SMITH, EDWIN D.

SMITH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:31:04

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

SMITH, EDWIN D., dealer in hardware, stoves and house-furnishing goods ; was born in England Nov. 21, 1840; his parents emigrated to America when he was only 6 years of age ; came the same year to Iowa, and settled in Fort Madison ; he enlisted in the 19th I. V. I., Co. E ; he was in the battle of Prairie Grove, capture of Vicksburg, Fort Brown, Texas, Spanish Fort, and many other severe fights and skirmishes ; he received four flesh wounds ; was taken prisoner at Morganza, but was held only a few minutes, when, with two others, he escaped ; after his return, he engaged in the hardware business. He married Miss Bessie M. Smith, a native of Virginia, in October, 1876.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879