Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Smith, Chester Young 1868 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

CHESTER YOUNG SMITH.

Chester Young Smith is well known in business circles of Ottumwa as secretary
and manager of the M. B. Hutchinson Lumber Company and enjoys an unassailable
reputation for enterprise and integrity. He is a native son of Wapello county,
his birth having occurred in Kirkville on the 24th of January, 1868. His father,
Rev. D. C. Smith, was born in Pennsylvania, November 17, 1837, and came to Iowa
in 1851, when a youth of fourteen years. He dedicated his life to the service of
his Master as a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church and is now living
retired in Ottumwa, being widely known and much beloved. His wife, who bore the
maiden name of Georgianna Young and was born near Peoria, Illinois, has passed
away. Their children were four in number, as follows: Harlan C., who is
connected with the M B. Hutchinson Lumber Company; Chester Y., of this review;
and Vida Fay and Charles V., both of whom are residents of Albia, Iowa, engaged
in the dry goods business. Reverend Smith was married a second time, Miss Jennie
Beck of Hedrick, Iowa, becoming his wife in April, 1895.

Chester Y. Smith acquired his education in this state, pursuing a high-school
course and a normal-school course in Bloomfield, while later he entered Parsons
College of Fairfield. In 1899 he came to Wapello county and entered the service
of the Duffy Lumber Company of Ottumwa with the intention of learning the
business. The enterprise has undergone changes in ownership during the past
fifteen years, but he is still connected therewith, being now secretary and
manager of the M. B. Hutchinson Lumber Company, which is the present style of
the firm. They have five yards and do a very extensive and profitable trade.

On the 8th of January, 1890, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Etta R.
Rock, a native of Jefferson county and a daughter of Henry C. and Margaret
(Vance) Rock. The father, an old soldier who held county and city offices during
most of his life after the war, is deceased. Our subject and his wife have two
sons, namely: Leighton Rock, who wedded Miss Amy Potter, of Los Angeles, on the
28th of May, 1913, and Byrne Young, a high-school student. Mr. Smith gives his
political allegiance to the republican party and fraternally is identified with
the Masons, and is a member of the Wapello Club. His religious faith is that of
the Methodist church, the teachings of which he exemplifies in his daily life.
His sterling integrity is a quality known and appreciated, while his genial
manner has won for him a host of friends.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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