Smith Hurd was born in Bennington Vermont, in 1786, and came to Portland in 1839. He married Miss Fanny Booth in 1806. Their children have been: Horace H., who married Miss Lydia Winters; he was a good mechanic, and invented the grater cider-mill; he came to Portland in 1837, and settled near Spring Hill; his children were, Adliza, wife of William Booth, now living in Prophetstown, and Henry, who married Miss Metta Smith, and is now a resident of Nebraska. Reuben, who first married Miss Clarissa Carr, and, after her death, Miss Polly Ann Sprague; he is the inventor of Hurd’s hog-tamer, and wagon and car brake, etc. Harriet B., who married Henry R. Stone, and is now dead; Moses, who married Miss Mary A. McClaughry, and lives in Oregon; Mary A., who married Sydney Martin, and is now dead; Jane E. wife of Rev. Mr. Buck, living in Oregon; and Hester C., wife of William P. Tabor, living in Portland
Extracted from Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 357
