BIOGRAPHIES:  William H. SMITH, Hillsdale, Barron County, WI

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William H. Smith, pioneer mill man in Barron county, was born in Williams
county, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1829, descended from Holland and Pennsylvania Quaker
stock. He was married Oct. 13, 1853 to Sarah A. Helm, who was born May 4,
1836. In 1870 the family moved to Marshall county, Indiana, and in 1881
came to Barron county, and located at Mooney's Mill, now Hillsdale, Maple
Grove township. In 1908, Mr. and Mrs. Smith moved to Finney county, Kansas,
and from there to Houston, Texas, where both died in January, 1918. In the
family there were six children: Emma Jeanette, now of Houston, Texas; J. C.
F., a dentist of Barron; Edgar E., railroad agent and business man of
Barron; Eugene E., a contractor at Houston, Texas; Frances L., widow of
Bert Henry; and William H., Jr., also a contractor at Houston.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 98.