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Born 1841
From History of Muscatine County, Iowa, from the earliest settlements to the present time; (1911)
S. H. SMITH, Jr.
S. H. Smith, Jr., a well known citizen of Muscatine county, who for fourteen years past has resided at Nichols, is a native of Halifax, Vennont, born November i6, 1841. He is a son of Dr. S. H. and Emeline S. (Putnam) Smith, both born in Windham county, Vermont, the mother being a descendant of General Israel Putnam. They were married in 1840 and five years later removed to Steuben county. New York, where they continued until 1870, when they came to Muscatine county, Iowa, locating permanently at Nichols in 1871. The father built the second house in the town and was proprietor of a drug store, of which his son later took charge. The father devoted his attention to the practice of medicine from 1845 until 1902, when he retired. He departed this life January 2" 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, and the mother was called away in 1903. The household circle included five children:
As printed in History of Muscatine County, Iowa, from the earliest settlements to the present time; (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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