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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Historical and Biographical Record
of
Douglas Co., Illinois
Compiled by John Gresham, U. S. A.
June, 1900
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SAMUEL W. SMILEY, grain buyer at West
Ridge, and member of the firm of Smiley & Watson (B. T. Watson,
of Bourbon), is one of the wide awake and energetic business men of
the county. He came to Douglass county in 1889, and located in
Bourbon township, where he was engaged in business.
Subsequently he and B. T. Watson formed their partnership and
Mr. Smiley located at West Ridge. This firm bought at
this place from July 1 to Nov. 10, 1899 130,000 bushels of corn and
oats.
Samuel W. Smiley was born in Greencastle,
Indiana, Feb. 11, 1855, and is the son of Jonathan and Mary
(Warner) Smiley. They are both dead. Mr. Smiley's
parents removed from Greencastle to Stanford, Kentucky, where he was
principally reared and educated. In 1876 he was married to
Miss Elizabeth Hester Hasbarger, and six children have been born
to their marriage. Mr. Smiley's grandfather,
Jonathan Smiley, was a native Virginian; his maternal
grandfather was Samuel Warner. Mr. Smiley is postmaster
at West Ridge, owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Camargo
township, and is rapidly coming to the front as one of Douglas
county's most successful business men.
Source: Historical and Biographical
Record of Douglas Co., Illinois - Compiled by John Gresham, U. S. A.
June, 1900 - Page 281 |
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