DEATH OF DR. SMITH
His Demise Occurred Yesterday Afternoon At Fenn's Station
The death of Dr. Hezekiah Smith, who was stricken with paralysis while enroute home from the residence of Newton Smith, in Shelby township, Thursday afternoon, falling onto the dashboard of his vehicle, in which condition he was found, occurred at the home of his son, J. Clarence Smith, in Fenn's Station, at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, aged seventy-seven years, three months and fifteen days.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at Smithland, Saturday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. Rev. James Hughes officiating. Interment in the Miller Cemetery.
Dr. Smith was born in Clark county, Ohio, where, on December 9, 1847, he was married to Catherine McFadden. Soon after his marriage he moved to Sumner, Illinois. In 1858 he moved to Shelby county, settling where Smithland now stands, engaging in general mercantile business and practicing medicine.
Dr. Smith was a generous, kind-hearted man, well posted in general literature and his profession. He was the last of a family of thirteen children. He leaves a wife and two sons, J. Clarence Smith, a merchant of Fenn's Station, and George K. Smith, merchant and postmaster of Smithland.
For many years the deceased was one of Shelby county's prominent men. He was an exceedingly interesting conversationalist, as his mind was well stored with useful knowledge, and he had a most happy faculty of clearly and briefly expressing himself on the most intricate subjects. He was honorable, intelligent, unpretentious, a true husband, a kind parent and a model gentleman. He will be kindly remembered by all who knew him.
[The Shelby (County, Indiana) Democrat, Thursday, April 29, 1897, Page 3, Column 6]
His Demise Occurred Yesterday Afternoon At Fenn's Station
The death of Dr. Hezekiah Smith, who was stricken with paralysis while enroute home from the residence of Newton Smith, in Shelby township, Thursday afternoon, falling onto the dashboard of his vehicle, in which condition he was found, occurred at the home of his son, J. Clarence Smith, in Fenn's Station, at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, aged seventy-seven years, three months and fifteen days.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at Smithland, Saturday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. Rev. James Hughes officiating. Interment in the Miller Cemetery.
Dr. Smith was born in Clark county, Ohio, where, on December 9, 1847, he was married to Catherine McFadden. Soon after his marriage he moved to Sumner, Illinois. In 1858 he moved to Shelby county, settling where Smithland now stands, engaging in general mercantile business and practicing medicine.
Dr. Smith was a generous, kind-hearted man, well posted in general literature and his profession. He was the last of a family of thirteen children. He leaves a wife and two sons, J. Clarence Smith, a merchant of Fenn's Station, and George K. Smith, merchant and postmaster of Smithland.
For many years the deceased was one of Shelby county's prominent men. He was an exceedingly interesting conversationalist, as his mind was well stored with useful knowledge, and he had a most happy faculty of clearly and briefly expressing himself on the most intricate subjects. He was honorable, intelligent, unpretentious, a true husband, a kind parent and a model gentleman. He will be kindly remembered by all who knew him.
[The Shelby (County, Indiana) Democrat, Thursday, April 29, 1897, Page 3, Column 6]
DEATH OF DR. SMITH
His Demise Occurred Yesterday Afternoon At Fenn's Station
The death of Dr. Hezekiah Smith, who was stricken with paralysis while enroute home from the residence of Newton Smith, in Shelby township, Thursday afternoon, falling onto the dashboard of his vehicle, in which condition he was found, occurred at the home of his son, J. Clarence Smith, in Fenn's Station, at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, aged seventy-seven years, three months and fifteen days.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at Smithland, Saturday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. Rev. James Hughes officiating. Interment in the Miller Cemetery.
Dr. Smith was born in Clark county, Ohio, where, on December 9, 1847, he was married to Catherine McFadden. Soon after his marriage he moved to Sumner, Illinois. In 1858 he moved to Shelby county, settling where Smithland now stands, engaging in general mercantile business and practicing medicine.
Dr. Smith was a generous, kind-hearted man, well posted in general literature and his profession. He was the last of a family of thirteen children. He leaves a wife and two sons, J. Clarence Smith, a merchant of Fenn's Station, and George K. Smith, merchant and postmaster of Smithland.
For many years the deceased was one of Shelby county's prominent men. He was an exceedingly interesting conversationalist, as his mind was well stored with useful knowledge, and he had a most happy faculty of clearly and briefly expressing himself on the most intricate subjects. He was honorable, intelligent, unpretentious, a true husband, a kind parent and a model gentleman. He will be kindly remembered by all who knew him.
[The Shelby (County, Indiana) Democrat, Thursday, April 29, 1897, Page 3, Column 6]
His Demise Occurred Yesterday Afternoon At Fenn's Station
The death of Dr. Hezekiah Smith, who was stricken with paralysis while enroute home from the residence of Newton Smith, in Shelby township, Thursday afternoon, falling onto the dashboard of his vehicle, in which condition he was found, occurred at the home of his son, J. Clarence Smith, in Fenn's Station, at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, aged seventy-seven years, three months and fifteen days.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at Smithland, Saturday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. Rev. James Hughes officiating. Interment in the Miller Cemetery.
Dr. Smith was born in Clark county, Ohio, where, on December 9, 1847, he was married to Catherine McFadden. Soon after his marriage he moved to Sumner, Illinois. In 1858 he moved to Shelby county, settling where Smithland now stands, engaging in general mercantile business and practicing medicine.
Dr. Smith was a generous, kind-hearted man, well posted in general literature and his profession. He was the last of a family of thirteen children. He leaves a wife and two sons, J. Clarence Smith, a merchant of Fenn's Station, and George K. Smith, merchant and postmaster of Smithland.
For many years the deceased was one of Shelby county's prominent men. He was an exceedingly interesting conversationalist, as his mind was well stored with useful knowledge, and he had a most happy faculty of clearly and briefly expressing himself on the most intricate subjects. He was honorable, intelligent, unpretentious, a true husband, a kind parent and a model gentleman. He will be kindly remembered by all who knew him.
[The Shelby (County, Indiana) Democrat, Thursday, April 29, 1897, Page 3, Column 6]
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