JAMES H. SMITH, a farmer of Flat Rock township, is a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in New Salem, Fairfield county, on October 27, 1840, the son of George and Elizabeth (Pugh) Smith.
JOHN ADAM SMITH, a hardware merchant of Malinta, Ohio, was born in Prussia, Germany, on January 29, 1855, the son of Casper and Gertrude (Roeder) Smith.