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.
From History of Boone County, Missouri (1882)
WILLIAM SMITH, DECEASED.
[This passage is too damaged in the scanned book to reproduce. See the original book.]
As printed in History of Boone County, Missouri (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name William Smith: Francis Marion Smith (b. 1840) Peter Ellis Smith (b. 1821) Robert Hudson Smith Fielding W. Smith (b. 1846) Solon E. Smith (b. 1846)
The printed record stops around 1882. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.