The Smith Families of Berrien County, Michigan

WASHINGTON B. SMITH, whose time and energies are given to general farming on section 33, Berrien township, was born in Milton township, Cass county. May 25, 1845. His father, George Smith, was a native of Delaware, his birthplace being near the city of Dover. He was eighteen years of age when he came with his parents. Canon and Lottie Smith, to Michigan, the family home being established in Cass county in 1828. They located near Edwardsburg, where the father purchased one thousand acres of land in Milton township. He and his brother John broke land on what is known as Beardsley's prairie, turning the first furrows on many an acre and thus converting the wild tract into cultivable fields. It was in Cass county that Canon Smith was married. His wife was a native of Delaware and became a resident of Cass county in 1829, locating near Edwardsburg. In community affairs Mr. Smith was very prominent and influential and took a deep and helpful interest in the material, intellectual and moral progress of the community. Smith Chapel was named in his honor and he donated the land for the church. He was an earnest and sincere Christian and his life was characterized by the kindly purpose and honorable principles which are ever manifest in the life of a true followed of the church. He died in Milton township of the age of seventy years, while his wife survived to the age of eighty-four years. In their family were ten children, eight of whom reached adult age, their son, Washington B. Smith, being the fifth child and fourth son of the family.

Upon the old homestead farm in Cass county Mr. Smith, of this review, was reared, early becoming familiar with the duties incident to the development ' and improvement of the fields. He was thus engaged from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn and through the winter months he pursued his education in the public schools. He was married on the 24tii of March, 1875, to Miss Maria Walker, a daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Neugent) Walker. The father was born in England, while the mother was a native of Ireland and they were early settlers of Berrien county. Mrs. Smith was born in Niles township, this county, September 6, 1849, is the ninth in order of birth of a family of twelve children, two of whom passed away in infancy. In 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Smith located on a farm which is now their home and here he has resided continuously for thirty-two years. Three children have come to bless the union: Dr. Warren A. Smith, who is mentioned on another page of this work; Lawrence V., at home; and Gertrude, who became the wife of Leo Austin, and died July 2y, 1906.

Mr. Smith has an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land and upon the place are seen all of the evidences of a model farm of the twentieth century, including good buildings, high grades of stock and well tilled fields. He has been a life-long Republican but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, in which he has met with signal success.

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WARREN A. SMITH, M. D., engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Berrien Springs in accordance with modern, scientific ideas, is a native of Berrien township, where his life record began on the 28th of October, 1876. His father, W. B. Smith, was born in Cass county, Michigan, and was a son of George Smith, who came to this state from Delaware at an early day. He was one of three brothers who settled in Milton township, becoming a pioneer resident of Cass county. After living there for a number of years, W. B. Smith removed to Berrien county, settling in Berrien township in 1875. He married Miss Maria Walker, who was born in this county and is a representative of one of its old and prominent families, her parents being Joseph and Catherine Walker, who during an early epoch in the development of this portion of the state took up their above in Berrien county. Her mother lived to the very advanced age of ninety-seven years. Her father Joseph Walker, was born in England and crossed the Atlantic from that country to Canada, where he was married. He settled in Canada and afterward removed to Ohio, whence he later came to Michigan. His wife was born in Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith still survive and reside upon a farm in Berrien township, being worthy farming people of that community. In their family were two sons and a daughter.

Dr. Smith, the eldest child, was reared to farm life and at the usual age began acquiring a knowledge of the common branches of English, learning as a student in the district schools. Later he entered the high school at Berrien Springs, from which he was graduated in 1897, and, determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work.

3o8 in 1899, he entered Hahnemann College, of Chicago, from which he was graduated in the class of 1903. The same year he located for practice at Berrien Springs. He had read medicine for a year under Dr. UU- rey, at Niles, before entering college, and his thorough preparation made him well fitted for the arduous and important duties which devolved upon the conscientious physician. He has been in practice here for three years and his patronage has steady grown in volume and importance.

Dr. Smith was married in 1905 to Miss Maud Hoopenganer, a native of Indiana and a daughter of J. C. Hoopenganer, of Berrien Springs. The young couple occupy an enviable position in social circles and have a wide and favorable acquaintance in this local'ty. Dr. Smith is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. In politics he is a Republican. His practice is making greater and greater demands upon his time and energies, for his professional service is regarded as of much value throughout the community.

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ISAAC M. SMITH, a prominent farmer residing on section 13, Berrien township, Isaac M. Smith has from an early period in the development of the county resided within its borders. His birth occurred on the farm where he now lives, March 17, 1847, son of John Smith, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, where he remained until he had reached his twenty-first year. In company with his brother Isaac he in 1829 came to Berrien county, Michigan, and located the land now owned by his son Isaac M. In the following year, 1830, the brother Isaac moved with his family to Berrien county, and in 1831 was followed by John Smith, who toop up his above on the farm which he had secured two years before This continued as his home until his life's labors were ended in death, passing away in 1892, when he had reached the age of eighty-four years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rachel Burk, was a native of Giles county.

Virginia, where she remained until ten years of age, emigrating thence to Berrien county, Michigan, this being about the year 1830. She died at the age of seventy-eight years, after becoming the mother of six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom grew to years of maturity and two sons and a daughter are now living.

Isaac M. Smith, the youngest of the family has spent his entire life on the old Smith homestead, receiving his education in the district schools of the locality, and from an early age he has assisted in the work of the fields. In 1871 he was married to Emma Murphy, who was born in Ohio but came to Berrien county, Michigan, when very young. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have no children of their own, but have reared an adopted daughter, Edna, who is at home. In addition to his general agricultural pursuits Mr. Smith makes a specialty of dealing in timber and lumber, buying and shipping extensively, and for twenty-five years he has followed this business, his efforts throughout this long period being attended with a well merited degree of success. He is the owner of three hundred and thirty-one acres of the finest land to be found in all Berrien county, the work of which is carried on by hired assistants. The Democratic party receives Mr. Smith's hearty support and co-operation, and as its representative he served at one time as highway commissioner. Mr. Smith has two of the old deeds, executed January 4, 1 83 1, and October 10, 1833, both signed by President Andrew Jackson and these are valuable documents in Mr. Smith's home.

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JAMES SMITH. Death often claims from our midst those whom we can ill afford to lose, and when it claimed James Smith the community mourned the loss of a representative citizen, widely and favorably known in agricultural circles. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, November 2, 1827, a son of Isaac Smith, who came with his family to Berrien county, Michigan, in 1830, the son James being then a little lad of three years. To the schools of Berrien township he was indebted for the early educational training which he received, this being further supplemented by attendance at the schools of Niles, but in early life he put aside his text books and began work in the fields, agriculture proving his life occupation.

In 1852 Mr. Smith was married to Maivina Babcock, who was born in Rensselaer county. New York, east of the Hudson, November 16, 1829. Her father, John Babcock, a native of the same county, was a prominent attorney at law, following his profession at Troy, New York, for many years, and his death occurred in that city at the age of forty-six years. He was a son of John Babcock, who was a native of Massachusetts, a farmer by occupation, and a prominent man in the early affairs of his community, having served as a justice of the peace and in many other ways assisting in the upbuilding of the commonwealth. The family was of English and Scotch descent. John Babcock married Sarah Kendall, who also claimed Rensselaer county, New York, as the place of her nativity, being the daughter of Joshua Kendall, a native of Rhode Island and of English descent. Mrs. Babcock lived to be eighty-one years of age, dying in Van Buren county, Michigan. In their family were eleven children, eight of whom grew to years of maturity and four are now living, — Mrs. Smith; W. I., of Niles, Michigan; H. B., a resident of Rosedale, Kansas; and J. N., a resident of Benton township.

Mrs. Smith located in Van Buren county, Michigan, in 1844, accompanying her sister and the latter's husband, William Millspaugh. She began teaching school when but fifteen years of age, following that occupation for eight years or until her marriage to James Smith on the 24th of October, 1852. For two years thereafter the young couple lived in Cass county, Michigan, after which they returned to Berrien county and located on the old homestead which has since been the home of Mrs. Smith. They became the parents of four children, namely: Martha, at home; Mary, who became the. wife of H. G. Correll, and died at the age of twenty-three years; Prof. Ethan H., a resident of San Francisco, California, and a graduate of the Bellevue Hospital of New York city; and Charles R., at home with his mother. Mrs. Smith owns one hundred and eighty acres of rich and well cultivated land, over which she has had supervision since her husband's death. He was ever loyal to his duties of citizenship and used his franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, while his fraternal relations were with the Masonic order. He was deeply concerned in the welfare of his community, influential in his own neighborhood and for a number of years served as a school officer. He passed away February 19, 1899, but in the hearts of his many friends are enshrined many pleasant memories of him, and his influence for good remains with those who knew him. Prof. Ethan H. Smith now holds the chair of orthopoedic surgery in the College of San Francisco, California.

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WASHINGTON A. SMITH, who was a resident of Benton township and a notable figure here, possessing marked traits of character, was for a considerable period one of the successful fruit growers of the county. He read broadly, thought deeply and formed an individual opinion of all that he studied. He was a disciple of nature, enjoying its every phase and with great appreciation of its beauty. Having read the Bible extensively he was not sectarian but accepted the golden rule as a guide for life.

Mr. Smith was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1824, his parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Putnam) Smith, who were natives of Maryland. When their son was nine years of age they removed from Pennsylvania to Columbiana county, Ohio, and Mr. Smith acquired his education in Oberlin, Ohio. Taking up the study of law, he was admitted to the bar in the old Indian Council House at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and entered upon active practice, remaining a member of the bar at Bryan, Ohio, for thirteen years. In the meantime he had heard so much of Michigan that he determined to live in this state and his health finally decided him to remove to this state in order to secure a change of climate and he purchased a farm, which at that time had but ten acres. He built his house a year before removing his wife to this county and located on Lake Michigan. It was the house which he occupied up to the time of his death but he added to it and improved it until it became one of the best farm residences in the county, commanding a fine view of Lake Michigan.

Mr. Smith was married on the ist of July, 1859, in Amberg, Michigan, to Miss Theresa Mary Holzer, who was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, on the 9th of March, 1842. They removed from Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, to Michigan, in 1862, and settled on a farm about three miles north of Benton Harbor. Here Mr. Smith engaged in business as a commercial grower of fruit and became well known as a leading horticulturist and a worker in various horticultural societies. On his arrival he set out each trees and other fruits. Fifty acres of his farm ordered the lake and his orchards were thus rendered free from frost. He delighted in his farm, finding great pleasure in its cultivation and improvement and became a close student of fruit and its possibilities in this portion of the country. He was one of the best educated men of Berrien county. He possessed keen intellectuality and an analytical mind, was well versed in law and became equally enthusiastic as a student of horticultural subjects. He delighted in nature in its various phases and his life after coming to Michigan was amid his flowers, his plants and his orchards. From the budding springtime until the late autumn he took the greatest delight in everything that grew and there was in his nature the kindly element and appreciation that are ever cultivated in those who live near to nature's heart.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born four children: Edwin A. who is now living in South Dakota; Mary, the wife of Frank Burdick, of Sodus township; Fanny B., at home; and Karl A., who married Lucy Elmer, of Vermont, and conducts the home farm.

In his political views Mr. Smith was a stalwart Republican until 1872, when he became a Democrat. He was an enthusiastic anti-slavery man prior to and during the period of the Civil war: He frequently attended the conventions of his party and was a candidate for the legislature at the time of Cleveland's election but suffered defeat. He was very active as a stump speaker up to that time and was strong and forceful in argument and logical in his deductions. He always held the attention of his hearers and many times brought conviction to their minds. He was active as a member of the Grange and the County Agricultural Society. He held membership with no church nor fraternity but was a close student of the Bible. In later life he announced the golden rule as his faith. He enjoyed an argument on religion or politics and was always able to present his side of the question with clearness and force. He liked, too, a game of chess, checkers, or cards but particularly the first mentioned, delighting in the skill which it called forth. His reading was largely historical, scientific and solid nature. He read the New York Tribune for many years, or until after Horace Greeley's campaign and death, and subsequently he became a subscriber to the Chicago Times. He gauged men according to what they read. He was himself a constant reader, his reading covering a wide range and he was particularly familiar with the plays of Shakespeare. His wife, too, had enjoyed good educational advantages in her girlhood days but was married in early life, being but seventeen at the time she gave her hand to Mr. Smith. For four years prior to his death Mr. Smith was an invalid but retained his mental faculties to the last, passing away February 10, 1903. He was buried in Crystal Springs, where a simple but handsome block of marble marks his last resting place. He never believed in show, his life being entirely free from ostentation and his many good qualities won him the respect and esteem of all with whom he was associated.

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GEORGE E. SMITH, residing in St. Joseph, is a veteran of the Civil war, a public officer whose efficient service has been free from unfavorable criticism, and a business man whose activity and honesty stand as unquestioned facts in his career. He is now extensively interested in dairy farming in Berrien county and was formerly connected with its fruit-raising industry. Mr. Smith is a native of Connecticut, his birth having occurred in Stamford on the 24th of March, 1838, and he represents one of the old and prominent families of New England. His ancestors located in Connecticut in colonial days and his grandfather, Lieutenant Josiah Smith, who was born in that state, did valiant service in behalf of the colonists during the period of the Revolutionary war, proving a loyal patriot. He lived to enjoy for many years the liberty tor which he had fought, and both he and his wife lived to the advanced age of eighty-seven.

Josiah Smith, Jr., father of our subject, was born in Connecticut, and throughout his entire Hfe followed the occupation of farming in his native state. Although he never sought to figure prominently in public affairs he developed an upright character that won him the unqualified regard of his fellow citizens. He married Betsey Lockwood, who was born in Connecticut and was a daughter of Daniel Lockwood. Mr. Smith departed this life in January, 1883, at the age of seventy-five years, having long survived his wife, who died at the age of forty-six years. In their family were six children: Charles, who is living in Denver, Colorado; George E., of this review; William M., also of St. Joseph; Frank H., who makes his home in Connecticut; Sarah, who is living at White Plains, New York; and Jennie, who makes her home in Stamford, Connecticut.

George E. Smith spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and during the summer months was trained to the work of the fields. He gave much time to his studies, possessing scholarly tastes and habits, and after attending the common schools he continued as a student in a private boarding school for some time. Upon putting aside his textbooks he aided his father for ten years but it was his desire to travel and gain the broad culture and information which cannot be obtained in any other way save through contact with different people in their native countries. As soon therefore as he was able to do so he left home and traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada and also visited Cuba. In August, 1 86 1, he came to St. Joseph, Michigan, and here engaged in business as a dealer in groceries and hardware, carrying on his store profitably for twelve months, when, in 1862, he gave up his business, putting aside all business and personal considerations that he might aid his country.

The blood of Revolutionary ancestors flowed in his veins and the spirit of patriotism was strong within him. He enlisted in August, 1862, as a member of Company B, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, in which he served as quartermaster sergeant for about two years, during wliich time he participated in many of the hard-fought engagements of the Civil war. Among the most sanguinary conflicts in which he took part were those at Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Cold Harbor, the Wilderness, Cedar Creek and numerous other engagements of minor importance. At the battle of Cedar Creek he was wounded and again in the battle of the Wilderness, but his injuries did not prove very serious and as soon as possible he returned to his place in the ranks. In June, 1864, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and was assigned to duty with Company A of the same regiment. On the expiration of his term of enlistment and following the close of the war he was mustered out at Jackson, Michigan, in 1865, returning home with a most honorable and creditable military record. He had never faltered in his loyalty to the Union cause but had valiantly defended the stars and stripes where the leaden hail fell thickest.

Returning to St. Joseph George E. Smith engaged in merchandising in this city for a number of years and was also a factor in other departments of business activity, operating a sawmill and dealing in lumber. He likewise became interested in the manufacture of fruit baskets, an enterprise which he conducted successfully until 1894, when he sold out. He has been watchful of business opportunities and through the utilization of these has won a place among the substantial residents of the county. He now owns a dairy farm in St. Joseph township, upon which he has quite a herd of Holstein cattle. He is carrying on the business extensively but makes his residence in St. Joseph. At one time he was largely engaged in fruit growing. In addition to his dairy farm he has various interests, having made judicious investment in different business concerns and he is widely recognized as one of the leading men of St. Joseph. Resourceful in his methods he carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, realizing that the present and not the future holds his opportunity.

While carefully controlling commercial, industrial and agricultural interests Mr. Smith has at the same time been a co-operant factor in the public life of St. Joseph and his well known devotion to the general good has led to his selection for several positions of public trust. He was president of the village board before the incorporation of the city and was identified for more than sixteen years with the school board, acting as its secretary during much of that time. He was a member of the city council and was on the board of public works for a number of years. His official prerogatives have ever been exercised for general improvement and in all that he does in office he manifests the same practical spirit and keen insight that have characterized his business undertakings. He votes with the Democracy, and is in thorough sympathy with the principles of the party, but he ever placed the general good before partisanship and the advancement of community interests before personal aggrandizement.

In 1868, in St. Joseph, Mr. Smith, was married to Miss Belle Chapman, who was born in Newmarket, Rockingham county, New Hampshire. They have two children, Olive C. and Warren C. The latter is a railroad engineer and the former is the wife of William D. Stover, of St. Louis, Missouri, and has one child, Carolyn C, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Smith is a member of St. Joseph lodge of Masons and he attends the Universalist Church. He has prospered, accumulating a competence and at the same time winning a most enviable reputation for honesty and fair dealing. To a student of human nature there is nothing of greater interest than to examine into the life of a self-made man and analyze the principles which he has followed, the methods he has pursued, to know what means he has employed for advancement and to study the plans which have given him prominence, enabling him to pass on the highway of life many who have had a more advantageous start. In the history of Mr. Smith there is deep truths of thought and if one desires he may profit by the obvious lessons herein contained.

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CARMI REDDICK SMITH is closely associated with the business enterprises and activity of Niles which have lead to its substantial upbuilding. A native son of Michigan, he was born in Girard, Branch county, on the 19th of May, 1862. His father, Mahlon A. Smith, was born in New York and became an early settler of Branch county. His mother was a daughter of John B. Reddick, who came to Michigan in 1832. Mahlon A. Smith, following his removal to Branch county, became owner of three hundred acres of land and there carried on general agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death. He cleared most of his land, placing it under a high state of cultivation. In his early life he had followed merchandising, but after purchasing the farm gave his undivided attention to agricultural pursuits until his life's labors were ended in 1892, at the age of sixty-two years. His widow still survives and makes her home in Coldwater, Branch county, Michigan. In their family were six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom five are living, namely: Carmi R.; Mark H., a resident of Coldwater; Mabel L., the wife of Rev. John Biery, a Methodist minister; Katherine L., the wife of Rev. R. J. McLandress, a clergyman of the Presbyterian church of Oconto,, Wisconsin; and Benjamin H., who lives in Niles, where he is foreman of the W. A. Reddick Wire and Shovel Factory.

Carmi R. Smith was graduated from the high school of Coldwater, in the class of 1882. He afterward attended Albion College, from which he was graduated in 1886 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Subsequently he went to Fort Wayne, where he studied law for a short time and then came to Niles, here accepting the position of bookkeeper with John L. Reddick, who was at that time engaged in the wood, coal and lumber business. Mr. Smith remained with Mr. Reddick for two years, after which he entered the employ of the Ohio Paper Company as purchasing agent of straw, pulp, etc., thus representing the house for two years. In 1 89 1 he purchased of J. L. Reddick the contract for supplying straw and pulp to the different mills. The contract involved an immense amount of business in securing these materials and Mr. Smith continued in that line of activity until 1903, when he sold his contracts. In 1889 he had purchased the J. L. Reddick lumber business and has since continued as a dealer in that commodity, also owning and operating a planing mill. In addition to dealing in all kinds of lumber he carries a full line of sash, doors, glass, mouldings, porch stock and paint. In fact he deals in all kinds of building materials. He is now conducting a large and prosperous business, his sales reaching an extensive figure annually. In the meantime he had purchased a large tract of timber land in northern Michigan, which he cleared in 1902, having received many thousand feet of lumber therefrom. In this way he has added to the value of property in that locality, placing the land in a condition better fitted for cultivation.

Mr. Smith has made his home in Niles since 1886 and has always been very active in public affairs of the city. At the present time he is identified as a director with three building and loan associations in Niles and is president of one of them. He is also president of the Niles Creamery Company and is president of the Business Men's Association of the city. He is a student of the signs of the times, readily recognizing opportunities and bonds every energy to improve these, advancing general prosperity as well as individual success.

Mr. Smith is a recognized factor in political circles, wielding a wide influence. In he was very active in support of the party and its principles during the McKinley administration. In 1897-98 he became a member of the state legislature, filling out the unexpired term of E. S. Williams who resigned to accept the appointment of postmaster of Niles. In 1903 Mr. Smith was elected mayor of Niles and in October of that year he resigned to accept the unexpired term of postmaster caused by the death of E. S. Williams, whom he had succeeded in the state legislature. Three days after Mr. Williams' death Mr. Smith was appointed to succeed him. He is a stalwart Republican, unfaltering in his allegiance to the party. He keeps well informed on questions and issues of the day and stands as an advocate of a high type of political honor and reliability.

In October, 1890, occurred the marriage of Mr. Smith and Miss Mary E. Stafford, of Port Hope, Michigan. She is the daughter of W. R. Stafford, who was a large manufacturer of lumber in northern Michigan, and now owner of extensive lands in Huron county. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons, W. R. Stafford Smith and Carmi Reginald Smith, both born in Niles. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Smith belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity, while in the Masonic order he has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Niles, and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is quick of apprehension and comprehends readily intricate business and political problems. He has done much toward promoting the general welfare, and his career, both public and private, has been marked by the strictest integrity and faithfulness to every trust reposed in him. He is known as an honorable man, a pleasant, social companion, and a devoted husband and father.

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CHAUNCEY SMITH, who is located on section 19, Wesaw township, has devoted his entire life to general agricultural pursuits and although he has now passed the age of four score years he still gives personal supervision to his place. He was born in Oswego county. New York, March 21, 1824, his parents being David and Martha (Cable) Smith, both of whom were natives of Connecticut. In their family were seven children, of whom Chauncey Smith was the youngest and the only one now living. His boyhood and youth were uneventfully passed and when about twenty years of age he went to Steuben county. New York, settling near Dansville. He lived in that vicinity until 1855, when he came direct to this township, setting upon his present farm in 1859. In 1892, however, he sold the place and removed to Allegany county, New York, but after nine years he returned to Berrien county, Michigan, and again purchased the old homestead. His entire life has been devoted to general farming and he now has forty acres of well improved land on section 19, Wesaw township. He has led a busy, useful and active life and whatever he has undertaken he has accomplished owing to his perseverance and industry. At all times, too, he has been thoroughly reliable in his business affairs, so that he has commanded the trust of his fellowmen.

In 1848 Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Abigail Carroll, who was born in Allegany county. New York, October 17, 1830, a daughter of Richard and Dorcas (Hoskins) Carroll, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively. This marriage has been blessed with the following named: Jay Willet, who is Hving in Hornell, New York, and travels for a publishing house. Ambrose Everett, a physician, who is practicing in Olean, New York, where he is making a specialty of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat; J. Hoskins of Chicago, who for eighteen years has been a teacher in the Eugene Fields school of that city; Amy, the wife of John A. Thursby, a traveling man residing in Madison, Wisconsin; and Wilbur R. C, of Atlanta, Georgia, who is at the head of the Trades Journal, in which all of the brothers are interested. All of the members of this family have been teachers and were reared here upon the home farm. The Doctor, J. H. and W. R. C. Smith, were all students in the State Agricultural College, the first two being graduates of that institution while the last mentioned spent two years as a student there. Dr. Smith is also a graduate of Rush Medical College and spent two years in special work in the line of his profession in New York city. The mother was also a successful school teacher in early life and was determined that her children should be provided with excellent educational privileges. This plan was carried out and by liberal mental training they were well prepared for life's practical and responsible duties.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Troy, New York and has shaped his life in accordance with his religious belief and the teachings of the church. In his political views he is a prohibitionist, supporting the party which embodies his ideas upon the temperance question. He has lived a temperate, honorable and upright life, endorsing those principles and rules of conduct which work for upright manhood and for the development of character and his life may well serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others.

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