In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1843
From Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905)
CHRISTIAN SMITH.
[This passage is too damaged in the scanned book to reproduce. See the original book.]
BIOGRAPHICAL REl'IEW their ])parents. All the children were born at Primrose, and there received excellent educational advantages, while Charles and Emma also attended Mount Pleasant academy.
As printed in Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1905. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.