The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . s of Ohio and at Madison College; chose theoccupation of farming, in which occupation he has been successful. During the CivilWar he was a member of Company F, 0. N. G. He has been identified with the educa-tional interests in his community and county, but has generally declined civil offi-cial positions until nominated to represent his county in the 74th Assembly. Hewas elected by a majority of six hundred and forty, the county being usually Re-publican from ten to thirteen hundred. He was re
The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . s of Ohio and at Madison College; chose theoccupation of farming, in which occupation he has been successful. During the CivilWar he was a member of Company F, 0. N. G. He has been identified with the educa-tional interests in his community and county, but has generally declined civil offi-cial positions until nominated to represent his county in the 74th Assembly. Hewas elected by a majority of six hundred and forty, the county being usually Re-publican from ten to thirteen hundred. He was re-elected to represent in the 75thGeneral Assembly by a much larger vote, notwithstanding a very determined andstrong opposition. He has the distinction of being the first Democrat re-elected in thehistory of the county and the first Democrat elected in a Senatorial year in thecounty. He is an active Ruling Elder in the United Presbyterian Church. He wasmarried to Miss Mary McGonagle in the year 1864, and they together occupy theold Simpson Homestead in Adams township, Guernsey county, Ohio, (473). MR. SMITH, OF Hamilton County. William Walker Smith, Jr., Representative from Hamiltan county, representsthe business and professional element in the citizenship of Cincinnati. His father,W. W. Smith, has been engaged in the wholesale grocery business for many years, andis an old resident and extensive property owner on Walnut Hills. Representative Smith is a lawyer of recognized ability and standing in his pro-fession, his office being in the United Bank Building. Mr. Smith was born in 1870and was graduated from the Franklin School in 1887. He obtained his legal edu-cation at the Cincinnati Law School, which gained a national celebrity under thedeanery of General Jacob D. Cox, ahd was graduated as a member of the last classunder the old school before its incorporation into the Cincinnati University. Hemarried a daughter of Mr. Henry Pogue, the dry goods merchant. He has beengreatly i
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