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Born 1823
From History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Together with biographical sketches .. (1883)
, a resident of Iowa City, the eldest daughter of Governor Lucas by his second wife; was born April 25, 1823, in Piketown, Pike county, Ohio. She came to Burlington, Iowa, with her father in May, 1840. She was married at Muscatine, October 17, 1842, to
Dr. William L. Smith of Baltimore, Maryland. He died August 31, 18M. This union is blessed with one child, a daughter, born August 15, 1843, and named Florence A., now the wife of A. L. Clark of Iowa Citv. Her mother is a direct descendant from the celebrated Sumner family of Massachusetts. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Iowa City, and has been a faithful and consistent member of the church since she was twenty-seven years of age.
As printed in History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Together with biographical sketches .. (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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