- ARTEMUS SMITH, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Shopiere; born in Chester,
Vt., on April 11, 1818;
- son of Artemus SMITH, Sr., a native of Massachusetts. Artemus
SMITH, Jr., carried on the manufacture of bonnets in Upton, Mass.,
successfully. Afterward, was station agent at Marlboro seven
years, and in 1854, went to Chicago and engaged in the manufacturing
of bonnets; did a successful business. He sold out there and
went to Shopiere, Wis.; bought Buck's store and engaged in business
with Mr. HOLMES; was afterward in coopering business. His business
tact carried him through prosperously in all his undertakings.
In 1863, he bought a farm of 100 acres, a short distance from
Shopiere, where he now has a fine home, and a farm under the
best of cultivation. Married, on Nov. 1, 1843, Olivia P. PIKE,
daughter of Jonathan PIKE; on the mother's side, her grandfather
was a brave soldier in the Revolution, and in the war of 1812;
and, on her father's side, her grandfather enlisted in army of
the Revolution when 16 years old. They have had seven children:
George M. died in infancy; one other died in infancy; Emma F.
is in Shelby Co., Iowa; Edward H. is helping on the farm at home;
Ella E. married Mr. F. KEMMERER; Eva I. and Effie A. are at home.
Mr. SMITH has been a member of the School Board.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 808.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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