sylvania Volunteer Infantry, as a private, but upon the organization of the regiment he was appointed orderly sergeant, and continued as such until the 1st of February, 1863, when he was commissioned captain, continuing to hold this rank until he was mustered out of service on the 12th of September, 1864. He made a faithful and fearless soldier, and he returned home with the consciousness of having faithfully performed every duty. In November, 1864, he removed to McLean County, Ill., where he carried on farming until 1869; at which time he came to Story County, Iowa, and located at Ames. He has always been an ardent Republican in his political views, and on this ticket was appointed to the position of deputy clerk of the courts, a position he filled very successfully from March, 1875 to January 1, 1877. In the fall of 1876 he was elected clerk of the courts of Story County, and was four times re-elected to this position, serving in the clerk's office, in all, twelve years, and it is but saying the truth when the statement is made that no more capable man for the position could have been found. He was a popular official, and in choosing him to fill the above-mentioned position the people showed the soundness of their judgment. Capt. Smith is a practical business man, and through good judgment, energy, integrity and skill he has come to be regarded as one of the leaders in his business in this section of the country. He is a Mason, belonging to Nevada Lodge No. 99, 3 X 3 Chapter No. 92, and has attained to the Commandery. He also belongs to the K. of P. and the G. A. R. His marriage to Miss Harriet King took place on the 9th of September, 1857. They have five children: M. K., Charles E., W. L., A. R. and John H. Mrs. Smith was born in Pennsylvania, September 1, 1839, a daughter of John R. and Catherine (Sanner) King, of that State.
Robert D. Smith, farmer and stock-raiser, Zearing, Iowa. Mr. Smith is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this community, and by his advanced ideas and progressive habits has done not a little for the farming element hereabout. His parents, Enoch and Jerusha (Wolverton) Smith, were natives of New Jersey, and emigrated to Illinois in 1847, locating in Stephenson County, where they reared their family. The grandfather was John Smith. Robert D. Smith was born in New Jersey in 1842, and was the third .of ten children. He grew to manhood in his native State, received his education in the common schools, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Company G, Ninety-second Illinois Mounted Infantry, and served until cessation of hostilities. He was in the Western Division under Gen. Sherman, and was mustered out in June, 1865. He participated in the following battles: Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, etc. After the war he returned to Illinois, and in the spring of 1866 was married, and in March of the same year he moved to Story County, located at Colo, and has remained in the county since that time. He has four children-Mary E. (now Mrs. Louis Glanz, of Des Moines), William H. (now of Zearing), Frank and Cora. Mr. Smith located on the farm where he now lives in 1878, and has one of the best tracts of land in the township. He is a stanch Republican is his political views, and he and Mrs. Smith are members of the Evangelical Church. His son, William H. Smith, was born in Story County in 1868, and was married in 1888 to Miss Lola L. Hahn, daughter of Rev. W. J. Hahn, now of Belle Plaine, Iowa. William H. is now proprietor of the best grocery store in Zearing, and is doing a renumerative cash business. He has one child, Nina O. Socially he is connected with the A. F. & A. M. Lee H. Smith, farmer and stock-raiser, Ames,