Biography of Archibald T. Smith, pages 933 / 934.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Archibald T. Smith, of the firm A.T. Smith & Co., agricultural implements, 
Waterloo, Ind., was born in Medina County, Ohio May 3, 1836, a son of 
Archibald and Mary (Thompson) Smith, his father a native of Teregles, 
Scotland, born Dec. 27, 1788, and his mother of Cumberland County, England, 
born Oct. 29, 1794.  The parents were married in Liverpool, Aug. 11, 1818, 
and immediately started for America, and were ten weeks crossing the ocean. 
They lived in New York a short time and then moved to Stark and Medina 
counties, Ohio, and there followed agricultural pursuits till 1841, when 
they removed to De Kalb County, Ind.  The father died April 27, 1861, aged 
seventy-two years, and the mother Dec. 4, 1876, aged eighty-two years.   
Eight of their ten children lived till maturity.  A.T. Smith remained on the 
farm with his parents till manhood, receiving a good common-school education.  
In 1880 he was married to Bena Boyer, and to them has been born one son---
Lisle Archibald.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian 
church.  In November, 1845, a cyclone passed over Franklin Township, De 
Kalb County, and damaged considerable property.  Mr. Smith Sr., had just 
erected a frame house, and the carpenters were at work inside.  Archibald 
and two sisters stated for the new house for shavings, and the black 
clouds and wind frightened them.  As soon as they opened the door tin the 
back of the building, the men who were at work saw what was coming and 
jumped through a trap-door into the cellar.  One of them was caught by 
something in the wall, but was not uninjured.  In a second’s time the 
front part of the house was torn to atoms, and at the same time the 
timbers and joice came down with a rush and struck his sister Agnes, 
crushing her head and killing her instantly.  The other sister and 
Archibald escaped with a few bruises.

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