“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM E. SMITH,  architect, bridge-builder and carpenter; born 
near Cleveland, Ohio, June 22, 1821; learned his trade in Cleveland, and 
constructed several of the most prominent buildings in that place; began 
his present business at Fort Atkinson in 1863, and has worked at the 
same in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, for the past thirty years.  
Married Miss P. Harger Nov. 18, 1849; she was born Nov. 16, 1829; 
have had three children, all now dead.  Moved to Newburg, Washington 
Co., in 1856; was there Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and 
Justice of the Peace.  Belongs to the Masonic Fraternity.  His father, 
William J., is still living, and was born in 1798; was the first white man 
born in Cuyahoga Co.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)