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Born 1827
From History of Harrison County, Iowa. Containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together with portraits and biographies of all the go (1891)
OLOMON J. SMITH, (deceased), came to Harrison County, in 1855, being a pioneer of the pioneers. He was born in Lockport, N. Y., June 7, 1827, and was the son of John and Nancy (Jennings) Smith, of Canada, where our subject spent his early life and received his early education. He followed farming throughout his days; went to California in 1849, followed mining when gold was first discovered there, returning to New York, and went from there to Dixon, Ill., and from there to Council Bluffs and located on section 30, of Little Sioux Township, where he owned four hundred and twenty-five acres of land. Smith’s Lake is on this farm.
He was married in 1855, to Miss Julia Pratt, the daughter of John Pratt. By this union three children were born — Alice, Charles and Emma. Mr. Smith died January 18, 1887: he was a Republican in politics, belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a member of the Masonic lodge, at Little Sioux.
As printed in History of Harrison County, Iowa. Containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together with portraits and biographies of all the go (1891). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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