Biography of John H. Smith, page 633.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John H. Smith, section 23, Franklin Township, was born in Columbiana County, 
Ohio, Sept. 20, 1839.  In the fall of 1844 his father, Adam Smith, came with 
his parents to De Kalb County and settled in Franklin township where he 
still lives.  John H. Smith was reared and educated in this county, 
attending the log-cabin schools in the winter, when his services were not 
required on the farm.  He early acquired a knowledge of agriculture, and 
since attaining manhood has devoted his attention to that industry, and now 
owns a good farm of ninety acres.  He was married Oct. 7, 1859, to Margaret 
Slentz, daughter of Henry Slentz, an early settler of Franklin Township.  
Their only child, Alice Ida, died in the second year of her age.  Mr. Smith 
enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry and served three years.  
He participated in the t battle of Chickamauga, but soon after was detailed 
to the Quartermaster’s department.

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