Bio: Smith, John O. (History - 1857)

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Surnames: SMITH ARMSTRONG CARR

----Source: 1891 Biographical History of Clark Jackson Counties Wisconsin

John O. Smith (1857)
 

John O. Smith, foreman and chief engineer of the saw and planing mills of the Sterling Lumber Company, Sterling, Clark County, was born in New Brunswick, January 4, 1857, the son of William and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Smith, both natives of New Brunswick. They had three children: James C., Henry D., and John O. The latter was reared to farm life, and received his education in the common schools of his native country. He served his apprenticeship of four years at the blacksmith's trade in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and in 1876 removed to Kingman, Maine, where he again served an apprenticeship of two years in the machine shops. He next worked in Holton, same state, for F. Sharp Bros., until 1880, when he came to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, and worked at the blacksmith and millwright's trade for the Northwestern Lumber Company, and was also second engineer for the same company at Wheaton three years. He came to Sterling in the spring of 1886, and commenced work for the Eau Claire Lumber Company as engineer, and when the business was purchased by the Sterling Company, he was continued on by them, and now has a general control of the engines and machinery in both the saw and planing mills.

Mr. Smith was married in Maine, April 6, 1877, to Rachel Carr, a daughter of W. H. Carr, deceased. They have four children: Maggie E., Grant W. Jimmie E. and Roy.

SMITH ARMSTRONG CARR