Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Smith, Edgar L. March 7, 1856 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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EDGAR L. SMITH
	The gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph has gained 
distinction in at least three lines of enterprise, having manifested a range 
of ability and talent that is rare and commendable, while his integrity and 
intrinsic moral worth commensurate therewith have been displayed in an 
exemplary manner during his enterprising career.
	Mr. Smith is the son of William R. and Mary (Eddington) Smith, natives 
of Tennessee, and was born in that state, Monroe county, on March 7, 1856.  
While yet but a youth he went to Texas and engaged in farming there for three 
years, then returned to his native state and finished his education, becoming 
a graduate from the Brownhill Academy.  Upon the completion of this course he 
took up the profession of teaching, gaining marked distinction in that line.  
In 1883 he came to this county and continued the pursuit of his profession for 
eight years subsequent thereto, taking rank with the leading educators of the 
section.  In 1885 he filed on a pre-emption claim, eighteen miles north from 
Pendleton, where he now owns two sections of excellent wheat land, having one 
thousand acres of that cereal this year.  It is of marked interest that Mr. 
Smith came to this county without means and has made the brilliant success 
that is his to enjoy by his industry, wise management, and good financiering, 
which speaks in high terms of his excellent abilities.  In addition to this 
elegant estate he owns a handsome residence in the city of Pendleton and 
extensive grounds containing twelve acres, where he lives with his family.  
Besides the care and labor of managing his large estate, Mr. Smith finds time 
to carry on one of the largest commercial enterprises of its kind in the 
county.  His business is at the corner of Court and Thompson streets, where he 
deals in farm implements, wagons, buggies, etc.  He carries a large stock and 
has been in the business for four years.  He has the sole agency for the Holt 
Brothers Combined Harvester for eastern Oregon, of which machine he has sold 
thirty-two this year.  His business is prosperous and has been from the 
beginning, and he enjoys an increasing patronage, which is justly merited by 
his upright principles and careful attention to the needs of his customers.
	The marriage of Mr. Smith and Miss Mercy, daughter of William and 
Berintha (Bull) Fish, natives of New York, occurred on March 10, 1885.  The 
following children have been born to them: Effie, Edgar, Una, Fern, Beth and 
Bulah.  Mr. Smith is fraternally affiliated with the A. O. U. W. and the 
Woodmen of the World.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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