E. B. Smith Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Marion, Biographical Sketches, Page 937

E. B. Smith, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Boscobel; born in Erie Co., Penn.; at the age 
of 12 he came with his parents to Grant Co., where he has since resided, coming 
here in 1846; they are among the oldest settlers in the county.  Enlisted in 
1862 in Co. C, 20th W. V. I.; served till the end of the war; participated in 
the battles of Prairie Grove, Ark., Vicksburg, Brownsville, Texas, Yazoo City, 
Mobile, Ala,. and others; has been to California, and has traveled over most of 
the Western country; he owns 280 acres of land.  Married, in 1866 to Miss Mary 
Clinger; they have five children - one son and four daughters.