Lacrosse-Waukesha County WI Archives Biographies.....Smith, Franklin B. 
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FRANKLIN B. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. West Salem; son of Robert Smith, who 
was born in the State of New York. Married to Margaret Greene and came to 
Wisconsin about 1845, and settled in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co. They 
came to La Crosse County and settled on the farm now owned by F. B. Smith, in 
1851. Parents had four children, two sons and two daughters. Franklin B. and 
his father are the only survivors of the family. F. B. was the oldest of the 
children; the second son, Francis L., was assassinated near Placerville, Cal., 
in 1862. He was waylaid and shot for the purpose of robbery. His murderer was 
arrested, convicted and hanged. The daughters were Ann Eliza and Margaret 
Janet. F. B. went to California in 1857, and returned soon after the death of 
his brother. He was married to Celeste Best, daughter of William Best; she was 
born in Pennsylvania; came to Wisconsin with her parents about 1853, and to La 
Crosse County the following year. Her parents had nine children, all of whom 
are living. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have five children - Merva, Warner L., Wilburt 
I., Stella Bell and Margaret. Mr. Smith owns the homestead farm, which 
contains 370 acres; also owns a farm of 320 acres in Kansas. He has been for 
several years extensively engaged in the culture of hops.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 828.

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