John G. Smith (1819-1894)

SMITH

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/6/2013 at 10:04:13

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, Jan. 11, 1894

DIED

SMITH-At his home in Ute, Monona County, Iowa, Monday, January 1, 1894, of old age, John G. Smith, aged 75 years, 6 months and 11 days. A native of North Carolina, Mr. Smith came to Jackson County in 1838 and opened a farm where he lived until 1862, when he moved to a farm north of Lyons, Clinton County, where he resided until his removal west in 1894. He was married long ago and it was in 1891 that Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Of the ten children born to them, all are living, in fact, the death of Mr. Smith is the first that has occurred in the family in the last fifty years.