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Joseph Pearson Smith Jr. was the eldest son of Joseph Pearson Smith and Mary Alef (Cooper) Smith of Wadesboro, North Carolina and Spartanburg, South Carolina. Joseph's parents purchased Millie and Christine McKoy, twin conjoined girls, as an investment on their celebrity in the 1850s. After his father's death in 1862, his mother assumed ownership and then guardianship over the girls. Frances "Fanny" Seward references meeting him while in Washington, DC, in her 1866 diary.

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Joseph Pearson Smith Jr. was the eldest son of Joseph Pearson Smith and Mary Alef (Cooper) Smith of Wadesboro, North Carolina and Spartanburg, South Carolina. Joseph's parents purchased Millie and Christine McKoy, twin conjoined girls, as an investment on their celebrity in the 1850s. After his father's death in 1862, his mother assumed ownership and then guardianship over the girls. Frances "Fanny" Seward references meeting him while in Washington, DC, in her 1866 diary.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Family tree book: genealogical and biographical, listing the relatives of General William Smith and of W. Thomas Smith
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
William Alexander Smith and W. Thomas Smith
Publisher Location: 
Los Angeles, CA
Publisher Name: 
W. Thomas Smith
Year: 
1922
Start Page: 
89
End Page: 
89
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/details/familytreebookge00insmit/page/88/mode/2up?q=%22joseph+pearson+smith+jr%22
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Family tree book: genealogical and biographical, listing the relatives of General William Smith and of W. Thomas Smith
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
William Alexander Smith and W. Thomas Smith
Publisher Location: 
Los Angeles, CA
Publisher Name: 
W. Thomas Smith
Year: 
1922
Start Page: 
89
End Page: 
89
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/details/familytreebookge00insmit/page/88/mode/2up?q=%22joseph+pearson+smith+jr%22
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41855589/joseph-pearson-smith
Title of Webpage: 
Joseph Pearson Smith Jr. - Find A Grave
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Website Last Modified Date: 
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