 Birth | December 29, 1862 40 36 |
 Birth of a sister | Vienna Smith June 16, 1864 (Age 17 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a half-brother | Elias Smith May 16, 1867 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Eliza Smith October 8, 1869 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a half-brother | Alonzo Smith April 5, 1871 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Vienna Smith August 17, 1874 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a sister | Julia Elizabeth Smith October 28, 1878 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Silas Smith June 11, 1892 (Age 29 years) |
 Marriage | Rosanna Elmira Galloway — View this family December 8, 1892 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Franklin Verge Smith October 4, 1893 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Anna Hortence Smith July 7, 1895 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Silas Marion Smith October 20, 1898 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Mark E Smith March 30, 1899 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Carl G Smith February 1, 1901 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Orton November 27, 1902 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Vera Elizabeth Smith August 3, 1903 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Irvin Asael Smith August 31, 1904 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Prince William Smith November 16, 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Silas Clifton Smith March 24, 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a brother | Prince Henry Smith November 28, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Alonzo Smith January 24, 1916 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a wife | Rosanna Elmira Galloway November 11, 1916 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Jane Smith January 5, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a son | Mark E Smith April 13, 1923 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | November 16, 1924 (Age 61 years) |