Jacob Shrader SMITH 3201, Henry Co. 

Surname: Smith, Shrader, Ladd

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Henry Co.

HON. JACOB SHRADER SMITH is of German-English descent, was born December 14, 1825, in Oldham 
County, and is the fourth of a family of six sons and two daughters born to Abraham and Mary 
(Shrader) Smith. His father was a native of Shenandoah County, Va., came to Kentucky in 1811, 
and settled in Oldham County on a farm near Brownsboro, but remained only five years, when he 
removed to Henry County, near New Castle, where he remained until his death in 1865. He enlisted 
in the war of 1812, but on account of a severe accident returned home at the expiration of three 
months. Mrs. Mary Smith was a native of Oldham County, Ky., born about 1799. She was a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and died in 1856. Jacob S. Smith's paternal grand=
father, Isaac Smith, was a native of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and an early settler in Oldham 
County, where he died about 1842. His maternal grandfather, Jacob Shrader, was a native of 
Germany. He came to America when but a youth, and finally settled in Oldham County, Ky., where 
he died in 1836, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His widow, Susan Shrader, also a 
native of Germany, died about 1841. The early life of Jacob S. Smith was devoted to the farm 
until his twenty-first year, when he engaged in farming where he now resides near New Castle, 
Henry County. He was united in marriage, November 8, 1848, with Susanna Smith, of Henry County, 
who died October 9, 1851, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. His marriage, the 
second time, August 11, 1853, was to Mary E. Ladd, of Henry County, and the birth of seven sons 
and three daughters followed their union: Laura M., born May 18, 1854, died September 16, 1855; 
Leslie K., born October 30, 1855; Abram S., born December 30, 1858, died December 22, 1859; 
Edwin H., born October 13, 1860; Lulie L., born September 11, 1863, died June 19, 1864; Lillie 
M., born March 9, 1865; Clement V., born August 3, 1866; Newton, born October 6, 1868, died 
February 16, 1869; Jacob S., born November 9, 1875, and an infant who died unnamed. Mr. Smith 
has been a life-long Democrat; was elected county judge of Henry County in 1875 for three years, 
and re-elected in 1878. He was one of the prime factors of the New Castle and Carrollton Turnpike, 
and has been its efficient president for several terms. He has a well cultivated farm where he 
resides, of over 600 acres, 1,597 acres in Stafford County, Kas.; is also director in a ranch in 
Stafford, Rice and Reno Counties, of 58,000 acres; also owns valuable property in Kansas City, 
Mo.; has been a director in the National Bank of New Castle since its organization; is a 
consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and one of Henry County's highly honored and 
respected citizens.