Robert Smith

SMITH, UNDERWOOD, GIVEN

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/23/2004 at 22:35:18

Robert Smith was born in the north part of Ireland in 1820. His father, William Smith, died in that country, and his mother and seven children emigrated to the United States in 1834. Four of the children came first, and the mother and other children later, one of whom is the subject of this sketch. The family settled in Philadelphia.
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Mr. Smith is the only surviving member of the family. He came to Butler county from Ohio in 1861 and settled in Pittsford township. He now resides on section 6, settling there about 1866. His farm contains 240 acres, 80 of which he obtained as a homestead, buying the remainder of Mr. Underwood.
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Mr. Smith and wife belong to the Presbyterian Church at Bristow. He is one of the original members of the church, one of the most liberal contributors to the building of the church edifice, and among the most generous supporters of the Gospel. He married Miss Phoebe Given, a native of Ireland. They have six children – three sons and three daughters.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 749