EDWARD F. SMITH - Biography ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: WISCONSIN BIOGRAPHY INDEX http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibiog/ 2002 ==================================================================== This biography appears on page 663 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin... published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879. EDWARD F. SMITH, farmer; P.O. Rochester; born in Dover, Wis., Sept. 27, 1853; son of Edward and Charlotte Smith; came to Rochester in April, 1877; purchased a farm of 126 acres on Sec. 1. Married Miss Nettie Cocroft, June 27, 1877; daughter of J. E. Cocroft, of Rochester; they have one child- Vernard Clark, born July 16, 1878. Attend the Methodist Church. Republican.