ALLEN SMITH
Allen Smith, a son of Eli Smith, was born in Bureau county, on the 7th of June, 1844. He came to Cass county in 1872, and purchased a farm on section 34, Massena township, where he now lives, and has a nice farm of cultivated land. He was married in 1868 in Illinois, to Mary Shugart. They have been blessed with five children: Maggie A., Angelia A., Emma G. Philip R. and Frances.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 780.
