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The Autobiography of Calvin Smith of Smithville (Calvin Smith, 1907) My Home Town (Robert Patterson, articles written prior to 1953, reprinted in Smithville Democrat-Herald between November 1980 and January 1981).

Your copy of the 1906 Autobiography of Calvin Smith, the son of Humphery Smith, the founder of Smithville, Missouri. The book describes the Humphrey Smith family trip from the east to settle along the Platte River and establishing the mills that would become Smithville, Missouri.

Smithville was a lively town in those days filled with taverns and hell-raisers. In 1843 Humphrey and Nancy decided to move to Iowa. Their son Calvin stayed in Smithville to run the mill and store.

Jan 30, 2009 · Smithville (Mo.) -- History Publisher Philadelphia, S.H. Robison, Jr. Collection library_of_congress; americana Contributor The Library of Congress Language English

The Missouri compromise in 1822 settled in favor of a slave state."In 1822 father took another move to Clay county, Mo, and settled at a place now called Smithville, in the northwest part of the county. It was thena wilderness, being 10 miles to the nea-rest neighbor."Mr. Calvin Smith came to Kansas Cityin 1882. Two years later his wife

Page 11 - The first Smith Mills were started there. It was a hand mill, two stones, each two feet across and six inches thick, one on top of the other. We could grind enough fine meal on this...

Calvin Smith was born in 1813 in Erie County, New York. The first chapter in his autobiography pertains to his ancestors.

I, Calvin Smith, was born on the 23rd day of December 1813, at Humphrey Smith's Mills, on Buffalo creek, Erie County, New York, 18 miles southwest of Buffalo. This place is now called East Aurora. My

The autobiography of Calvin Smith of Smithville. Description. Tools. Cite this Export citation file. Main Author Smith, Calvin, 1813-Language(s) English . Published ... Edition 2d ed. Subjects Smithville (Mo.) > Smithville (Mo.) / History. Physical Description 94, [2] p. 20 cm. Locate a Print Version Find in a library.