Biography of George H. Smith, page 165.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the 
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and 
William H. McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920.

   George H. Smith, is proprietor of the Buckeye Farm, consisting of 
ninety acres in section 22 of Jackson Township, DeKalb County.  Mr. Smith 
is an Ohio man, and has been a resident of DeKalb County for the past ten 
years.
   He was born in Licking County, Ohio, April 16, 1860, son of William S. 
and Cristy A. (Wood) Smith. His parents were also native of Ohio, and in 
1910 moved to Indiana and settled in DeKalb  County.
   George H. Smith grew up in his native county, had a common school 
education, and on September 22, 1878, married Sarah E. Davis. He began his 
career as a day laborer and from a modest start acquired two farms in 
Putnam County, Ohio.  On moving to DeKalb County in 1910 he bought the 
ninety acres comprised in the Buckeye Farm, and has used it for general 
farming and stockraising.  He is also a stockholder in the Farmers and 
Merchants Bank of Spencerville.  Mr. Smith is a democrat and is affiliated 
with Lodge No. 536 of the Masons at Leipsic, Ohio.
   He and his wife have three sons: Bert Smith, who lives near Hudson, 
Michigan; Earl, also a farmer near Hudson; and Audrey L., who is married 
and lives on the home farm.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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