Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Smith, D. C. 1823 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   D. C. Smith, farmer, Veedersburg, is a native of Fountain county, Van Buren
township, born in 1823. His parents, Rhodes and Catherine (Conner) Smith, were
settlers of Fountain county as early as 1828. The former is a native of
Kentucky, born in 1803, and now lives in Illinois near Danville, where he
settled in 1847. The latter, D. C.'s mother, was born in North Carolina in 1808,
and lived to be fifty-four years old. They raised a family of nine children,
seven of whom were boys. D. C. is the only one now residing in Fountain county.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith both emigrated to Indiana with their parents, and were
married in Connersville, Indiana. The Smith family came to Kentucky from
Virginia. Mrs. Smith's people, the Conner family, originally came from Ireland.
D. C. Smith was reared in Fountain county, where he has remained, except four
years of his life which he spent in Wisconsin. His education he received at the
common school. In 1851 he was married to Mary Osborn, a native of Fountain
county, born in 1834, and daughter of Daniel Osborn, a pioneer settler on
Osborn's prairie. By this union there are five children: Hannah M. (now Mrs.
Minick), Thomas O., Lizzie R., William G., and Martha (now Mrs. Oliver). Mr.
Smith has a fine farm of 163 and a fraction acres, located two miles northwest
of Veedersburg. He keeps a good grade of common farm stock. He began life in
limited circumstances, following the carpenter's trade some six years. He and
his wife, like his parents before him, are supporters of Christianity. His
parents believe in the doctrine taught by the Predestinarian Baptists. D. C. and
wife are members of the sect of christians known as Disciples, and hold their
membership at Veedersburg. Mr. Smith is a member of the ancient order of Masons,
Veedersburg, lodge No. 491. In politics he is a republican. Several times has he
been called upon to settle the estates of his deceased friends, and assume the
position of a father over their children.

Additional Comments:
Van Buren Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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