ALEXANDER H. SMITH, M.D. was born in New Brunswick, N.J., Aug. 24, 1816. He took a literary course at Rutger's College, from which he graduated in 1834, after which he entered the medical college at Philadelphia, and in 1837 graduated as a physician and surgeon. He soon afterward came to Illinois and located in Jersey county, near Jerseyville, giving his attention to farming. Later he removed to Kane, in this county, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1867 he came to Carrollton and has since been interested in the drug trade. While a resident of Jersey county, he married Amanda Robinson, of Greene county, who died in Dec., 1882, leaving five children - Charles, Henry, Edward, Greg R., and Mamie E.