Biography of Andrew Smith, page 1016. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Andrew Smith, section 36, Wilmington Township, was born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N.Y., May 10, 1814, a son of David Smith, a native of Dutchess County, N.Y., who moved with his family to Wayne County, Ohio, in the fall of 1814. His grandfather, David Smith, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was taken prisoner by the British, and with others was to have been put to death. The night before the day set for their execution he and a comrade plead with the doorkeeper to give them a little air, and he opened the door slightly and Mr. Smith knocked him down, and then, with about half the prisoners, escaped. David Smith, Jr., was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject was reared in Ohio, and in 1845 came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in the thick woods on the site of his present farm. He cleared a small patch and built a cabin 18x20 feet, in which he lived nine years. He now owns 160 acres of valuable land, on which are good farm buildings. He was married Feb. 4, 1839, to Elizabeth Meacham, who died eighteen months after her marriage. Jan. 1, 1844, he married Susanna Rice, and to them were born three children; but two are living---George R. and Murray A. Marshall B. is deceased. Mrs. Smith died. Dec. 23 1862, Mr. Smith married Luthera A. Sutherland, who at her death left one son---Andrew M. Sept. 27, 1881, Mr. Smith married Maggie (Anthony) Corey, widow of Jackson Corey. Mrs. Smith has been married three times. Her first husband was John Kiser; they had three children---Lucinda, now Mrs. Wiles; Sarah F., now Mrs. Andrews, and George H. Mrs. Smith is a native of Jefferson County, N.Y., and was left an orphan when a child. She was reared by Abram Beecher, and with him came to De Kalb County in 1836. They lived in a tent ten days and were obliged to keep candles burning all night to keep the wolves away, but even then they would prowl around and growl. The Indian chiefs Popquah and Mashawness visited them often. The latter was 110 years old when the tribe left the settlement. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com