Obituary: Marquette County, Wisconsin: Arthur SMITH

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From the Oxford Times [Oxford, Marquette Co. WI], Thursday October 9, 1913,
Page 1

Arthur Smith died last Thursday morning and the funeral was held from the
Presbyterian church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning under the auspices of the
Masonic Lodge. Rev. W. C. Krebs delivered an impressive sermon and the
Masonic ritual burial service was used at the grave.

Arthur Smith was born at Herkimer county, New York, Feb. 26, 1827. He moved
with his family to Branford, Canada when five years of age and resided
there about twenty-five years. During that time he was united in marriage
in September 1852 to Mary A. Lindsay. The two oldest sons, Arthur C. and
Theodore were born there. They removed from there to a farm one mile south
of the village where they resided for some time and then he traded the farm
for the Oxford hotel which he conducted for only a short time when at the
beginning of the war he traded it for another farm four miles east of the
village. They resided here until twenty-three years ago when he retired and
moved with his family to the village where he has since made his home.

He enlisted in the 48th Wisconsin regiment in 1864 and served eleven months
until the end of the war.

Mrs. Smith died May 3, 1911. Eleven children were born to them, five of
whom survive and were present at the funeral as follows: Arthur C. of
Burnstad, North Dakota, Theodore and Mrs. T. Byers of Oxford, Mrs. Cora
Burger of Mather, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Maud Vroman who lives a short
distance west of the village.

Mr. Smith joined the Masonic lodge Oct. 31, 1857 and has been a faithful
and honored member ever since. He was at the time of his death the oldest
surviving member of the Oxford lodge.

He leaves to mourn their loss besides his children a sister living in
Pennsylvania, thirty-two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nellie Smith of this place.

Mr. Smith was a man of high moral character and ideals. He was kind to his
family, a good neighbor and a friend to everybody. His principle was always
to help a worthy cause and not to condemn a fellow man until he had proven
to his own satisfaction that he deserved it. Taken altogether we can
conscientiously say that Mr. Smith was a model man and one of our most
highly respected citizens whose presence will be greatly missed. We join
with the whole community in sympathizing with the relatives in their
bereavement.