Thomas County KS Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, E.T. January 2, 1913
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The Colby Free Press, Thomas County, Thursday January 2, 1913
Last Saturday the news was wired to the relatives at Colby that E.T. SMITH had
died very suddenly at his home in Chanute, Kansas, and the remains would be
brought to Colby on Monday and buried in the family burial grounds in Buelah
cemetery. The news of his sudden death was a shock to his many friends and old
neighbors here who thought that E.T. with his great energy and hearty looks
would yet last for years. He was a man of boundless energy and a faith in
himself and all of his undertakings that was a great characteristic in him. In
the early eighties he came to Thomas county and settled on a homestead in the
west side of Wendall township which he owned at the time of his death. Then he
was young and vigorous and had faith in the country. He often told in after
years of how he would come to Colby some fifteen miles on foot and carry home a
sack of flour and groceries for the family. He afterwards grew well to do and at
the time of his death was one of the well to do men of !
 the state. He was a man very much interested in his family. He had five boys
and two girls all grown to maturity. The boys are Albert of Kansa, Leonard of
Calhan, Colorado, Floyd, Max and Roy at Chanute. The daughters are Mrs. Asher B.
WILSON of Wray, Colorado and Mrs. Moulton of Kansas City. They were all with
their mother at the funeral in Colby Monday. Mr. Smith was one of the hardy old
settlers who dared to be a pioneer. He was known as a very shrewd business man
and yest often times allowed his faith in men to cause him to do things that
would have been considered risky in others. His ability to read character was
one of his chief assets. We remember a few years ago when land was cheap he sold
a quarter to a poor man in this county for the consideration of $300. the fellow
nevery paid anything down on the land and there was not a word written down
between them but E.T. had given his word. The fellow kept the land three years,
sold it for twenty-five hundred dollars and!
 went to E.T. who though under no legal obligation to do so, made him
his deed for three hundred dollars as he had agreed to do. He figured that a
mans word should be as good as his bond and there are dozens of men in Thomas
county that can remember that it was E.T. Smith who helped them to get started
to accumulate some property. The funeral was largely attended and was held from
the M.E. church on Monday afternoon at two. Rev. Hutchins gave the sermon which
was appropriate and fitting. Interment was made in the Beulah cemetery. In his
passing the old settlers of Thomas county loses a member, many of man who has
lived near him and known him for years, loses a true friend, his family loses a
good husband and father, the world loses a man who has done much good. Those who
mourn a husband and father, brother and friends have the sincere sympathy of
every one in their bereavement.


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