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"Raccoon" John Smith (1784 - February 28, 1868) was an early leader in the Restoration Movement.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Raccoon John Smith">Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, entry on Smith, "Raccoon" John</ref>:690 His father, George Smith (originally Schmidt) was of German ancestry, and may have been born in Germany, while his mother, Rebecca Bowen Smith, was of Welsh and Irish ancestry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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}}</ref> He played a critical role uniting the movement led by Thomas and Alexander Campbell with the similar movement led by Barton W. Stone and in spreading the message of the movement over much of Kentucky.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Raccoon John Smith"/>:690
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"Raccoon" John Smith (1784 - February 28, 1868) was an early leader in the Restoration Movement.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Raccoon John Smith">Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, entry on Smith, "Raccoon" John</ref>:690 His father, George Smith (originally Schmidt) was of German ancestry, and may have been born in Germany, while his mother, Rebecca Bowen Smith, was of Welsh and Irish ancestry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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}}</ref> He played a critical role uniting the movement led by Thomas and Alexander Campbell with the similar movement led by Barton W. Stone and in spreading the message of the movement over much of Kentucky.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Raccoon John Smith"/>:690
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