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Y IK I HU in r.iA IX)3VG TIME RESIDENT. ’ofantiMrs. Sarah Smith Celebrated HerSevent)-Fifth AnniversaryJune 24th, in celebration of her♦ «♦seventy-fifth birthday anniversary,Mrs. Sarah Smith, residing one half♦mile north and four miles east ofTipton, entertained at an all daydinner party at her home. TheLguests included all her children,grandchildren and great grand children, with the exception of onedaughter and her children and oneterHIatether grandchild. There being forty-five of the near relatives with iother friends and neighbors present.These dinners are annual featureson each recurring anniversary andare looked forward to each succeeding year with pieasureable anti-Hiamcipation for the home coming.Mrs. Smith was born June 2 4th,1837 in Vevay, Switzerland county,Indiana. She was the daughter ofjoiofJ uThiAbraham and Lydia Kirtley, andwas one of ten children, she beingthe only one living at the presenttime. Her father and her motherwere born near I^exington, Ky.,where they made their home formany years. Her grandfather Kirtley was also a native of Kentuckyand her grandfather Underwood,her mother's father, also claimedthat state by birth. When Mrs.I Smith was ten years old, her parents moved to Tipton county, settling near Groomsville. Her fatherentered 1 60 acres of land whereGroomsville now stands, in 184 6‘and moved his family here in 18 17.This land was the home of her par-ients until their death. Mrs. Smithatofgrlt;has“O1-allleatresUnsulCOIhas been a continuous resident ofanithe county since that time. The*trip from Switzerland county, wasobimade in three covered wagons. Suchwere the conditions of the roadsthat three yoke of oxen were drivento one of the wagons tfhile the othertwo had four horses each, and evenat that there were many difficultiesmeexperienced, in some places theroads being almost impassible and ittook them a week to make the trip.The family landed in their newhome July 1th. 1M7. There werethree children in the family, Mrs.Smith, her brothers Leniuel andGideon Kirtley.Shortly after getting settled theymade the acquaintance of their closest neighbors, who were AmbroseCorn and William Campbell, Rus-*siaville which was a small tradingpoint in Howard coontv, was theclosest town anti all their millinghad to be taken to Lafayette, andfour horses were needed to eachen:terIanprlt;evlt;Frveieddawagon in making the trip, sevendays being required for the tripanthere and back. At this time, therewere no roads, except along thehigher elevations, where the timberhad been cut away and teams couldget along and avoid the swamps.The mother died in 1855 and thewo. father in 1871. Both are buried inCl;Liberty church cemetery, the groundfor Liberty church and the cemetery.mu been donated by her father soon after he had entered the land Mrs.Smith was united in marriage toanloiiiEnoch Smith, October 17th. 1853,Robert Alexander, an old settler andceremonv. Mr. Smith was the owner of 60 acres of land at Groomsville and the newly wedded couplewent to housekeeping on this farm..The union proved a most happy oneand the years were happily passed inrearing their fatuilv and industriouspursuits of their farm life, carryingwith them burdens and hardships ofthe pioneer life. Mr. Smith, died]\pril 17th Is70 of erysipelas anddropsy and was buried at Libertycemetery. Mrs. Smith has remained a widow since his death.Four children were born to them.they being Margaret, now Mrs. Pur-vis, widow of John Purvis of Tipton, Sydney, deceased; Emily, nowMrs. Joseph Odett of Cleveland, O.,1tand Enoch L. a bachelor, who resides on their farm of 54 14 acreswhich they own jointly. He is verydevoted to his mother and she hasevery lt;are, comfort and attention.»Mrs. Smith is a member of the Mt.Olive Separate Baptist church nearCurtisville and is always a regularattendant and loyal to its worship.She united with the United Brethernf j church at Pleasant View when shewas 16 years old but had her membership moved to Mt. Olive later. Mrs. Smith is one of those kindlymothers, whom it does one good tomeet with in life as she has provenher many sterling qualities by heracts of friendship and love at alltimes and a true Christian in every,way. She holds the love and esteem *
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Tipton Daily Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 06, 1912
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