Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Smith, John 1839 - 
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JOHN SMITH, a resident of Darwin township, lives on section 15, where he carries on
general farming and stock raising, He is a native of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg,
born in 1839. He was reared among the vine-clad hills of the land of his birth until
he was nineteen years of age, when he came to America, and that year, 1858, settled
near Aurora, Ill., where he made his home until eight years later, when he removed
to Minnesota and located on the farm in Darwin township where he now lives. Like so
many of his countrymen who seek to find in America the fortune and freedom they lack
in their native land, Mr. Smith was a poor man when he came to this country, but by
the perseverance in his work and the natural thrift that seems to be inherent in the
average German, he has accumulated a. fair share of this world’s goods.

   Mr. Smith was first married in 1865, to Miss Anna Peiffer, who became the mother
of seven children, all of whom are living at the present but one. Their names are—
John, Peter, Michael, Anna, Frank and William. Mrs. Anna Smith died in February,
1881, and Mr. Smith was married the second time. The bride on this occasion was Miss
Maggie Kanzler, and the wedding occurred in November, 1883. P>y this last marriage
there have been born three children, only two of whom, however, are now living— Emma
and Nicholas.

   Doth Mr. Smith and his wife are members of the Homan Catholic Church and good
Christian people. Politically Mr. Smith is what may be termed an independent, not
being bound to party.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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