Smith - Putnam - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Putnam Smith came in Saturday from Indianapolis for a week’s visit among old neighbors, friends and associates of whom he has many at and in the vicinity of Windfall. The name of Put Smith is familiar of the older class of citizens in this locality and there are good reasons for it, as he was one of the early boys of Wildcat Twp and was born and reared within three miles of Windfall and belonged to one of the best known and highly respected families that were among the pioneer settlers of Wildcat Township.  Nathan Smith and his wife Hannah moved to this county and settled on the old Montgomery McKay farm in the year 1847 that being the year the Indians left the Indian Reserve of which this part of the woods constituted a part. They had a family of eight children, all of whom grew to man and womanhood on the Wildcat township homestead. There were Mrs. Tilson Harlin who died at Omaha, Nebraska a few years ago; Mrs. Mollie Graham, wife of Newton Graham of Alamagranda, New Mexico; Mrs. Luelle Harkins widow of the late Rev. Harkins of Anderson; Lafayette Smith died at Los Angeles, Cal 10 years ago; Frank Smith, Supt of Public Schools at Alhambra, Cal and Guy Smith at River Side, Cal where he is engaged in the sale of musical instrument. Putnam Smith resides at Indianapolis since returning from California last August and is connected with a tailoring establishment in that Hoosier City and Mrs. Jennie Whaley is at Doliver, Mo; Nathan Smith died on the farm he made out of the woods, his death occurring on the 6th day of August 1868.  Mrs. Smith, the wife and mother died at Crawfordsville Oct 18, 1909.