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��artery, which disabled him for the rest of the campaign ; also was in the Army of the Cumberland ; served under Gens. Grant, Thomas, Sherman, Sheridan and Rosecrans; the subject of this sketch veteranized in 1864, and was discharged Jan. 1 ; on his return home he rented his grandfather's farm, where he remained about four years and then went to Benton Co., Ind., and pur- chased 80 acres of land, on which he has made his home. Aug. 27, 1874, he married Miss M. E. Drake, of Jacken Township, taking his wife to Indiana ; they have one child, Anna. Mr. Smith's grandfather, John Smith, emigrated to Ohio, from Pennsylvania,

��with his family in 1835, locating near where he now lives, with his son George Smith, Sr.; he is past the age of 90, and is the oldest man living in the township; he was married to Miss Susan Wise ; they had eight children, four of whom are living. The father of the subject of this notice, has remained in Richland Co., since he came from Cumberland Co., Penn., where he was from October, 1820, except two years when he was at Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Miss A. Miller in 1842. Mr. Smith the subject of this sketch is a genial honest man, and has a reputation that cannot be ex- celled.

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