Biography of George C. Smith
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GEORGE C. SMITH, merchant, Milwaukee street, Fort Atkinson; born in Lexington, Greene Co., N.Y., June 23, 1824, where he lived till he was 12 years of age, when his parents moved to Onondaga co.; here he received his early education and lived till 1847. on the 11th day of February of that year, was married to Lamira Blanchard, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Cunningham) Blanchard, of the same county. Came to Wisconsin in May, 1847, settling in Waukesha Co.; in 1850, removed to Oakland, Jefferson Co., and purchased 160 acres of land; in 1868, sold his farm, moved to Fort Atkinson, and engaged in the profession of law and real-estate agency; while residing in the town of Oakland, he held the offices of Superintendent of Schools, Town Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and in 1857, was Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors; in 1858-59, member of the Wisconsin Legislature; afterward Notary Public and Justice of the Peace in Fort Atkinson; during the war, was appointed State Agent by Gov. Solomon to look after sick and wounded Wisconsin soldiers, with headquarters at Memphis, remained in the South three years. Member of the Masonic Fraternity, the I.O.O.F. and Good Templars. Mr. Smith's family consists of himself and wife and five children - Robert B., Rosetta C., Jessie A., Carrie J. and George F. He is liberal in religion and in politics, Republican.