About noon Monday the word quickly passed throughout the city and country that Doctor Smith, Sr., had been called to the beyond. While all had known of his poor health for a number of years no one realized that then end was so near so its announcement came as something of a shock to his many friends.
He fell asleep on his couch Monday morning and was seen there sleeping several times by members of the family who came into the room. When Mrs. Smith carried his dinner in to him he failed to reply, for had quietly and easily passed to that land from whose border no traveler e'er returns.
Charles M. Smith, Sr., was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, June 25, 1834, and was one of a family of three sons and six daughters. His father was a farmer and specialized in the rasing of fine stock. The Smiths were descendents of the earlier German and English settlers in this country. Most of the men were farmers by occupation, and all were patriotic, serving the country in the Revolution and the war of 1812.
Dr. Smith lived in the place of his birth until twenty years of age. His early education was in the district school. For a time he was employed as clerk in a drug and commission store in Forestville, New York.
In 1854 he came to Wisconsin and since this time has lived in this section of the state. When the school at Dayton was organized he was chosen as the first teacher. He afterward taught two terms in the Evansville school, and then entered the academy in Albion from which he was graduated in 1856. He immediately took up the study of medicine, being by natural disposition inclined toward that subject, and as his later experience proved he made no mistake.
Dr. Smith first read medicine with Dr. Evans, later attending and graduating from Rush Medical College in 1860. He first took up the practice of his profession at Footville where he lived for two years before enlisting in the army. He was appointed assistant surgeon to the 13th Wis. V. I. in which position he served throughout the war. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Wisconsin and located in Evansville where he formed a partnership with Dr. Evans that lasted for eighteen years. In 1873 he took a special course in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York.
Dr. Smith was married May 16, 1861, to Miss Julia Sawin, a daughter of Rev. John Sawin, a clergyman of the Baptist church. For forty-seven years they have made their home in Evansville where they have faithfully served the whole community.
During all these years, with the exception of the last few since the doctor retired from active work his splendid talents and deep sympathy have ever been ready to respond to the countless calls that are made upon the physician. He has given himself to his patients to a degree that a less unselfish man would not. Because of his ability and friendship he earned and held the love of a wide circle of people.
In 1876 he was made president of the village board. He was a member of the State Medical Association, the Central Wisconsin Association; Union Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M.; Evansville Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M.; Janesville Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; a charter member of Evansville Lodge No. 56 K. of P., and of Evansville Post, No. 46, G. A. R., of which latter he has been surgeon every since its organization.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon in St. John's Episcopal church, of which Dr. and Mrs. Smith have long been members. The service was read by the Ven. Walter G. Blossom of Madison. The funeral was in charge of the Masonic lodge, while the Knights Templar acted as an escort. The ritual at the grave was read by Worshipful Master, R. M. Richmond.
The honorary pall-bearers were A. C. Gray, Z. C. Moore, J. W. Morgan, C. W. Moore, John Tullar and A. B. Graves, of the G.A.R.
The active pall-bearers were Clarence Baker, E. Denison, F. W. Gillman, N. A. Freuchen, E. J. Ballard, and R. E. Smith of the Masonic Lodge.
Besides the widow Dr. Smith leaves to mourn his going away, two sisters, Mrs. C. M. Pullen of Canon City, Colo, and Mrs. Charles Rumsey of Cattaraugus, New York, and one daughter, Mrs. Flora Gordon of Lodi, and one son, Dr. C. M. Smith, Jr., of Evansville.
The Knights Templar from out of town were Eminent Commander M. R. Osborn, R. J. Hart, Wm. McVicar, Chas. E. Curtis, A. T. Fish, L. S. Bookhart, S. M. Warner, J. R. Blaisdel, H. Gaulke, J. T. Lloyd, S. I. Hutchinson, John Peters and I. U. Fisher, of Janesville, Hans Hansen of Brooklyn, and Wm. Campbell of Madison.
Evansville Review, April 4, 1912, p. 1, col. 3 & 4, Evansville, Wisconsin [courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery]
He fell asleep on his couch Monday morning and was seen there sleeping several times by members of the family who came into the room. When Mrs. Smith carried his dinner in to him he failed to reply, for had quietly and easily passed to that land from whose border no traveler e'er returns.
Charles M. Smith, Sr., was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, June 25, 1834, and was one of a family of three sons and six daughters. His father was a farmer and specialized in the rasing of fine stock. The Smiths were descendents of the earlier German and English settlers in this country. Most of the men were farmers by occupation, and all were patriotic, serving the country in the Revolution and the war of 1812.
Dr. Smith lived in the place of his birth until twenty years of age. His early education was in the district school. For a time he was employed as clerk in a drug and commission store in Forestville, New York.
In 1854 he came to Wisconsin and since this time has lived in this section of the state. When the school at Dayton was organized he was chosen as the first teacher. He afterward taught two terms in the Evansville school, and then entered the academy in Albion from which he was graduated in 1856. He immediately took up the study of medicine, being by natural disposition inclined toward that subject, and as his later experience proved he made no mistake.
Dr. Smith first read medicine with Dr. Evans, later attending and graduating from Rush Medical College in 1860. He first took up the practice of his profession at Footville where he lived for two years before enlisting in the army. He was appointed assistant surgeon to the 13th Wis. V. I. in which position he served throughout the war. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Wisconsin and located in Evansville where he formed a partnership with Dr. Evans that lasted for eighteen years. In 1873 he took a special course in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York.
Dr. Smith was married May 16, 1861, to Miss Julia Sawin, a daughter of Rev. John Sawin, a clergyman of the Baptist church. For forty-seven years they have made their home in Evansville where they have faithfully served the whole community.
During all these years, with the exception of the last few since the doctor retired from active work his splendid talents and deep sympathy have ever been ready to respond to the countless calls that are made upon the physician. He has given himself to his patients to a degree that a less unselfish man would not. Because of his ability and friendship he earned and held the love of a wide circle of people.
In 1876 he was made president of the village board. He was a member of the State Medical Association, the Central Wisconsin Association; Union Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M.; Evansville Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M.; Janesville Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; a charter member of Evansville Lodge No. 56 K. of P., and of Evansville Post, No. 46, G. A. R., of which latter he has been surgeon every since its organization.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon in St. John's Episcopal church, of which Dr. and Mrs. Smith have long been members. The service was read by the Ven. Walter G. Blossom of Madison. The funeral was in charge of the Masonic lodge, while the Knights Templar acted as an escort. The ritual at the grave was read by Worshipful Master, R. M. Richmond.
The honorary pall-bearers were A. C. Gray, Z. C. Moore, J. W. Morgan, C. W. Moore, John Tullar and A. B. Graves, of the G.A.R.
The active pall-bearers were Clarence Baker, E. Denison, F. W. Gillman, N. A. Freuchen, E. J. Ballard, and R. E. Smith of the Masonic Lodge.
Besides the widow Dr. Smith leaves to mourn his going away, two sisters, Mrs. C. M. Pullen of Canon City, Colo, and Mrs. Charles Rumsey of Cattaraugus, New York, and one daughter, Mrs. Flora Gordon of Lodi, and one son, Dr. C. M. Smith, Jr., of Evansville.
The Knights Templar from out of town were Eminent Commander M. R. Osborn, R. J. Hart, Wm. McVicar, Chas. E. Curtis, A. T. Fish, L. S. Bookhart, S. M. Warner, J. R. Blaisdel, H. Gaulke, J. T. Lloyd, S. I. Hutchinson, John Peters and I. U. Fisher, of Janesville, Hans Hansen of Brooklyn, and Wm. Campbell of Madison.
Evansville Review, April 4, 1912, p. 1, col. 3 & 4, Evansville, Wisconsin [courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery]
About noon Monday the word quickly passed throughout the city and country that Doctor Smith, Sr., had been called to the beyond. While all had known of his poor health for a number of years no one realized that then end was so near so its announcement came as something of a shock to his many friends.
He fell asleep on his couch Monday morning and was seen there sleeping several times by members of the family who came into the room. When Mrs. Smith carried his dinner in to him he failed to reply, for had quietly and easily passed to that land from whose border no traveler e'er returns.
Charles M. Smith, Sr., was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, June 25, 1834, and was one of a family of three sons and six daughters. His father was a farmer and specialized in the rasing of fine stock. The Smiths were descendents of the earlier German and English settlers in this country. Most of the men were farmers by occupation, and all were patriotic, serving the country in the Revolution and the war of 1812.
Dr. Smith lived in the place of his birth until twenty years of age. His early education was in the district school. For a time he was employed as clerk in a drug and commission store in Forestville, New York.
In 1854 he came to Wisconsin and since this time has lived in this section of the state. When the school at Dayton was organized he was chosen as the first teacher. He afterward taught two terms in the Evansville school, and then entered the academy in Albion from which he was graduated in 1856. He immediately took up the study of medicine, being by natural disposition inclined toward that subject, and as his later experience proved he made no mistake.
Dr. Smith first read medicine with Dr. Evans, later attending and graduating from Rush Medical College in 1860. He first took up the practice of his profession at Footville where he lived for two years before enlisting in the army. He was appointed assistant surgeon to the 13th Wis. V. I. in which position he served throughout the war. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Wisconsin and located in Evansville where he formed a partnership with Dr. Evans that lasted for eighteen years. In 1873 he took a special course in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York.
Dr. Smith was married May 16, 1861, to Miss Julia Sawin, a daughter of Rev. John Sawin, a clergyman of the Baptist church. For forty-seven years they have made their home in Evansville where they have faithfully served the whole community.
During all these years, with the exception of the last few since the doctor retired from active work his splendid talents and deep sympathy have ever been ready to respond to the countless calls that are made upon the physician. He has given himself to his patients to a degree that a less unselfish man would not. Because of his ability and friendship he earned and held the love of a wide circle of people.
In 1876 he was made president of the village board. He was a member of the State Medical Association, the Central Wisconsin Association; Union Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M.; Evansville Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M.; Janesville Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; a charter member of Evansville Lodge No. 56 K. of P., and of Evansville Post, No. 46, G. A. R., of which latter he has been surgeon every since its organization.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon in St. John's Episcopal church, of which Dr. and Mrs. Smith have long been members. The service was read by the Ven. Walter G. Blossom of Madison. The funeral was in charge of the Masonic lodge, while the Knights Templar acted as an escort. The ritual at the grave was read by Worshipful Master, R. M. Richmond.
The honorary pall-bearers were A. C. Gray, Z. C. Moore, J. W. Morgan, C. W. Moore, John Tullar and A. B. Graves, of the G.A.R.
The active pall-bearers were Clarence Baker, E. Denison, F. W. Gillman, N. A. Freuchen, E. J. Ballard, and R. E. Smith of the Masonic Lodge.
Besides the widow Dr. Smith leaves to mourn his going away, two sisters, Mrs. C. M. Pullen of Canon City, Colo, and Mrs. Charles Rumsey of Cattaraugus, New York, and one daughter, Mrs. Flora Gordon of Lodi, and one son, Dr. C. M. Smith, Jr., of Evansville.
The Knights Templar from out of town were Eminent Commander M. R. Osborn, R. J. Hart, Wm. McVicar, Chas. E. Curtis, A. T. Fish, L. S. Bookhart, S. M. Warner, J. R. Blaisdel, H. Gaulke, J. T. Lloyd, S. I. Hutchinson, John Peters and I. U. Fisher, of Janesville, Hans Hansen of Brooklyn, and Wm. Campbell of Madison.
Evansville Review, April 4, 1912, p. 1, col. 3 & 4, Evansville, Wisconsin [courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery]
He fell asleep on his couch Monday morning and was seen there sleeping several times by members of the family who came into the room. When Mrs. Smith carried his dinner in to him he failed to reply, for had quietly and easily passed to that land from whose border no traveler e'er returns.
Charles M. Smith, Sr., was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, June 25, 1834, and was one of a family of three sons and six daughters. His father was a farmer and specialized in the rasing of fine stock. The Smiths were descendents of the earlier German and English settlers in this country. Most of the men were farmers by occupation, and all were patriotic, serving the country in the Revolution and the war of 1812.
Dr. Smith lived in the place of his birth until twenty years of age. His early education was in the district school. For a time he was employed as clerk in a drug and commission store in Forestville, New York.
In 1854 he came to Wisconsin and since this time has lived in this section of the state. When the school at Dayton was organized he was chosen as the first teacher. He afterward taught two terms in the Evansville school, and then entered the academy in Albion from which he was graduated in 1856. He immediately took up the study of medicine, being by natural disposition inclined toward that subject, and as his later experience proved he made no mistake.
Dr. Smith first read medicine with Dr. Evans, later attending and graduating from Rush Medical College in 1860. He first took up the practice of his profession at Footville where he lived for two years before enlisting in the army. He was appointed assistant surgeon to the 13th Wis. V. I. in which position he served throughout the war. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Wisconsin and located in Evansville where he formed a partnership with Dr. Evans that lasted for eighteen years. In 1873 he took a special course in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York.
Dr. Smith was married May 16, 1861, to Miss Julia Sawin, a daughter of Rev. John Sawin, a clergyman of the Baptist church. For forty-seven years they have made their home in Evansville where they have faithfully served the whole community.
During all these years, with the exception of the last few since the doctor retired from active work his splendid talents and deep sympathy have ever been ready to respond to the countless calls that are made upon the physician. He has given himself to his patients to a degree that a less unselfish man would not. Because of his ability and friendship he earned and held the love of a wide circle of people.
In 1876 he was made president of the village board. He was a member of the State Medical Association, the Central Wisconsin Association; Union Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M.; Evansville Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M.; Janesville Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; a charter member of Evansville Lodge No. 56 K. of P., and of Evansville Post, No. 46, G. A. R., of which latter he has been surgeon every since its organization.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon in St. John's Episcopal church, of which Dr. and Mrs. Smith have long been members. The service was read by the Ven. Walter G. Blossom of Madison. The funeral was in charge of the Masonic lodge, while the Knights Templar acted as an escort. The ritual at the grave was read by Worshipful Master, R. M. Richmond.
The honorary pall-bearers were A. C. Gray, Z. C. Moore, J. W. Morgan, C. W. Moore, John Tullar and A. B. Graves, of the G.A.R.
The active pall-bearers were Clarence Baker, E. Denison, F. W. Gillman, N. A. Freuchen, E. J. Ballard, and R. E. Smith of the Masonic Lodge.
Besides the widow Dr. Smith leaves to mourn his going away, two sisters, Mrs. C. M. Pullen of Canon City, Colo, and Mrs. Charles Rumsey of Cattaraugus, New York, and one daughter, Mrs. Flora Gordon of Lodi, and one son, Dr. C. M. Smith, Jr., of Evansville.
The Knights Templar from out of town were Eminent Commander M. R. Osborn, R. J. Hart, Wm. McVicar, Chas. E. Curtis, A. T. Fish, L. S. Bookhart, S. M. Warner, J. R. Blaisdel, H. Gaulke, J. T. Lloyd, S. I. Hutchinson, John Peters and I. U. Fisher, of Janesville, Hans Hansen of Brooklyn, and Wm. Campbell of Madison.
Evansville Review, April 4, 1912, p. 1, col. 3 & 4, Evansville, Wisconsin [courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery]
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