Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Smith, W. H. 1861 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 598

  W. H. SMITH, well known among the business men of Arizona's capital, was born
January 28, 1861, at Reidsville, North Carolina, where he was reared to manhood.
After attending the public schools he entered the university of his native State
with the expectation of fitting himself for the teacher's profession; but
failing eyesight compelled him to relinquish his studies, as well as his wishes,
before completing the prescribed course. Embarking in the undertaking and
furniture business in Reidsville, he thus continued, enlarging the scope of his
labor and learning the art of embalming, until 1890, when, on a trip through the
West to find relief from throat troubles, he came to Phoenix. The benefit he
derived from the equable climate of Arizona, and particularly in and around
Phoenix, proved so beneficial to his health that he determined to make it his
future home, and accordingly made a permanent location at the capital. He here
embarked in the undertaking business and later added the manufacture of
monuments to his work, and from a small beginning has built up one of the
prosperous business enterprises of the city. In 1892 he went to New York City,
and graduated, on June 11th, from the College of Embalming, thus further
equipping himself in his business vocation. Mr. Smith is a member of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen of the World, and he and wife belong to the Methodist
Episcopal Church. December 1st, 1886, he was united in marriage with Julia A.
Smith, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, and to their union have been born
three children, named May, Wesley and Mignon. Mr. Smith is justly recognized as
one of Phoenix's enterprising and foremost citizens.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896



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