Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Smith, Samuel H. 1866 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 27, 2006, 10:33 pm

Author: John C. Odell (1916)

SAMUEL H. SMITH.

   Upon the self-made men of any community, depends the leadership along certain
lines of endeavor. Their success having been attained by close observation and
the ambition to achieve, they become an authority on their chosen vocation, by
dint of their strong courage and the ability to persevere where others fail.
These leaders, whose natural ability has been fostered by the stern necessities
of life, become dominant factors in the life of the communities in which they live.

   Samuel H. Smith, of Burlington township, Carroll county, was born on October
7, 1866, and is the son of William and Hannah (Watenbarger) Smith, who were both
natives of Indiana but whose parents were natives of Tennessee. The parents of
William Smith, Leonard Smith and his wife, came to Carroll county, Indiana, in
the early days, where Mr. Smith followed farming, at one time owning one hundred
and sixty acres of land. Leonard Smith was a leader in the Methodist church.

   William Smith purchased eighty acres of land and it was on this property that
his son, Samuel, was born. This eighty acres he cultivated for many years,
finally purchasing his father's farm, known as the Leonard Smith farm, where he
lived until his death on March 5, 1889. His wife, Hannah Watenbarger was the
daughter of Charles and Liza Watenbarger, who were natives of Tennessee and
settled in Carroll county, in the early days, not far from where the Smith
family had located. She passed away on May 1, 1907. By his union to Hannah
Watenbarger, William Smith became the father of four children, three of whom are
living. Liza, a widow who lives in Burlington township, Indiana. Her husband was
Franklin C. McCarty. Janie died when very young. Samuel H. is a farmer of
Burlington township, this county. Mansford is a farmer now living in Democrat
township, this county. William Smith became a very influential man in Carroll
county, and was elected commissioner of the county and served for two terms of
four years each. He increased his holdings from the original eighty acres to one
hundred and eighty acres. Mr. and Mrs. William Smith were members of the
Methodist church.

   Samuel H. Smith remained at home with his parents until his marriage to Ada
B. Parsons, on August n, 1890. She was the daughter of Anthony Parsons, a
resident of Democrat township. After his father's death, Samuel H. Smith assumed
charge of the home place and finally purchased their shares from the other heirs
and became sole owner and manager of same. His union to Ada B. Parsons has been
blessed with two children: Maud, wife of Henry Baily, living on the home place,
and Etta May, wife of Art Avery, who lives in Cutler, Democrat township, this
county.

   Samuel H. Smith is, at the present time, the owner of one hundred and fifteen
acres of land, located between Burlington and Cutler, three and one-half miles
from both of those towns. His influence has been a power for good in the
progress of this section. Politically, he is a Democrat, but lends his influence
at the polls for those best fitted for the offices of which they are candidates.
Samuel H. Smith is an independent thinker and a man who has the courage of his
convictions.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/smith126bs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/

File size: 4.1 Kb