Martin VanBuren Smith : 無料・フリー素材/写真
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| 説明 | Company G, 7th Kansas CavalryFrom History of Montgomery County, Kansas, By Its Own People, Published by L. Wallace Duncan, Iola, Kansas, 1903, Pg. 332-333:Smith, Martin VanBuren BioOn the roster which contains the names of the heroes who fought that this country might live a free and united nation, is found the name of Martin VanBuren Smith, one of the pioneer families of the county, and a gentleman whose singularly upright and correct life has exercised a powerful influence in establishing the high standard of civic righteousness now obtaining. Indeed, Montgomery county owes much of her excellence in matters of government to the “old soldier.” Returning to the crowded arming sections of the east, after those years of strife, he naturally turned to the child whose birth had ushered in the din of battle, and whose strong young limbs were already making rapid strides toward a prosperous future. Here in Kansas, he soon demonstrated that the discipline of army life was the best possible preparation for a civic career—that control of self is the basic principle of all right living. Fortunate, indeed, was Montgomery county to secure as citizens, in her earlier years, these men, for the four long years of hardship and suffering endured for their country had taught them well its value, and made them doubly desirous of seeing it the best government on earth.Martin V. Smith passed the latter part of the 50’s near the Missouri border and was thus prepared by contact with the stirring scenes of that time to respond readily to the call of his country. Early in 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company “G”, of the Seventh Kansas, and, during the struggle, followed the fortunes of his regiment in the bush-whacking warfare carried on west of the Ozark Mountains. He was, finally, honorably discharged for disability and returned to his farm in Linn county. Mr. Smith was born in the “Keystone State”, in Warren county, in 1834, and is the son of Wilson and Nancy (Jackman) Smith, both natives of the county, the Jackmans having been among the earliest pioneers of that section.Our subject was one of a family of eight children—Charlotte, married William McDonald and lives in Warren county; Martin was the second; then in order came Emily, Frank, Rosaline, Charles and Betsey Ann.Mr. Smith was reared to farm work, receiving the education common in those times in country districts. He remained at home until his twentieth year, when he came west, to Franklin county, Mo. He here engaged in work on the pioneer railroad, of the west, and which afterward became the Missouri Pacific. A year here and a like period in Lee county, Iowa, brought him to Bates county, Mo., where he married and remained until hiss settlement in Linn county, in 1856. This was Mr. Smith’s home until 1869, when he settled on a claim a mile east of his present location. In 1873, he purchased the farm upon which he now resides. It contains 160 acres and lies four miles southeast of the county seat town of Independence.Mr. Smith has been twice married. The wife of his youth was Mrs. Mary Forbes, nee Knapp. To her were born two children—Estelle, who married Frank Griffin, a farmer of Independence township, and whose children are Ethel and Effie; Augusta is the wife of Seward C. Clark and lives at Newkirk, Okla., with five children---Joseph, William, Seward, Edna and Mary. Mrs. Smith, the mother of these children, died in Linn county, Kansas, in January of 1859, and in 1868, our subject was joined in wedlock to the lady who now presides over his home, Miss Addie, daughter of William and Eliza (Smith) Dickey. Mrs. Smith is one of seven children—Sarah Ann, widow of John Brown, Honesdale, Pa.; Caroline, deceased; Harriet, Mrs. Alvan Root, of Linn county; Almeda, deceased; Cushman, of Dearing, Kansas; Mrs. Smith; Emma was a twin sister of the latter. Mrs. Smith is the mother of six children—Frank H., who married Belle Wise, whose children are Don and Forest; Lillian is the wife of William Fortner, of Independence, whose son is Delbert; and Delbert, Hugh, and Wesley E. are still at home. Hattie died, aged three years.As before intimated, Mr. Smith and his family have been potent factors in the county’s development. They are members of the United Brethren church, and he supports the Republican party by his vote.Smith, Martin VanBuren ObitSouth Kansas Tribune, Wednesday, December 18, 1812, Pg. 5:Mustered OutDeath came to Comrade Martin Van Buren Smith, at his home on South Second street, Wednesday night after a long illness. He was aged 78 years and was among the early settlers in Verdigris valley southeast of the city, near Brown’s ford, where he lived until recent months, when he moved to town to be where a physician could see him frequently. He is survived by his widow and six children: Mrs. Frank Griffin, Collinsville, Okla.; Mrs. Seward Clark, Newkirk, Okla.; F. H. Smith, Parsons; Mrs. Will Fortner; Wesley E. Smith and B. C. Smith of this city. The funeral was held at the United Brethren, with address by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hall. Interment by McPherson Post comrades. He was a Pennsylvanian, came to Kansas early and when the civil war broke over the country Mr. Smith volunteered and served in the famous Seventh Kansas Cavalry which spread terror to enemies in this country wherever they went. After his discharge he came to this county and was a prominent citizen for thirty years and until health began to fail. He was a member of the Untied Brethren church and often testified of the assurance of his acceptance by the Lord. |
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| 撮影地 | Independence, Kansas, United States 地図 |
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