M. S. Smith, the leading grain and lumber merchant of Glidden, is a native of Michigan, born in Cass County, in 1848, a son of Peter Smith, a banker of Lake City, Iowa. In the fall of 1854 our subject was brought by his parents to Calhoun County, Iowa, and there he grew to manhood, and was married to Miss Arsena Shidler, a daughter of Robert Shidler, who has been a resident of Calhoun County since 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children, Iora and Maud, both of whom were born in Calhoun County. Mr. Smith was engaged in the dry goods business at Lake City, Calhoun County, before coming to Carroll County. In August, 1874, he and his brother, C. M. Smith, began dealing in grain and lumber at Glidden under the firm name of Smith Brothers. In the summer of 1883 they built the elevator, and the same season M. S. Smith bought his brother’s interest in the business, which he has since conducted alone. The elevator has a capacity of about 20,000 bushels, and is the only steam elevator in Glidden. C. M. Smith is now engaged in the banking business with his father at Lake City. Our subject is a wide-awake business man, as well as a public-spirited and enterprising citizen, and takes an active interest in any undertaking which has for its object the advancement of the town or county.

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