- GEORGE SMITH, carriage- builder, West State street, blacksmith
by trade; born in Schoharie
- Co., N.Y., in 1828; learned his trade there; afterward, removed
to Albany, Conn., there engaging in the grocery business, which
he carried on till he came to Wisconsin; also held the office
of Postmaster; came to Wisconsin in 1867. Married Miss Jane
L. PALMER, of Rensselaer Co., N.Y., May 1, 1854; she was a sister
of Potter PALMER, the proprietor of the PALMER House, Chicago,
Ill; she died October 11, 1872, leaving three children - Hobart
J., born October 31, 1860; Francis M., April 4, 1865; Etta J.,
June 22, 1866. Married his present wife, Mrs. Elizabeth MOSS,
of Troy, N.Y., in 1874; she was born in 1839.
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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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