BERNARD G. SMITH was born in Harrison County, W. Va., February 19, 1838. and is the fifth of a family of nine children born to Abel T. and Deborah S. (Wilson) Smith. Abel T. Smith was a farmer, and for several years was Sheriff of Harrison County. He came to this township in the fall of 1846 and entered 280 acres of land, to which he added until he owned 816 acres. He was at one time one of the three Township Trustees under the old constitution, and for thirty-four years was a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died January 16, 1875, in his seventy-second year. His wife was one of thirty children born to Col. Benjamin Wilson, of Virginia, a distinguished soldier of the war of the Revolution and also of the war of 1812. Bernard G. Smith left his father's farm in August, 1862, and enlisted in Company K, Fifth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and at the organization of the regiment was made Quartermaster Sergeant; he advanced to First Lieutenant, and in March, 1865, was appointed Quartermaster. He was mustered out at Murfreesboro, Tenn., October 3, 1865. He took part in all the battles of East Tennessee, the Atlanta campaign, the chase after Gen. Morgan, etc., and was wounded at New Hope Church. On his return, he resumed farming and has now a fine place of 300 acres. He was married, October 14, 1869, to Emma B. Lane, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and of the four children born to this union three are living- Robert C., Nellie G. and Maud L. Mr. Smith is a Mason and a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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