Obit: Smith, Mathias M. (1826 – 1905)
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Surnames: Smith, Thomas
----Source: Fairchild Observer (Fairchild, Wis.) 12/14/1905
Smith, Mathias M. (26 FEB 1826 – 2 DEC 1905)
M.M. Smith Dead
Father of F.A., J.W. and F.M. Smith.
Mathias M. Smith was born Feb. 26, 1826 at Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y. Coming
with his parents to northern Ohio in 1846, he was married De. 25, 1852 to
Elizabeth M. Thomas, whose brothers F.N. and Willard H. were among Osseo’s well
known merchants in an early day. In 1854, with his wife and son Fred A., he came
west, coming to Milwaukee by boat, and completing the journey overland by
covered wagon, locating on a farm in the town of Ithaca in Richland county,
Wis., where in partnership with his brother, Jas. B. Smith, he resided until
about 1889, when the children having all grown up and separated, the parents
left the farm and moved to Sextonville, Wis., where they spent several years
quietly on a small place raising berries, etc., until coming to Osseo to reside
in 1898. He died at his home in Osseo, De. 2, 1905 at 1:35 pm, being not quite
eighty years old.
Mr. Smith’s death came as a shock to the community although he had been ill for
some time. Just before dying he was apparently getting better and expectations
for his death had given place to hope. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon
from the house and in honor of his memory the business houses of Osseo closed
for an hour.
From a published family history and reminiscences in 1884, these words of his
occur: “Here our children have grown up and we have worked to give them good
educations but the thirty-one years have not been all circus days. I sometimes
think I would like to try it all over again.”
This characteristic expression is quoted to show the loving interest he always
took in the welfare of his family, who will always hold in memory, his many acts
of self-sacrifice and devotion.
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