J.H. Smith is one of W.M. Smith Sr. and Clarah Anne Hamilton’s four children — brother of Anne Quessenberry, Maurice Jr., and Elizabeth Levesque Johnston. He is Jim Quessenberry Jr.’s uncle, not his first cousin.
After the war he and Winnie Bob Shaver lived in a portion of the 1903 house, then built on the west side of Highway 163 with the other three households. On the plantation he ran the Shetland pony and Quarter Horse division — started with a couple of Shetlands for the children; by 1959 it was a real sideline, and two ponies were door prizes at the Keystone of Red Gate sale.
Winnie Bob is the daughter of James Levesque “Bex” Shaver, named for Capt. James M. Levesque. Their children include Harmon (Jackie), Carolyn, Tom Benton, William (Bill), Meredith — and Martin, who later took the 1903 house.
