THOMAS G. SMITH
Thomas G. Smith, a respected citizen of Pymosa township, settled upon his present farm, in section 6, in 1876. He purchased his land, which was then unimproved, of P. Gaston. He has one hundred and forty acres, all of which is improved and fenced. He has an orchard of one hundred trees. Mr. Smith was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1831. At the age of ten years he went to Indiana, in which State he resided until he came to Cass county, in 1876. He was married in March, 1872, to Addie Franklin, a native of Indiana. They have four children, two sons and two daughters--Robbie, Sheldon, Mabel and Herbert. Mr. Smith is politically a Republican.
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. 572.
