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WILLIAM SMITH, a dealer in bronze monuments, superintendent of the city cemetery and coroner, resides at Vevay. He was born in Haddam, Conn., April 15, 1815. His parents, William and Hannah (Hubbard) Smith, were natives of Connecticut: his father, born in 1794, died in 1879. His mother, born in 1793, died in 1865. They resided upon a farm and died in Connecticut, and were by religious faith Presbyterians. Mr. Smith in his early life learned blacksmithing, and followed ship work up to 1837, at which time he was obliged to abandon his trade on account of failing health. In 1842 he moved to Ohio and engaged in general merchandise with a brother at Higginsport, where he remained for ten years. In 1852 he moved to Cincinnati and engaged in the marble business, following the same up to 1867. He then went down the river with marble, and returned to Vevay, Ind., where he located permanently and followed the marble business for seven years, after which he traveled in marble interest up to 1873; since then he has had charge of the cemetery. He was married, May 22, 1836, to Miss Wealthy Ann Williams, who was born August 22, 1815, and died January 1, 1843. Mr. Smith re-married May 4, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a Miss Mariah L. McDonough, who was born October 12, 1815, and by whom he had two children, Wealtha L., born February 15, 1846, died April 18, 1878; Jefferson, born August 21, 1849. Mrs. Smith died July 27, 1855. Mr. Smith married December 2, 1858, Caroline Protsman, and two children were born to them: William H., January 7, 1861; Samuel P., October 30, 1862. Mr. Smith was elected coroner in 1878, and has been re-elected every two years since. He is an ancient I. O. O. F., and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.