Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

Z. T. SMITH, surgeon dentist, Beardstown; was born in Hart 
County, Ky., May 16, 1849, and being left an orphan when 
very young, was taken by his sister to her home in Clay 
County, Mo., where he lived till he was sixteen years of 
age, and received a good education in the William Jewell 
College. He then went to Virden, Macoupin Co., Ill., where 
he studied dentistry, with Dr. G. W. Dillon, about three 
years. In 1869, he came to Beardstown, where he has since 
practiced dentistry, with the exception of the years 1871-
2. For the past ten years he has been located on State 
street.

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Hart-KY Clay-MO Macoupin-IL