C. C. SMITH
C. C. Smith located in Pleasant township in 1874. In 1880 he purchased his present farm, which is located on the southwest quarter of section 16. The land is now all improved and fenced. Mr. Smith was born in Lincolnshire, England, February 1, 1854. He resided in his native land till twenty years of age. He then left his home and came to America, landing in Boston. He immediately went west, going to Nebraska, where he remained a short time, and then came to Cass county. In 1876 he was married to Mary A. Shaffer, who was born in Illinois. They have three children--Henry Ross, Charles F. and Laura A. Mr. Smith is an enterprising and industrious farmer, and is already a successful one.
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. 819.
