Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 974
SOLOMON JENNINGS SMITH

Solomon J. SMITH, (deceased), came to Harrison County, in 1855, being a pioneer of the pioneers. He was born in Lockport, N.Y., June 7, 1827, and was the son of John and Nancy (JENNINGS) SMITH of Canada, where our subject spent his early life and received his early education. He followed farming throughout his days; went to California in 1849, followed mining when gold was first discovered there, returning to New York, and went from there to Dixon, Ill., and from there to Council Bluffs and located on section 30, of Little Sioux Township, where he owned four hundred and twenty-five acres of land. Smith’s Lake is on this farm.

He was married in 1855, to Miss Julia PRATT, the daughter of John PRATT. By this union three children were born; Alice, Charles and Emma. Mr. Smith died January 18, 1887. He was a Republican in politics, belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a member of the Masonic lodge, at Little Sioux.

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