HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Illustrated With Biographical Sketches
of many Prominent Men and Pioneers; published by W. R. Brink & Co.,
Edwardsville, Ill., 1882. p. 691. Pike County.

WILLIAM SMITH, a successful merchant of Todd county, Minnesota, is a
resident of the village of Eagle Bend, where he is engaged in the general
merchandising business.  He is a native of Kentucky, born in Pikesville,
Pike county, Kentucky, on the 21st day of October, 1844, and is the son of
Aaron and Jennie (Justices) Smith, natives of Virginia and Kentucky,
respectively.  The father is still engaged in farming on the old home in
Kentucky.  The mother was educated in her native State and died there
August 28, 1865.  They were the parents of three children -- William, John
and George.  John is in Virginia and George is living in Kentucky.
   Mr. Smith, the subject of this biographical article remained in his native 
village, Pikesville, until he was twenty-five years old.  Until he attained
the age of seventeen years, he attended the common schools of his native
town, and in 1870 removed to West Virginia, where he remained two years. 
At the expiration of that time he went to the State of Minnesota, and
settled in Meeker county, Minnesota near Dassel where he purchased a farm,
and engaged in agricultural pursuits for about seven years.  In 1879 he
removed to Todd County, Minnesota, and homesteaded a tract of land on
section 2 Wykeham township, where he remained five years, engaged in
general farming and stock-raising.  In 1884 Mr Smith moved to the village
of Eagle Bend, Todd county, Minnesota, and engaged in the liquor business
for two years.  He then opened his present store and has since been engaged
in the business.  He carries a complete stock of general merchandise and is
doing a good business.  
   Mr. Smith was united in marriage on the 12th day of January 1865, to Miss
Elizabeth Ford, a native of the State of Kentucky, and the daughter of
William Ford, a farmer and merchant.  She is one of twelve children, being
the fourth in order.  Mr. & Mrs. Smith are the parents of the
following-named children -- James, Malinda, Mary, Minnie, Ida, Rosy,
Arlery, Katie and Lizzie.  Malinda is the wife of John Goble, a resident of
Todd county, and Mary is a Mrs. Burton of Eagle Bend, Todd county,
Minnesota. The subject is a democrat in his political affiliations and an
active participant in all movements of local nature.  He is one of the
leading citizens of the village in which he lives and has held various
offices, including treasurer, school director, etc.  A man of the strictest
integrity, he stands high in the community in which he lives, both as a
business man and an exemplary citizen. 

Smith Justices Ford Goble Burton
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Todd-MN VA

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