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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - page 690-691 AMOS S. SMITH is a live stock dealer of Green county, and makes Juda his headquarters for a very considerable business. John and Ann (SANDERS) SMITH, his parents were of English and Welsh descent, and were from the East, the mother a native of Delaware and the father of Pennsylvania, where he died. The mother came to Wisconsin at a very early day, and made her home in this State until her death. They were the parents of the following children: Sarah Ann married Newton WICKERSHAM, of Pennsylvania; Caleb P. left home many years ago, went to sea, and has not been heard from for several years; Ellis H. was a carpenter, and died in this State; Mary J. married N. H. HANSON, deceased; Charlotte W. and Hannah B. reside in Monroe, Wis., unmarried; Elizabeth married James WUICK, of Kansas; Amos S. Amos S. SMITH was born Feb. 1, 1845, and came to Wisconsin in 1867, making a home in Green county. On Oct. 28, 1869, Mr. SMITH wedded Miss Emma L. WICKERSHAM, of Pennsylvania, a daughter of E. P. and Phebe (GATCHELL) WICKERSHAM, who came to Wisconsin in 1868, and were Quakers in their religion. To this marriage have been born two children, Martha Gertrude, who was born in 1871, and died Aug. 24, 1895; and Phebe Maud, who was born in 1876, was a very successful teacher in the schools of Green county for a number of years, and is now attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Amos S. SMITH enlisted in the war of the Rebellion as a member of the 101st Penn. V.I., and did acceptable service for the government and the nation. An honorable discharge was given him in the summer of 1865. Mr. SMITH served in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in some of the hardest-fought battles of the war. Taken prisoner April 20, 1864, he was detained for some time at Andersonville. Mr. SMITH came West after his return from the war, and located in Illinois in 1866. The next year he entered Wisconsin, and settling in Green county, made this his permanent home. For twenty-five years he was a farmer, and in 1883 made his home at Juda, Wis. Here he began buying livestock for John LEGLOR in 1893, and is still engaged in the business. Mr. SMITH has a fine residence in Juda, and is a careful and fore-handed man. From the United States he receives a pension of $8 a month. Mr. SMITH has never identified himself with any church, but believes that honesty and fidelity are the fundamental principles. In politics he is a Republican. He began life without a dollar, but by hard work, economy and industry he has been able not only to live in comfort but to get ahead in the world. Mr. SMITH is a member of Ben Davis Post, G.A.R.
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