BIOGRAPHIES: S. E. SMITH, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI ==================================================================== 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nance Sampson, Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb CC on 16 October 2004 ==================================================================== ** Posted for informational purposes only - poster is not related to the subject of this biography and has no further information. S. E. Smith, whose death occurred in Eau Claire on April 7, 1907, was deeply mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances, was one of the city's enterprising and public-spirited men. Mrs. Smith, a charming lady of culture, opened a dressmaking establishment in 1889, and by her good business qualifications, honorable and upright dealing, has built up a good and most fashionable ladies' tailors, conducting her business at the same location in which she started some twenty-five years ago. In religious cicles she is prominently identified with the Catholic church, while Mr. Smith, in his life time, was a Congregationalist. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Parquette) Charland. Her father, for some years, was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Washington township, but later moved to Seattle, Wash., where he now resides. They were married at Montreal, Canada, and reared a family of eight children, viz.: John, Ephraim, Mary, Eli, Frederick, Mildred E., Elizabeth and Henry. -Transcribed from the "History of Eau Claire County Wisconsin, 1914," pages 869-870. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm