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ALBERT SMITH OBITUARY
CLARK COUNTY HERALD
24-FEB-1897


   Albert Smith was born July 28, 1827, in Benninghausen, Bursheit, Prussia, and 
died at his residence four miles South of Marshall, Feb 15, 1897, at 10:30 PM, 
aged 69 years, 6 months and 28 days.   He came to America in 1852 and in 1854 
married Miss Minnie Nonnenbroech.   They lived together one year and a half when 
she was called away to a better home.   She left him a child 6 months old, when 
he was called away.
   Mr. Smith lived as a widower five years and in 1861 married Miss Lena Strohm.   
This union was blessed with five children, four daughters and one son.   The son 
died as an infant.   At the early age of 14, Mr. Smith joined the Lutheran 
Church and always tried to live up to the proverb “do right and you will find 
right.”
   In the death of Mr. Smith the community suffers a severe loss, not only in 
his relationship as a faithful, kind and affectionate husband and father, but as 
a citizen of this township.   He was beloved and respected by all who knew him.   
He was kind to the poor, obliging to his neighbors, honorable in all his 
business transactions and ever ready to support that which he believed to be 
right.
   He was in feeble health for about eight years with heart trouble and the 25th 
of last October he was afflicted with dropsy, from which he suffered until death 
came.   He took his bed on Saturday, Feb 6, and died the ninth day after.   He 
always said when he had to take to his bed once he never would get up again and 
so it proved.   When asked if he suffered or had any pain of any kind he always 
answered, no, no pain at all.   Every thing was done for him that loving hands 
could do, but his time had come to die.
   He leaves a wife, four daughters, Emma (Mrs. Charles Berner) Rosa, Mary (Mrs. 
Hugo Lahmer) and Sarah and seven grandchildren to mourn his loss.
   On Thursday, Feb 18, the funeral was conducted by Rev. C. Harms and the 
remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and neighbors to their 
resting place in the Zeigler Cemetery.

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