Biography - SAMUEL W. SMILEY
Samuel W. Smiley, grain buyer at West Ridge, and member of the firm of
Smiley & Watson (B. T. Watson, of Bourbon), is one of the wide-awake and
energetic business men of the county. He came to Douglas county in 1889, and
located in Bourbon township, where he was engaged in business. Subsequently
he and B. T. Watson formed their partnership, and Mr. Smiley located at West
Ridge. This firm bought at this place from July 1 to November 10, 1899
130,000 bushels of corn and oats.
Samuel W. Smiley was born at Greencastle, Indiana, February 11, 1855, and is
the son of Jonathan and Mary (Warner) Smiley. They are both dead. Mr.
Smiley's parents removed from Greencastle to Stanford, Kentucky, where he
was principally reared and educated. In 1876 he was married to Miss
Elizabeth Hester Hasbarger, and six children have been born to their
marriage. Mr. Smiley's grandfather, Jonathan Smiley, was a native Virginian;
his maternal grandfather was Samuel Warner. Mr. Smiley is postmaster at West
Ridge, owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Camargo township, and is
rapidly coming to the front as one of Douglas county's most successful
business men.
Extracted 03 Apr 2020 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, page 281.
