Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 33-35.  Hickman Co.

ROBERT LEE SMITH

     Prominent among lawyers of the first judicial district, is Robert
Lee Smith, of Clinton, Hickman county, Kentucky.  Mr. Smith is a
native of Kentucky, was born in Hancock county, August 14, 1869, and
is the eldest of a family of four sons and two daughters, born to Dr.
Lee N. and Emma (Kelly) Smith.  The parents were born in Kentucky, the
father in Shelby county, and the mother in Daviess county, and both
came of old and prominent Kentucky families.  The father has long
practiced medicine.  From Hancock county he removed his family to
Breckenridge [sic] county, and in 1885 established the family
residence in Hickman county.  He now resides in Hailewell, [sic]
Kentucky. In the main his children have been reared on the farm.
     Hence, Mr. Smith, whose name forms the caption of this article,
was reared amid scenes of farm life, learning the lessons of industry
and perseverance, which have been important factors in the success
which has come to him in life.  Completing a liberal education in
Marvin College, Clinton, Kentucky, he taught in the public schools for
five years with more than average success.  He taught his first school
when only seventeen years of age.  While teaching school Mr. Smith
studied law, and in March of 1892 was admitted to the bar.
Immediately after his admission to the bar he opened a law office in
Fulton, Kentucky, and was there engaged in the practice of law until
in 1894. [sic]  From Fulton Mr. Smith removed to the town of Moscow,
Kentucky.  In the latter place he remained till January, 1898, when he
took up the duties of county attorney for Hickman county, having been
elected to this office the previous fall.  Upon entering into this
office he established his residence in Clinton, where he has since
continued to reside and practice law.  While residing at Moscow he
served as magistrate, and as county attorney Mr. Smith served for four
years, to the general satisfaction of the public and with credit to
himself.  In 1901 Mr. Smith was elected mayor of Clinton, the duties
of which office he assumed in January, 1902, the term of office being
for four years.  As mayor his administration of the town's public
affairs has been of a high moral tone, of business-like methods and
progressiveness.
     In politics Mr. Smith is a stanch Democrat, and loyally supports
the men and measures of his party.  He is a member of the Baptist
church, and is numbered not only among leading lawyers, but also among
the representative citizens of his county.  In 1890, he wedded Miss
Dora Eves, a Kentucky lady of accomplishments.  To the marriage two
daughters have been born.
    In every sense of that much used term, Mr. Smith is a "self-made
man."  Steadily he has forged his way to the front in professional
life, and today enjoys a good and lucrative clientage as a lawyer.
His record has been free of anything of questionable practices, and
consequently he is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens.

Smith Kelly Eves
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Hancock-KY Shelby-KY Daviess-KY Breckinridge-KY Fulton-KY

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