Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: David SMITH

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

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DIED

David Smith, an old and respected citizen, died Tuesday morning at six
o'clock, aged 69 years. He was born in Center county, Pa., and when a boy
moved to Venguga county, same state, near Oil City, where he grew up to
manhood and married Miss Emily Allison, who now survives him. They were
blessed with ten children, six boys and four girls, eight are living and
grown to man and womanhood. Two boys dying in infancy. While in
Pennsylvania, he engaged in agriculture, coal, and oil business. In 1867 he
sold out his interests there and moved to Evansville near where he bought a
farm and resided until 1889. He built a home on East Main Street where he
resided until his death. In his family and as a friend and neighbor, his
life bore record of an earnest christian. He was ever ready with cheerful
words and kind deeds to those around him. No one will be missed more in the
circle in which he moved than Uncle David.

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon. One o'clock at the house and two
o'clock at the church. Services conducted by Rev. Sewell.

November 30, 1893, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin