M. L. SMITH

SMITH, CARPENTER

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Date: 5/10/2005 at 23:26:30

SMITH, M. L., saloon and billiards; was born Nov. 17, 1842, in Germany; in 1854 came to Plano, Ill.; in 1857 came to LaSalle Co., Ill.; in 1860 came to Grundy Co., Ill.; and in 1869 came to West Union. Married Laura Carpenter January, 1866. She was born in 1848. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. I, 55th I. V. I., and served during the war; was in the battles of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Hollow Springs, siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, siege of Atlanta, Sherman's march to the sea and through the Carolinas.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - West Union Twp.
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