James Smith (draper)
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James Smith of Mauchline was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and confidants. He was born in 1765, son of a Mauchline merchant,[4] Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1775, when he was only ten years, old his father, Robert Smith, a prosperous local merchant, was killed in a riding accident, falling from his horse whilst returning from Ayr.[2] His mother, Jean Smith, remarried James Lamie[2][4][5] who owned the adjoining house.[6]