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HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
in the city schools. He began his business career as clerk in a Freeport drug-store, but was later employed in a patent medicine house, where he became shipping clerk. In 1879 he came to Aurora to enter the service of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, where he became head of a department. In 1902 he retired from employment with the railroad to become Vice-President of the Aurora Trust and Savings Bank, of which he was one of the organizers. In 1881 Mr. Smith was married to Miss Carrie Waterman, daughter of George G. and Mary Waterman, of Aurora.
DAVID SMITH Pioneer, farmer and veteran of the Civil War, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Ill., born in Rutland County, Vt., Aug. 5, 1839; when only five years of age was brought to Illinois by his parents, who made their home on a farm in Sugar Grove, Kane County. His father, Ephraim Smith, a millwright by trade, followed farming in Illinois, and in his day was well known throughout the southern part of the county. His death occurred about 1880. David Smith was reared to maturity in Sugar Grove Township, educated in the local schools, and became a carpenter and joiner. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into service on Sept. 10th, following. His regiment became a part of the Western army, and he participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee, including the siege of Vicksburg, where he lost his right arm, and was consequently discharged from the service. Mr. Smith returned to Kane County, and was elected Sheriff in 1866. After the expiration of his term of office he engaged in farming, and has been active to the present time (1904). He has served as Assessor and Collector of Taxes in Sugar Grove Township, and is now a member of the Board of School Trustees. In 1871 he married Miss Harriet L. Van Dervolgan, of Winfleld, DuPage County, Ill. Their living children are: Lucinda P., Allen L., Harry V., and Hallam C.
EDWARD M. SMITH, in real-estate, loan and insurance business, Batavia, Ill., born in Batavia, Dec. 14, 1867, son of Edward S. and Jane (Mallory) Smith; trained to the banking business, but later established his present business in Batavia.
EDWARD S. SMITH, ex-Postmaster of Batavia, born at Moriah, Essex County, N. Y., March 20, 1832; educated in the public schools and academy of his native village, and was trained to mercantile pursuits; came to Batavia in 1853, and first engaged in the grain and produce trade and later conducted a cooperage business; appointed Postmaster of Batavia in 1861 by President Lincoln, and through successive re-appointments held that position for twenty-five years, in the meantime becoming one of the best known men in the postal service in Illinois. He was married in 1861 to Miss Jane Mallory of New York State, who died in Batavia in 1902.
GEORGE D. SMITH, farmer and dairyman, Virgil Township, Kane County, born Nov. 25, 1842, in Virgil Township, Kane County, Ill., son of Daniel and Eliza (Dearborn) Smith, and received his education in the district school. Sept. 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry and during his service in the Union army participated in over one hundred engagements, was three times severely wounded and finally discharged Sept. 8, 1864. In 1872 he bought a store at DeKalb, which he conducted until 1879, when he sold it and returned to his farm, where he still resides. As may be presumed from his record as a sol-
