- AUGUSTUS SMITH, grain-dealer, was born in Chester, Mass.,
Oct. 25, 1801; came to
- Wisconsin in the fall of 1838, locating at Troy, Walworth
Co.; from Chester he moved to Blandford, Mass. and thence to
Westfield, Mass., where he assisted his father in farming; from
Westfield he moved to Hadley, Mass., and engaged in the butchering
business, and afterward kept a public house; from Hadley he moved
to Troy, Wis., where he bought a farm of 300 acres and farmed
it for seventeen years, when he went to Beloit and engaged in
the grocery business; in 1859, he engaged in the grain business,
which business he is still carrying on. Mr. SMITH married, in
Westfield, Mass., February 23, 1826, Almire STILES, of Westfield,
Mass.; he has seven children - William A., Ellen, Sarah, Franklin,
Oliver, Austin and Mary Ann. Mr. and Mrs. SMTIH are members
of the Presbyterian Church at Beloit.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 764.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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