Obituary: Green County, Wisconsin: Solon J. SMITH

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> May 2005

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Monday afternoon at the Jane McAllister hospital, after many weeks of
suffering, which he bore with almost heroic courage, Solon J. Smith, at the
age of 65 years passed to the higher life.

He was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. He had been a resident of North
Chicago for nearly fifteen years, during which time all who knew him had
come to recognize his sterling integrity and conscientiousness in all the
business relations of life; while having little sympathy with the forms of
religion, he had great faith in immortality, which was unshaken to the end.

The funeral service was conducted by Rev. S. W. Chidester, and was helpful
and comforting. According to the wish of the deceased, the remains were
taken to Graceland cemetery in Chicago to be cremated, after which the
ashes will be buried in the family lot in Dayton, Wis., The Daily Waukegan,
Ill., Sun. June 21, 1911.

Mr. Smith was in the furniture business in this city about 25 years ago,
and at that time was associated in trade with Mr. Jacob Antes, a former
resident, but who now lives in Rockford, Ill.

Mr. Smith will be remembered by many of the older citizens for his genial
ways and integrity of character. He had one daughter and lived in the house
now occupied by Geo. Acheson on Church Street. He was related to Fred
Faulkes, whose family were old time residents here.

The Evansville Review, June 29, 1911, Evansville, Wisconsin