Charles G. Smith

            CHARLES G. SMITH was born in Noble County, Ohio, March 4, 1859, the eleventh of the twelve children of John G.J. and Isabel B. Smith. He was reared in Ohio, and there obtained a good education. February 13, 1879, he married Paulina Sullivan, a native of this township (Indian Creek Township), the fruits of which union were three children –Gertrude, Beulah and Ira. After his marriage, Mr. Smith lived with his father until January, 1884, when he moved to his mother in-law’s farm, and has since given attention to agriculture and stock-raising. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Smith has now a farm of ninety-six acres; he is a Republican.

 Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana, Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884, page 655-6.