Carroll-Decatur County IN Archives Biographies.....Smiley, Everett E. 1874 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

EVERETT E. SMILEY.

   Particular interest is attached to the study of the life of Everett E.
Smiley, because of the fact that he has attained his present enviable position
and prosperity by reason of innate efficiency and estimable personal
characteristics. When others slept, he worked; when others played, he planned,
and it was through practical industry, wisely and persistently applied that he
wrested success from possible failure, and prominence from what might have been
to others obscurity. Everett E. Smiley, a well-known farmer and stock raiser of
this county, was born in Decatur county, five miles southwest of Greensburg,
Indiana, on April 8, 1874. He makes a specialty of raising purebred
Holstein-Freisians, stock and dairy products, and with his family lives on his
farm of sixty acres, two and one-half miles northwest of Wheeling, on the Morgan
Pike.

   Mr. Smiley is the son of H. K. and Sarilda (Robbins) Smiley. H. K. Smiley was
born on a farm near Oxford, Ohio, and moved to Decatur county, Indiana, with his
parents when he was only a child. His father was William Smiley, a well-known
resident of Decatur county, where H. K. Smiley and his wife spent the rest of
their lives. Sarilda Robbins was born in Decatur county, being a daughter of
John E. Robbins, Sr., also a native of Decatur county. He was the son of William
Robbins, who was born in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia and was one of the
earliest pioneer settlers in Decatur county, for he went there when it was a
wilderness. John E. Robbins, Sr., was at the time of his death president of the
Third National Bank of Greensburg, Indiana, and was one of the wealthiest men of
his county. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of whom are
living near Greensburg with the exception of one, who is a resident of
Indianapolis.

   H. K. and Sarilda Smiley spent their childhood and youth in Decatur county,
where they were married and where H. K. Smiley died on January 8, 1915. After
his retirement he lived until about 1900 in Greensburg, where his widow still
lives. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom are alive. These
children are as follow: Minnie, the wife of Londa Wright, a farmer of Westport,
Indiana; Cassius C, of Indianapolis; Everett E., subject of this biography;
Myrtle O. and Hershall H., both of Indianapolis; Daisy married Addison McGee, of
Greensburg; Robin Z., of Cincinnati.

   Everett Smiley lived with his parents until his marriage, which took place on
February 27, 1895, his bride being Myrtle Gartin, daughter of Ed M. and Alice
(Bruce) Gartin, who were born and brought up in Decatur county. It was in that
county that Mr. and Mrs. Smiley were married and rented property until their
removal to Carroll county, in the fall of 1909. Since that time they have lived
on what is known as part of the Jacob Silvers farm, which they bought in the
fall of 1908. They are the parents of five children, these being Arnold D., who
is a graduate of the Flora high school and lives at home; L. Gretchen, who is in
the fourth year of high school; Ruth Alice, who died on May 6, 1900; Lorin M.,
who is in the eight year of the graded schools, and Edwin E., who is in his
third year of school.

   Mr. and Mrs. Smiley are prominent members of the Baptist church at Sharon.
Mr. Smiley has always cast his vote with the Republican party. He is a man of
pleasing personality, gentle disposition and generous impulses, and his conduct
has been guided always by the strong principles which were inculcated by the
fireside of his good and upright parents. He is a respected citizen, and both he
and his wife welcome many friends at their beautiful home.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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