- DEATH OF W. T. SMITH
Long and Honorable Life Ended Last Sunday Morning
In last week's News mention was made of the stroke of paralysis which Mr. W. T. Smith suffered Thursday morning April 6. Mr. Smith died early in the morning of the following Sunday.
The funeral was held at one o'clock Tuesrday afternoon at the home, Rev.Robert Wallace, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating.
Mr. Smith came to Amboy 22 years ago and for a number of years was engaged in the livery business with his son, C.T. Smith. He owned the fine residence property which is now the Amboy hospital, and lived there until his removal, a few years ago, to the farm southeast of Amboy.
Obituary
Wesley Tuttle Smith, son of Uriah and Sarah Smith, was born March 13, 1830, in Scott, Wayne County, Penn.
He was the youngest of 13 children.
All have entered into rest except a brother, Uriah Smith of Marseilles, who was present at the funeral. These two have been intimately associated together from early childhood.
This large family of children, their parents and grandparents and their children, without an exception have been consecrated Christian people.
Wesley Smith was converted with the Baptist church of which he has been a faithful member.
In 1854 he was united in marriage with Miss Adaline Smith. To this union were born five children, Mrs. Julia Culler, Charles T. Smith, Mrs. J.E. Morris, and two who died in infancy.
In 1855 be moved to Ft. Madison, Iowa, and in the fall of 1857 he moved to Bates County, Missouir. He found himself in the midst of exciting and dangerous surrondings, because of the Kansas-Nebraska trouble.
In 1861, at the breaking out of the Civil War, he was forced to flee to Kansas with his family for safety, because he was a Northern man. He then enlisted In the 12th Kansas Infantry and soon afterward assisted in raising a company, the 16th Kansas Cavalry, of which he was First Lieutenant.
Obituary
Wesley Tuttle Smith Dies in Amboy
Amboy, April 10, 1911 - Special - Wesley T. Smith, who was stricken with paralysis April 6, 1911, and died Sunday, April 9, was born in Pennsylvania 81 years ago and was youngest of 13 children. One brother is still living.
Mr. Smith was married in Pennsylvania in 1854 to Miss Adeline Smith. Five children were born to them, three of whom are living. The family resided in Bates county, Mo., on the state line before the war. Excitement ran high there at the time and murder was not uncommon. This county was depopulated during the war. Owing to Mr. Smith’s anti-slavery views his life was threatened and several times a rope was put around his neck. He was finally obliged to flee for his life. With his wife and little children he went to Kansas, where in 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, serving as first lieutenant. In 1865 he was mustered out of service. In 1869 and ’70 he held the office of sheriff of Bates county, Mo. The family moved to Amboy from Marseilles, Ill. in 1889. Mr. Smith was well known throughout Lee county and highly respected. His cheerful and courteous manner made his company a pleasure. For many years he and his son Charles conducted a livery stable in this city. Mr. Smith was a deacon of the Baptist church and as long as his health permitted took an active part in religious work, being a zealous worker in church and Sunday school. The last seven years of his life have been spent on his farm, two and half miles south of Amboy, where he and his wife have been tenderly cared for by their children. He leaves a brother, Uriah Smith of Marseilles, his aged wife, two daughters, Mrs. E.J. Morris, who lives on a farm nearby, and Mrs. Julia Culler, who made her home with her parents and son, Coroner Charles Smith, who resides in this city. He also leaves a large circle of friends who deeply sympathize with his family in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held at the house Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Rev. Wallace will officiate.
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1830 - 1911 (81 years)
