Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Ezekial 1921
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Payette Enterprise 4-28-1921
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, April 28, 1921
 
EZEKIEL SMITH
 
Ezekiel Smith, was born 15, 1849 in Morgan County, Ohio, died at Payette, 
Idaho, April 24, 1921, age 72 years, 2 months, 9 days.
 
When a boy of seven years his parents moved to Clark County, Iowa.  His father 
died a year later and he and his brother, two years his senior made the living 
for his mother and younger brothers and sisters.
 
He was married at Osceola, Iowa, June 30, 1870, to Lucy C. Switzer who 
survives him.  He moved to Western Nebraska in 1886 where he resided for 18 
years.  He came to Payette, Idaho, in March 1902 and has lived here ever since.
 
He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss.  the children are; Fred 
Smith, Jess Smith, Walter Smith, Mrs. W. R. Williams, Mrs. E. A. Putnam, Mrs. 
James Roe, Viola Smith and Eli Smith, all of Payette.
 
Beisde bringing up his own children he at the death of his sister, Mrs. W. T. 
Clarke, took into his home her infant babe, Marian, and cared for her and 
educated her, as one of his own.
 
Three brothers and three sisters survive him all living in the East.
 
He united with the Methodist Church when a young man.  By his honesty and 
charitable disposition he made and retained many friends where ever he lived.

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Note:  Burial at Riverside Cemetery.

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