BIOGRAPHIES: Jay F. SMITH, Doyle Township, Barron County, WI

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Jay F. Smith, for twenty years an influential resident of Section 11,
Doyle Township, was born at Alma, Blue Earth County, Minn., March 5, 1867,
the son of Osiah P. and Rose (Brossard) Smith. The parents were natives of
New York State, who came to Wisconsin in 1850, and located at Beaver Dam,
in Dodge County, later going to Wells and later to Blue Earth County, Minn.
At the age of fifteen, being then a boy of development beyond his years,
Jay F. Smith started out for himself, going to the Black Hills region,
where he worked on the ranges for eight years. After that he returned to
Minnesota and farmed for a time on the home place, also working in
partnership with Leo, a brother, and his father, in their general store at
Colgate, N. D. From there he went to Blue Earth County, Minn., and farmed
near Mankato. His next location was on a farm near Elysian, Minn. In 1901
he came to Barron County and purchased 240 acres of hardwood timber, 120
acres in Section 11, and 120 acres in Section 2. On this tract he built a
frame house and started to clear up the land. In 1902 he added to the
house. Later he made further improvements to the house. He has also erected
suitable barns and sheds. He now has a well-improved farm as good as any to
be found in the neighborhood. Here he carries on general farming and
dairying. In the twenty years that he has lived here he has done his duty
as a good citizen in every way, and he stands well with all who know him.
He is a man of good judgment, he keeps well abreast of the times in every
way, and his fellow citizens often look to him for advice and counsel. He
is a believer in everything that is for the best interests of the
community, and is especially enthusiastic in the cause of co-operative
effort among farmers. He is a stockholder in the Central Cheese & Butter
Association of Doyle Township. Mr. Smith was married at Elysian, Minn.,
Feb. 1, 1896, to Cora Brossard, the daughter of Joseph and Melissa A.
(Rice) Brossard, natives of Wisconsin, the former of whom is now living in
Gardner, Colo., and the latter of whom died Sept. 20, 1900. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith have eight children: Percy J., was born Aug. 12, 1897, who married
Lorene Farmer, of Doyle Township, and has a daughter, Lillian V. Ross B.,
born Oct. 23, 1901; Ray L., born June 1, 1905; Clayton, born Feb. 3, 1907;
Gladys, born June 27, 1909; Lloyd, born March 28, 1912; Fred, born March
17, 1915; and Wilson, born March 1, 1917.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 732.