Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . f-. ^;^^^^ {^l^/?rwz^y^ SHOP OF SPRINGFIELD PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM, 1117 After leaving- college our subject returned tothis city and opened an office here for the practiceof medicine. lie pursued his calling quite success-fully two years. l)ut the demands made iipoii hisphysical strength and endurance by his professionalduties so impaired his health that he was obliged toretire, and in 188:3 he entered tlie grocery storewith his father, LaFayelte Smith. He displayedan excellent talent for business and September 3,1888, the
Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . f-. ^;^^^^ {^l^/?rwz^y^ SHOP OF SPRINGFIELD PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM, 1117 After leaving- college our subject returned tothis city and opened an office here for the practiceof medicine. lie pursued his calling quite success-fully two years. l)ut the demands made iipoii hisphysical strength and endurance by his professionalduties so impaired his health that he was obliged toretire, and in 188:3 he entered tlie grocery storewith his father, LaFayelte Smith. He displayedan excellent talent for business and September 3,1888, the LaFayetto Smith Grocer Company incor-porated, and our subject was made president of thecorporation which position he still holds. TheMessrs. Smith have a large, well-fltted u[)and well-stocked establishment, and do an extensive andflourisliing business that extends even beyond thelimits of the county. Dr. Smith and Miss Anais D. Converse, daughterof Hon. A. L. Converse, were married July 21,1885. The} have made for themselves one of thecoziest and pleasantest h
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