Stephen D. Smith was born in Poultney, Vermont, in 1798, and came to Prophetstown in 1839. He settled on Washington street where Ezra Hill lives, and remained there until 1855 when he purchased a farm adjoining the village. In 1871, he sold this farm to his son D. Kenerett, , and Luther B. Ramsay, who laid it out into village lots, and most of the building since the completion of the railroad has been done on this land. Mr. Smith still resides upon a portion of it. In 1821 he married Miss Tilly Manley. Their children have been Polly, who married P. Bates Reynolds, and is now dead; Caroline M., Luther B. Ramsay, living in Prophetstown; Ryland, who married Miss Williams, and is now dead; William Edson, who married Miss Amanda Reynolds, and is now dead; E. Wallace, who married Miss Philura James, and lives in Kansas; and D. Kenerett, who married Miss Alma Green, and lives in Prophetstown.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
