SMITH, ROSWELL J.

SMITH, SHEFFIELD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:33:48

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

SMITH, ROSWELL J., Recorder of Lee Co.; born in Denmark Tp., Lee Co., Feb. 12, 1841, where he received his education; he has used crutches since he was 4 years of age ; yet he educated himself, and when he was 16 years old, began teaching, and when 21 years of age, he had a good horse and saddle and $200 out at interest, all saved from his earnings ; he taught ten years, and was engaged in the boot and shoe business ten years, and was elected Recorder in 1876, and re-elected in 1878. Married Miss Carrie A. Sheffield Sept. 3, 1867 ; she was a native of Indiana, but her childhood was passed in the city of New York ; they have two children—Winnifred A. and John Owens ; they have lost two children.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879