guest of his brother, I. D. Smith. Mr. Smith went from Central Station to the West thirty-five years ago, and while he made a visit to Ritchie and Tyler friends twenty-five years ago, he has not set foot on West Union soil since that time. He married a Kansas girl and has two sons, one of which, Master Thomas J. Jr., is with him."