Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Smith, Reuben 1823 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   REUBEN SMITH, a well-to-do farmer, living on Section 17, was born in Spencer
County, Ky., August 1, 1823, and is a son of Morgan and Elizabeth (Jeems) Smith,
with whom he removed to Floyd County, Ind. when about two years old, where he
was raised to seventeen years of age. His mother dying in about 1840, his father
remarried and moved to Missouri, after which Reuben returned to his native
State, where he married Eliza Roberts, on November 19, 1843. In November, 1847
he and family moved to Greene County, Ind., and purchasing eighty acres of
pre-empted land on Section 21, in Highland Township; there located and engaged
in farming. In November, 1864, they moved to where they now live, which has
since been their home. Mr. Smith is an industrious citizen, and by hard work and
economy he and wife have accumulated a goodly share of this world's goods. At
one time he owned two hundred and fifty acres of land, but of this he now only
owns ninety acres, having given the remainder to his children. For nine months
and six days Mr. Smith served his country in the late war as a member of Company
A, Twenty-fifth Indiana Infantry. He joined Sherman's army at Atlanta, and with
him marched to the sea, thence to the Carolinas and finally participated in the
grand review at Washington. He was discharged at Indianapolis in July, 1865. His
grandfather, Reuben Smith, was a commissioned officer in the Revolutionary war,
and during that sanguinary struggle fought over the same ground as did our
subject in the rebellion. Mr. Smith is a Republican and he and wife are members
of the Missionary Baptist Church, Mrs. Smith having belonged to that
denomination for over forty-one years. Nine children have been the fruit of
their union, whose names are: John W., (deceased), two that died in infancy
unnamed, Mary E. (deceased), Nimrod C., James C., Irene L., Jennie and Armstead
(deceased). The mother is a native of Jefferson County, Ky., born February 12,
1821, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lane) Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are
among the first families of their township.

Additional Comments:
Highland Township Biographies

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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