Biography of Alpha Warren Smith, pages 716 / 717. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Alpha Warren Smith, farmer and stock-raiser, section 4, Newville Township, was born in Erie County, Pa., march 17, 1827, a son of Daniel Smith, a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., and a n early settler of Erie County. He was reared and educated in his native county, and when sixteen years of age, in 1843, left home and, after wandering in several States, in 1849 located in Putnam county, Ohio, where he remained till the fall of 1860, and then went to Lawrence County, Ill., and spent the winter, and the following spring came to De Kalb County, Ind., where he has since lived. He owns seventy-six acres of choice land all well improved, and in addition to his agricultural pursuits has worked at the shoemaker’s trade. He was married in the fall of 1849 to Sarah Miller, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Robers) Miller. The father died about 1870, and the mother is living with Mrs. Smith, aged seventy-five years. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born seven children; but two are living---Minerva and Paulina. Minerva married Willis Aten, of Newville Township, and Paulina married William Countryman, and has one child---Carl. One son, Oscar, died at the age of twenty-two years. He married Dora Bailey, and left one child---Blanch. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com