Jacob B. Smith

Jacob B. Smith, deceased, born in Reading, Pa., in 1801, settled near Ashland, Ohio, where he married Mrs. Maria Murphy, nee Trickle, and in 1835 came to Illinois, making the journey by wagon and four horses. They settled near Canton, and in February, 1836, settled on 160 acres, section 35, West Jersey. There he built a log-cabin 16 by 16, and resided there for many years, he spent his later days at Galva. Both were members of the Christian Church, as were Julia A., now deceased; Eliza J. and Mary A., of Peoria county, daughters of Mrs. Murphy. After her marriage with Mr, Smith, Wilson A., Algernon, now in Iowa; Washington T. and Oliver J. in Iowa, were born, the two last natives of Stark. Mr. Smith died in September, 1884, and Mrs. Smith at Galva, in 1869, in her seventy-first year.