W. H. Smith

SMITH, WAMSLEY

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/23/2004 at 22:32:28

Dr. W. H. Smith was born in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, February 9th, 1851. He is a son of Charles and Margaret (Hazleton) Smith, who were early settlers of that county, and their son W. H. was among the first white children born in Scott township, of Sheboygan county.
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Dr. Smith’s early education was received at home, and he supplemented this with two terms in the graded schools of Hartford, Wisconsin. He then entered Wayland University, at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he completed his classical course in the year 1871. Soon after he began the study of medicine with Dr. Therom Nichols, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, now of Fort Dodge, Iowa. He entered the Chicago Medical College in 1873 and graduated from there in 1878. After receiving his diploma he practiced at Sheboygan for a short time and then located at Shell Rock, Iowa, where he now enjoys an extended practice.
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He is a member of the Butler County Medical Association, of which he is now secretary, and is also a member of the State Medical Association. Dr. Smith was married in May, 1878, to Miss Ella A. Mansfield, of Greenbush, Wisconsin.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 358