HENRY C. SMITH
Henry C. Smith, a son of the above deceased, was born some time after his parents came to Cass county, his birth occurring in November, 1857, and has always made his home with his parents until three or four years ago, when he went away, but soon returned to the old folks. Since his father's death, he has looked after the welfare of his mother, who is now growing quite old. Henry was united in marriage on the 1st of May, 1880, with Miss Sophronia E. Pierson, a daughter of Granville and Elizabeth Pierson, of Pottawattamie county. They have been blessed with one child...Ira O., born in 1880, and died on the 28th of December, 1881.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani 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, pg. 514.
