The Robinson Argus, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois, 32nd Year, No 8, Feb 20, 1895.
Page 1, City and County News
"J.H.D. Smith, of Porterville, was stricken with paralysis Thursday morning last, and died the same evening. The deceased was about seventy years of age, was born in the county, and well know in the western part."
Crawford County, Biographical, Illinois History, Paul Selby Ed., Munsell Publishing Co, Chicago, IL, 1909, A Reproduction by UNIGRAPHIC, Inc, Evansville, IN, 1978. Pp 810-811
In section on SMITH, Samuel Alva, M.D. we find
"J. H. D. and Louisa (Burner) Smith. ... J. H. D. Smith, the father of Dr. Samuel Alva was born in Palestine, and died at Porterville, Prairie Township, February 14, 1893, having been for forty years a prominent agriculturist. His wife, whose maiden name was Louisa Burner, was born in Licking County, Ohio, October 9, 1830, and died in September, 1907, having been the mother of twelve children: Wooster L., Bakewell, Eoline G., Burner B., Margaret, Guy W., Samuel Alva, and Orrin H., and four who died in infancy."
The Robinson Argus, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois, 32nd Year, No 8, Feb 20, 1895.
Page 1, City and County News
"J.H.D. Smith, of Porterville, was stricken with paralysis Thursday morning last, and died the same evening. The deceased was about seventy years of age, was born in the county, and well know in the western part."
Crawford County, Biographical, Illinois History, Paul Selby Ed., Munsell Publishing Co, Chicago, IL, 1909, A Reproduction by UNIGRAPHIC, Inc, Evansville, IN, 1978. Pp 810-811
In section on SMITH, Samuel Alva, M.D. we find
"J. H. D. and Louisa (Burner) Smith. ... J. H. D. Smith, the father of Dr. Samuel Alva was born in Palestine, and died at Porterville, Prairie Township, February 14, 1893, having been for forty years a prominent agriculturist. His wife, whose maiden name was Louisa Burner, was born in Licking County, Ohio, October 9, 1830, and died in September, 1907, having been the mother of twelve children: Wooster L., Bakewell, Eoline G., Burner B., Margaret, Guy W., Samuel Alva, and Orrin H., and four who died in infancy."
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