Smith, E. H. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 963, Woodland Township
E. H. Smith, farmer and auctioneer. Was born in York Co., Co., {repeat} Pa., Jan. 14, 1841. His father, an English sailor, was twice married; his first wife was a Boston lady, and they had 4 children; his second marriage was to Miss Anna Mary Havis, by whom he had 4 children. E. H., the eldest of the children, received a liberal education: taught school two years; followed the trade of a butcher. While a resident of Pa., in 1861, he married Miss Elizabeth Keeney, a daughter of Michael Keeney, and they had 9 children, 7 of whom are living, - Wm. H., Mary A., Johanna, Syvilia, Mary J., Ella and Benjamin F. As an auctioneer Mr. S. has had remarkable success. He settled in Woodland tp. 11 years ago, and has been Assessor, etc.