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DAVID M. SMITH
Was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, October 10, 1840; son of John J. and Sarah Smith. His father is a native of
Virginia, and his mother of Tennessee. His parents were married in Tennessee and moved to Kentucky, then to Illinois,
and in the spring of 1840, to Jefferson county, Iowa. His mother died March 17, 1871; his father is still a resident
of Wapello county, Iowa. Our subject was reared and educated in Jefferson county, Iowa, and there, May 2, 1861,
married Miss Elizabeth Howard, a native of Pennsylvania, born April 15, 1841. Her parents came from Pennsylvania
in 1869 and settled in Lee county, Iowa. Her mother is dead; her father is still a resident of Iowa. Mr. Smith
engaged in farming in Iowa until 1876, and then removed to Daviess county. Nine children have blessed their anion,
six of whom are living; viz., William L., born December 24, 1861; David, born December 26, 1863; John G., born
July 18, 1865; Isaac W., born August 7, 1867; Henry, born June 7, 1869; Samuel, born November 1871; Asa M., born
April 15, 1874; Margaret E., born December 11, 1876; James T., born September 11, 1880; David, Samuel and James
are dead. Mr. Smith, since coming to Missouri, has secured a home of 100 acres of land improved and stocked. He
is an earnest advocate of good schools, and politically is a staunch Democrat.
From:
The History of Daviess County, Missouri
Birdsall & Dean, Publishers
Kansas City, MO. 1882
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