Jacob M. Smith, formerly a prominent businessman of Quincy, and the mayor of the city in 1875, died Wednesday night at the home of his daughter in Helena Arkansas, where he was visiting.
The remains will be brought to Quincy for burial. They will arrive in the city at 6 o'clock this evening, and will be met at the depot by the officials of the city, Mayor Steinbach having called a special meeting of the council for this afternoon, for that purpose.
The funeral services will be held at the Masonic Temple Saturday afternoon, and he will be buried with Masonic honors. The services at the grave will be conducted by Quincy Lodge of Masons, and Beauseant commandery of Knights Templar, of which he had been a member while a resident of Quincy, will act as escort.
Mr. Smith was 74 years of age, and was at one time the largest pork packer in the west. He was born in Virginia in 1826, and came to this county in 1840. He acquired the cooper's trade, and had a shop in Burton for several years.
He moved to Quincy in 1851 and engaged in general business. He then engaged in pork packing, and was associated with the late Edward Wells and then George Wells. He then became a member of the firm of Smith & Farlow, which built the block of buildings on City Hall square, then known as Market Square. The firm was very successful in pork packing, and he amassed a large fortune.
Mr. Smith was an active republican in politics, and represented his ward in the city council for several years. In 1875 he was elected mayor, and served one term.
In 1884, he removed to Atchison Kansas, and built a large packing house. Several years later, it was destroyed by fire, wiping out his fortune. He went to the Indian territory, where he remained a couple of years, and then returned to St. Joseph Missouri, which was his home at the time of his death. He had gone to Helena to visit his daughter, and death came suddenly there.
Mr. Smith leaves a wife and three children -- Morris L. Smith and Mrs. William McCoy of Helena. The other daughter lives in Wichita. M. W. Smith of this city is a brother.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Friday, November 23, 1900; page 5.
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Mr. and Mrs. Will McCoy and Mrs. J. M. Smith arrived from Helena Arkansas yesterday with the remains of the late ex-Mayor Jacob Smith, and are guests of James Gardner. They will probably remain a week or more.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Saturday, November 24, 1900; page 8.
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The city council last night adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Jacob Smith, who was mayor of Quincy in 1875. He died in Helena Arkansas two weeks ago, and the body was brought to Quincy and interred in Woodland.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Tuesday, December 11, 1900; page 8.
The remains will be brought to Quincy for burial. They will arrive in the city at 6 o'clock this evening, and will be met at the depot by the officials of the city, Mayor Steinbach having called a special meeting of the council for this afternoon, for that purpose.
The funeral services will be held at the Masonic Temple Saturday afternoon, and he will be buried with Masonic honors. The services at the grave will be conducted by Quincy Lodge of Masons, and Beauseant commandery of Knights Templar, of which he had been a member while a resident of Quincy, will act as escort.
Mr. Smith was 74 years of age, and was at one time the largest pork packer in the west. He was born in Virginia in 1826, and came to this county in 1840. He acquired the cooper's trade, and had a shop in Burton for several years.
He moved to Quincy in 1851 and engaged in general business. He then engaged in pork packing, and was associated with the late Edward Wells and then George Wells. He then became a member of the firm of Smith & Farlow, which built the block of buildings on City Hall square, then known as Market Square. The firm was very successful in pork packing, and he amassed a large fortune.
Mr. Smith was an active republican in politics, and represented his ward in the city council for several years. In 1875 he was elected mayor, and served one term.
In 1884, he removed to Atchison Kansas, and built a large packing house. Several years later, it was destroyed by fire, wiping out his fortune. He went to the Indian territory, where he remained a couple of years, and then returned to St. Joseph Missouri, which was his home at the time of his death. He had gone to Helena to visit his daughter, and death came suddenly there.
Mr. Smith leaves a wife and three children -- Morris L. Smith and Mrs. William McCoy of Helena. The other daughter lives in Wichita. M. W. Smith of this city is a brother.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Friday, November 23, 1900; page 5.
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Mr. and Mrs. Will McCoy and Mrs. J. M. Smith arrived from Helena Arkansas yesterday with the remains of the late ex-Mayor Jacob Smith, and are guests of James Gardner. They will probably remain a week or more.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Saturday, November 24, 1900; page 8.
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The city council last night adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Jacob Smith, who was mayor of Quincy in 1875. He died in Helena Arkansas two weeks ago, and the body was brought to Quincy and interred in Woodland.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Tuesday, December 11, 1900; page 8.
Jacob M. Smith, formerly a prominent businessman of Quincy, and the mayor of the city in 1875, died Wednesday night at the home of his daughter in Helena Arkansas, where he was visiting.
The remains will be brought to Quincy for burial. They will arrive in the city at 6 o'clock this evening, and will be met at the depot by the officials of the city, Mayor Steinbach having called a special meeting of the council for this afternoon, for that purpose.
The funeral services will be held at the Masonic Temple Saturday afternoon, and he will be buried with Masonic honors. The services at the grave will be conducted by Quincy Lodge of Masons, and Beauseant commandery of Knights Templar, of which he had been a member while a resident of Quincy, will act as escort.
Mr. Smith was 74 years of age, and was at one time the largest pork packer in the west. He was born in Virginia in 1826, and came to this county in 1840. He acquired the cooper's trade, and had a shop in Burton for several years.
He moved to Quincy in 1851 and engaged in general business. He then engaged in pork packing, and was associated with the late Edward Wells and then George Wells. He then became a member of the firm of Smith & Farlow, which built the block of buildings on City Hall square, then known as Market Square. The firm was very successful in pork packing, and he amassed a large fortune.
Mr. Smith was an active republican in politics, and represented his ward in the city council for several years. In 1875 he was elected mayor, and served one term.
In 1884, he removed to Atchison Kansas, and built a large packing house. Several years later, it was destroyed by fire, wiping out his fortune. He went to the Indian territory, where he remained a couple of years, and then returned to St. Joseph Missouri, which was his home at the time of his death. He had gone to Helena to visit his daughter, and death came suddenly there.
Mr. Smith leaves a wife and three children -- Morris L. Smith and Mrs. William McCoy of Helena. The other daughter lives in Wichita. M. W. Smith of this city is a brother.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Friday, November 23, 1900; page 5.
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Mr. and Mrs. Will McCoy and Mrs. J. M. Smith arrived from Helena Arkansas yesterday with the remains of the late ex-Mayor Jacob Smith, and are guests of James Gardner. They will probably remain a week or more.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Saturday, November 24, 1900; page 8.
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The city council last night adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Jacob Smith, who was mayor of Quincy in 1875. He died in Helena Arkansas two weeks ago, and the body was brought to Quincy and interred in Woodland.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Tuesday, December 11, 1900; page 8.
The remains will be brought to Quincy for burial. They will arrive in the city at 6 o'clock this evening, and will be met at the depot by the officials of the city, Mayor Steinbach having called a special meeting of the council for this afternoon, for that purpose.
The funeral services will be held at the Masonic Temple Saturday afternoon, and he will be buried with Masonic honors. The services at the grave will be conducted by Quincy Lodge of Masons, and Beauseant commandery of Knights Templar, of which he had been a member while a resident of Quincy, will act as escort.
Mr. Smith was 74 years of age, and was at one time the largest pork packer in the west. He was born in Virginia in 1826, and came to this county in 1840. He acquired the cooper's trade, and had a shop in Burton for several years.
He moved to Quincy in 1851 and engaged in general business. He then engaged in pork packing, and was associated with the late Edward Wells and then George Wells. He then became a member of the firm of Smith & Farlow, which built the block of buildings on City Hall square, then known as Market Square. The firm was very successful in pork packing, and he amassed a large fortune.
Mr. Smith was an active republican in politics, and represented his ward in the city council for several years. In 1875 he was elected mayor, and served one term.
In 1884, he removed to Atchison Kansas, and built a large packing house. Several years later, it was destroyed by fire, wiping out his fortune. He went to the Indian territory, where he remained a couple of years, and then returned to St. Joseph Missouri, which was his home at the time of his death. He had gone to Helena to visit his daughter, and death came suddenly there.
Mr. Smith leaves a wife and three children -- Morris L. Smith and Mrs. William McCoy of Helena. The other daughter lives in Wichita. M. W. Smith of this city is a brother.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Friday, November 23, 1900; page 5.
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Mr. and Mrs. Will McCoy and Mrs. J. M. Smith arrived from Helena Arkansas yesterday with the remains of the late ex-Mayor Jacob Smith, and are guests of James Gardner. They will probably remain a week or more.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Saturday, November 24, 1900; page 8.
__________
The city council last night adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Jacob Smith, who was mayor of Quincy in 1875. He died in Helena Arkansas two weeks ago, and the body was brought to Quincy and interred in Woodland.
- The Quincy Daily Whig, Tuesday, December 11, 1900; page 8.
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