Smith, Jacob (1823-1889)

SMITH

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 17:56:27

Jacob Smith
(September 6, 1823 - April 3, 1889)

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.706

SMITH, JACOB, farmer, Richland Township, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford; born in Ohio in 1823, and raised there; he came to this county in Oct. 1851, and located on his present homestead in February, 1852, and since that time has made it his home; he has been twice married, first, in Ohio in 1845, to Miss Mary E. Sypher, of that State, who died in 1871, and left a family of six children: Marth A. (wife of R. McDole), Isaac L., Sarah J. (wife of Geo. Lewis), John D., Harriet A. and Ella; he was married again in 1873 to Phoebe E. Kelley, of Ohio, and by this union they have one child: Emma; Mr. Smith followed steamboating previous to his coming to this county, but since he settled here he has followed his present occupation.