Barnett T. Dillehay And Second Wife Matilda Susan Smith Kemp Dillehay
Barnett was born Dec. 26, 1844 in Smith Co. He died Feb. 12, 1916 in Red Boiling Springs, Tn Macon Co.
His first wife was Rebecca Kemp. Barnett is the son of Charles and Catherine Dillehay and the grandson of
Edmond and Johanna Asher Dillehay, the first Dillehays in Smith Co. He enrolled at Carthage on the 30th of
Jan. in 1864 as a Private in Co. A 1st Regt. Tenn. Vols Inft. His children are listed as Nancy E. Dillehay,
William Larkin Dillehay, Jonathan Dillehay, Eddie Dillehay, Elijah Dillehay, Edward Ridley. Matilda
Susan Smith Kemp Dillehay was born in Smith Co. I don't have a birth date on her but she died March
13, 1929. She was the widow of George Kemp when she became Barnett's second wife.