Served as a private in Co. F, 17th Ohio Infantry Regiment.
Obituary:
Soldier-Ditcher is Dead-- Few Aware of Death of Geo. Smith in Danville
George Smith, known to nearly everyone in this vicinity, having spent the last twenty years of his existence in this community, answered the final roll call on October 7th, at Soldiers’ Home in Danville and was buried in the cemetery there on the 9th. Very few of his friends and acquaintances here knew of his death until several days later and many yet are unaware of the passing away of this familiar character. Blood poison originating in a wound on his limb caused his demise. He had been suffering from this trouble several weeks previous to his death but was not aware of its serious nature telling friends who called on him that he would soon be about again. The wound was inflicted during the performance of his chosen work – ditching - in this community over a month ago.
George Smith was born at Lancaster, Ohio, on March 17th, 1846, and lived for many years at Lockville, in that state, coming to Illinois from that place. He was a veteran of the Civil War, which fact has permitted him to stay at the Soldiers’ Home, where he has been living the past few years. Previous to that time he spent several winters at the home of Col. Sam Porterfield. A widow living with a daughter at Groveport, Ohio, and two sons, Orlan, in Iowa, and one in Canada, survive him. A brother, Fairfield Smith, is also living at Columbus, Ohio.
He has no close relatives here, although Mrs. Andy Wyant, living six and a half miles south of this village, is a niece. Mrs. Clint Raver has known him from childhood as she was raised in Ohio, where he lived before coming here.
--Sidney Times, October 21, 1910; p. 4.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society.
Obituary:
Soldier-Ditcher is Dead-- Few Aware of Death of Geo. Smith in Danville
George Smith, known to nearly everyone in this vicinity, having spent the last twenty years of his existence in this community, answered the final roll call on October 7th, at Soldiers’ Home in Danville and was buried in the cemetery there on the 9th. Very few of his friends and acquaintances here knew of his death until several days later and many yet are unaware of the passing away of this familiar character. Blood poison originating in a wound on his limb caused his demise. He had been suffering from this trouble several weeks previous to his death but was not aware of its serious nature telling friends who called on him that he would soon be about again. The wound was inflicted during the performance of his chosen work – ditching - in this community over a month ago.
George Smith was born at Lancaster, Ohio, on March 17th, 1846, and lived for many years at Lockville, in that state, coming to Illinois from that place. He was a veteran of the Civil War, which fact has permitted him to stay at the Soldiers’ Home, where he has been living the past few years. Previous to that time he spent several winters at the home of Col. Sam Porterfield. A widow living with a daughter at Groveport, Ohio, and two sons, Orlan, in Iowa, and one in Canada, survive him. A brother, Fairfield Smith, is also living at Columbus, Ohio.
He has no close relatives here, although Mrs. Andy Wyant, living six and a half miles south of this village, is a niece. Mrs. Clint Raver has known him from childhood as she was raised in Ohio, where he lived before coming here.
--Sidney Times, October 21, 1910; p. 4.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society.
Served as a private in Co. F, 17th Ohio Infantry Regiment.
Obituary:
Soldier-Ditcher is Dead-- Few Aware of Death of Geo. Smith in Danville
George Smith, known to nearly everyone in this vicinity, having spent the last twenty years of his existence in this community, answered the final roll call on October 7th, at Soldiers’ Home in Danville and was buried in the cemetery there on the 9th. Very few of his friends and acquaintances here knew of his death until several days later and many yet are unaware of the passing away of this familiar character. Blood poison originating in a wound on his limb caused his demise. He had been suffering from this trouble several weeks previous to his death but was not aware of its serious nature telling friends who called on him that he would soon be about again. The wound was inflicted during the performance of his chosen work – ditching - in this community over a month ago.
George Smith was born at Lancaster, Ohio, on March 17th, 1846, and lived for many years at Lockville, in that state, coming to Illinois from that place. He was a veteran of the Civil War, which fact has permitted him to stay at the Soldiers’ Home, where he has been living the past few years. Previous to that time he spent several winters at the home of Col. Sam Porterfield. A widow living with a daughter at Groveport, Ohio, and two sons, Orlan, in Iowa, and one in Canada, survive him. A brother, Fairfield Smith, is also living at Columbus, Ohio.
He has no close relatives here, although Mrs. Andy Wyant, living six and a half miles south of this village, is a niece. Mrs. Clint Raver has known him from childhood as she was raised in Ohio, where he lived before coming here.
--Sidney Times, October 21, 1910; p. 4.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society.
Obituary:
Soldier-Ditcher is Dead-- Few Aware of Death of Geo. Smith in Danville
George Smith, known to nearly everyone in this vicinity, having spent the last twenty years of his existence in this community, answered the final roll call on October 7th, at Soldiers’ Home in Danville and was buried in the cemetery there on the 9th. Very few of his friends and acquaintances here knew of his death until several days later and many yet are unaware of the passing away of this familiar character. Blood poison originating in a wound on his limb caused his demise. He had been suffering from this trouble several weeks previous to his death but was not aware of its serious nature telling friends who called on him that he would soon be about again. The wound was inflicted during the performance of his chosen work – ditching - in this community over a month ago.
George Smith was born at Lancaster, Ohio, on March 17th, 1846, and lived for many years at Lockville, in that state, coming to Illinois from that place. He was a veteran of the Civil War, which fact has permitted him to stay at the Soldiers’ Home, where he has been living the past few years. Previous to that time he spent several winters at the home of Col. Sam Porterfield. A widow living with a daughter at Groveport, Ohio, and two sons, Orlan, in Iowa, and one in Canada, survive him. A brother, Fairfield Smith, is also living at Columbus, Ohio.
He has no close relatives here, although Mrs. Andy Wyant, living six and a half miles south of this village, is a niece. Mrs. Clint Raver has known him from childhood as she was raised in Ohio, where he lived before coming here.
--Sidney Times, October 21, 1910; p. 4.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society.
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