Biographical account explores Elbert Smith's early life in Harlan County, highlighting coal's influence and church community.
A Harlan County beginning Elbert Benjamin "E. B." Smith was born in Benham, Kentucky, on May 1, 1921, the son of Elbert and Gladys Smith. Benham was a young company town in Harlan County when Smith arrived, and like many Appalachian families of his generation his early years unfolded in a landscape shaped by coal and community churches.
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