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         MILO J. SMITH, President of the Wapello Canning Company, was born in Peoria County, Ill., May 20, 1851, and is a son of Edson F. and Sarah (Hungerford) Smith. He was reared on a farm in his native county, receiving a liberal education, and in 1870 came to Iowa with his parents, settling in Morning Sun Township, where he was engaged in farming until January, 1878, when, his father having been elected Treasurer of Louisa County, he came to Wapello and served as his clerk. He continued in that capacity for four years, and was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1881. Being re-elected, he held that office from January, 1882, until January, 1888, and during that time also served as Secretary of the Louisa County Mutual Insurance Company for two years.

In Louisa County, Iowa, on the 26th of January, 1876, the marriage of Mr. Smith and Miss Kate C. Herrick was celebrated. She was born in Wapello Township, where her parents, D. W. and . . .

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. . . Zirelda (Jamison) Herrick, were among the early settlers. Four children were born of their union, three sons and a daughter—Walter H., Edson F., Fred M. and Josephine.

In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. He is also a member of two life insurance orders, the V. A. S. and the Legion of Honor. He was one of the first to agitate the starting of the canning factory at Wapello, and on the organization of the company, in June, 1888, he was chosen President. A sketch of this company appears elsewhere in this work.