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† Source #1: History of
Pike County, Illinois. - 1880
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THOMAS J. SMITH, of
the firm of Smith & Hobbs, wagon and carriage
manufacturers, was born in 1835 in Clarke county, Ind.,
a son of Nicholas W. and Susan E. Smith,
the former born in Kentucky, the latter in Vermont.
In 1852 he married Margaret T. Montgomery, who
was born in 1837, also in Clarke county, Ind. Of
their 10 children only 5 are living. Mr. S.
studied and practiced medicine 4 years in Indiana, and
since 1871 he has practiced medicine and has been
connected with the carriage manufactory at Chambersburg.
From 1863 to 1865 he served in Co. I, 40th Ind. Vet.
Vol. Inf.; fought in the battles of Pulaski, Columbia,
Spring Hill, Franklin Tenn., (where he was wounded),
Nashville, and in the whole campaign after Gen. Hood.
Mr. and Mrs. S. are Methodists and he is an Odd
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VALENTINE SMITH, was
born in 1819 in Baden, Germany, near the river Rhine;
his parents, Vincent and
Mary, were also natives of Baden. He crossed
the sea in a sail vessel, landing at New Orleans; then
went to Cincinnati, and in 1855 he came to this county,
where he has lived ever since, a prosperous farmer,
owning 373 acres of good bluff land. In 1848
Mr. S. married Martha Thrasher, who was born
in 1830 in Hamilton county, Ohio, and of their twelve
children nine are living. Mr. and Mrs. S.
are members of the Christian Church, reside on sec. 30,
and their postoffice in Chambersburg. |
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