Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Smith, Daniel W. 1843 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

DANIEL W. SMITH, engaged in agriculture near Livermore, was born in New York
city, December 9, 1836. At the age of two years he was taken by his parents in
their removal to England, and he received his schooling in Kent. At an early age
he chose seafaring life as a vocation, and he followed it in various capacities
for many years, from cabin boy to ordinary seaman; and in 1856 he became part
owner and took command of the schooner Ida Jane, of San Francisco, a coasting
merchantman. After running this vessel until 1869 he resigned and sold his
interest. Moving to Livermore he purchased 112 acres of land near that place and
has since been engaged in cultivating it. "Captain Dan," as he is universally
called, is fifty-four years of age, hale and hearty, and has the respect and
friendship of his fellow farmers and acquaintances. His father, John Smith, was
a native of Castine, Maine, while the mother, Maria, is a native of Edinburg,
Scotland. The Captain was married in 1870, at the mission San Jose, to Mrs.
Helen Welch, nee Hickey. She has a daughter, named Agnes.

Additional Comments:
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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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