Franklin Smith

            FRANKLIN SMITH was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 25, 1840, and is the son of John and Margaret Smith, natives of Pennsylvania, and born respectively in 1809 and 1819, and married in Ohio, whence, in 1847 they moved to Huntington County, Ind., and there remained four years. They then moved to this township (Washington Twp.), and settled on Section 21, where they still reside. They have had a family of fourteen children, and Franklin, our subject is next to the eldest. He came to this township, with his parents, and was married September 30, 1869, to Annie M. Stoner, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 20, 1848, the daughter of Joel and Lydia Stoner. After marriage, he followed the carpenter’s trade, and has continued it till the present. In 1872, he moved upon his present farm of thirty-five acres, and has reared a family of four children, viz., Cora B., Lilly M., Winfield O., and Nellie M. He and wife are member of the U.B. Church, and stand high in the estimation of the community.

Source: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana.Historical and Biographical.Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor.Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor.F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1882, page 389.