. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Death ol J. Q. Smith Mr. John Q. Smith, for many years president of the Illinois State Bee- Keepers' Association, passed away Oct. 9, 1909. Death was due to heart trouble and complications which had continued for some years. A month or more since, Mr. Smith was compelled to give up the active life of merchant tailoring, bee-keeping, etc. Mr. Smith was born April 14. 1846, in Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio. When 6 years old his parents moved overland in a covered wagon, and located on a farm in Darke Co., Ohio. Here he at- tended the district school for se
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Death ol J. Q. Smith Mr. John Q. Smith, for many years president of the Illinois State Bee- Keepers' Association, passed away Oct. 9, 1909. Death was due to heart trouble and complications which had continued for some years. A month or more since, Mr. Smith was compelled to give up the active life of merchant tailoring, bee-keeping, etc. Mr. Smith was born April 14. 1846, in Berlin, Mahoning Co., Ohio. When 6 years old his parents moved overland in a covered wagon, and located on a farm in Darke Co., Ohio. Here he at- tended the district school for several years, and at the age of 15 learned tail- oring in Greenville, Ohio, where he worked at his trade in 1864. He then enlisted in the 152d Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. When the war closed in I860, he went to Springfield, 111. October 21. 1866, he married Miss Martha C. Busher of that city. They then went Itaiiaiuzed m ist^-l. 1 hiring that year he found to his dismay that over 80 colonies were affected with foul brood, leaving only 17 living. He traced the trouble through queens he had pur- chased from a queen-breeder in South- ern Illinois. In he organized the Central Illi- nois Bee-Keepers' Association, under the charter of which he was president until 1892, when it united with the Illi- nois State Bee-Keepers'Association, of which he was president at the time of his death. Mr. Smith was a member of the Methodist church, also identified with a number of fraternal societies, and held many responsible offices therein. He had three children — Oliver C, Claudie May, and Walter E. The first named, with his wife, lives in St. Charles, La. The only daughter died a number of years ago, and Walter E., with his wife, now lives in St. Louis, The Late J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln, ,.. President of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. to Lincoln, 111., where he resided until his death. In 1874 he became interested in bees, trading a double-barreled shot-gun for 3 colo
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