Bio of Smith, Milton D. (b.1834) Wabasha Co., MN
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Smith, Milton D. (page 1218), was born in Chautauqua county, New York,
June 6, 1834. His father, Milo Smith, removed his family to Michigan in
1839, and the following year to St. Joseph county, Indiana. Here Milton
had the advantages of a country school, and spent his youth. In the autumn
of 1855 he came west in search of a place to build him a new home and
fortune. He found the desired spot in a quarter-section of Minnesota
fertile lands, viz: the N. W. 1/4 of Sec. 35 in the township of Plainview,
and hastened back to his old Indiana home to acquaint the lady of his
choice, and make arrangements for the removal of his personal effects
hither in the spring. January 6, 1856, he was married to Margaret
Leininger, daughter of a St. Joseph county farmer, and as soon as spring
opened, with his young wife, came to resume possession of his new home.
From the first, prosperity attended the life of the young pioneer and his
bride. His fortune grew apace, and in 1879 he bought the E. B. Eddy place,
one of the finest residences in the neighboring village of Plainview, and
removed to town. His broad acres now aggregate seven hundred and twenty,
situated on sections 25, 26 and 35, all in the township of Plainview. Mr.
Smith has been the recipient of local public honors, is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and a republican in politics. Six children have been
born to him, as follows, viz: Helen (Mrs. F. Leininger), of Plainview;
William H. (in the grocery and cigar business), Plainview; Martha F. (Mrs.
Fred McArthur), of Ordway, Dakota Territory; and Harry D., Irving and
Bessie, living at home.