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Smith, Daniel H., was born in Rehoboth, January 4, 1835, a son of Remember and Sally (Wilmarth) Smith and was
educated in the public schools. In 1851 he came to Attleborough and learned the jeweler's trade with Thompson,
Hayward & Co., and remained in the business until 1861. He then enlisted in Co. H., 24th Mass. Vols., and took
part in the sieges of Charleston and Petersburg, and served until October, 1864. when he received an honorable
discharge with rank of first sergeant; received appointment as captain of District 73, and as enrolling officer
of the militia from Governor Andrews. In 1866 he established the firm of D. H. Smith & Co., manufacturers of
jewelry, and in 1868 purchased the company's interest and continued the business up to 1888, disposing of the business
in January of that year. He is now engaged in the undertaking business and is employing the most scientific and
modern methods of caring for the dead. In 1855 he married Abby A., daughter of Philander Stone. Mr. Smith has served
as selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor and chief engineer of the fire department, a hose company being named
in his honor.
From:
Our county and its people
A descriptive and biographical history of
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Prepaired and published under the auspices of
The Fall River News and The Taunton Gasette
With assistance of Hon. Alanson Borden
The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1899.
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