Henry C. Smith

SMITH

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 19:57:45

Henry C. Smith

Henry C. Smith settled on his farm in 1866. He is a son of Henry and Julia (Sweet) Smith. His father was a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y. In an early day he removed to western New York, and settled on that part of the Holland purchase, now known as Genesee county. He there bought timber land, and built a log house and opened a tavern, one of the first in that vicinity. It was in this log cabin tavern that the subject of our sketch was born June 12, 1816. He was married in 1839 to Angeline Pulver, who was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1818. In 1840 they moved to Niagara county, where "he engaged in farming, remaining there until 1846, when he removed to Wisconsin, and became a pioneer of Columbia county. He bought government land in Hampden township, erected a log house and improved a part of the land. He remained there five years, then sold and moved to Fountain Prairie, and lived there two years, then bought a farm in Columbia township. In 1864 he again removed, this time to Otsego township, where he remained until the fall of 1865, when he came to Iowa. He lived the first year in Mitchell county, coming to Worth county as before stated in the fall of 1866. He bought land on section 30, in Union township, and has since made this his home. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have five children living- James W., John H., George M., Chester A. and Edwin L. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.877