The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ime andcement in Washington square, was born in Rockland, Maine, March 27,1836, a son of Lewis and Maria (Rice) Smith. His education was obtainedin the schools of his native place, and in those of this city after he camehere with his fathers family in 1849. In 1851 he entered the employ ofThayer & Fames, clothing-dealers at the corner of Front and Main streets,in the same store now occupied by the D. H. Eames Company, and re-mained in that situation nine years. From 1861 to 1866 he was engagedin the clothing business on his
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ime andcement in Washington square, was born in Rockland, Maine, March 27,1836, a son of Lewis and Maria (Rice) Smith. His education was obtainedin the schools of his native place, and in those of this city after he camehere with his fathers family in 1849. In 1851 he entered the employ ofThayer & Fames, clothing-dealers at the corner of Front and Main streets,in the same store now occupied by the D. H. Eames Company, and re-mained in that situation nine years. From 1861 to 1866 he was engagedin the clothing business on his own account in Lewiston, Maine, andreturned to Worcester the last-named year and became a partner with hisbrother, Elliott T., in the retail grocery trade on Shrewsbury street, and inthis connection continued several years. When his brother relinquishedthe retail business and established the large wholesale establishment nowconducted by the E. T. Smith Company, Jesse Smith, in company withthe late Henry A. Green, continued the retail department under the firm ^. JESSE SMITH. The Worcester of if 751
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