Greenup Smith/County Treasurer

SHUMAY

Posted By: nancy dorwart
Date: 3/8/2004 at 21:02:57

Greenup Smith was Jefferson County Treasurer in 1843.

Mr. and Mrs. Greenup Smith were an early pioneer couple of Jefferson County, Iowa Territory and the first treasurer of Jefferson County, from 1843-1847. He received a salary of $60 a year, for assessing and collecting the taxes for all the county. At first there were only 150 settlers, but before the end of his office, 600 families had settled in Jefferson county. Greenup Smith was the grandfather of Russell and Harry Smith. Russell Smith is the father of four children; Booker of Fairfield; Eloise , Mrs, Rober Shumay of Rockford IL; Maryalyce of Des Moines; Russell Jr., also of Des Moines. The Booker Smiths are the parents of two sons, Blair and Stewart; Mrs. Robert Shumay is the mother of two children, Sue and Robert; and the Russell Smith Jr.'s are the parents of three children, Cynthia, Bradshaw and Deborah.