Christopher Smith

    Christopher Smith, farmer, York Township, was born in 1821, on the farm on which he still resides. He is a son of John Smith, one of the early settlers here, and with whom he resided till his parents death. He inherited the old homestead of 160 acres, on which he is now located, and where he has conducted a fairly successful agricultural business for many years.

    He was married bout 1845 to Sarah Dedas, a native of Butler County, Ohio, and daughter of Isaac and Eliza Dedas, and by this union were born four children: W. A.; Eliza J., wife of Lewis Rollin; Calvin H. and George H., the tow elder sons residing in Illinois at the present time. Mr. Smith is regarded as one of the representative farmers of the township, and is entirely worthy of a place in the annals of the county. He has always resided on the same farm, and is every ready to encourage such enterprise as tend to advance the interests of the county and community in which he lives.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.