He resided in Superior, Douglas, WI 1855. John resided for sever al year s in the southern part of WI, move to Superior in 1878 a nd settled ther e permanently with his family in _____. He hel d several offices of publ ic trust - county and town supervisor , register of deeds, school direct or and other positions. Th e relationship of John T. Smith to the mainstream Smith family i n thi s history is tentative. His obituary found among the Smit h family memor abilia caused me to link him based on proximity a nd time of birth to th at of Joseph Brown Smith. John's membersh ip in the family is strengthen ed by the fact that his brother-i n-law, Abijah Reeder, husband to his s ister, Lucinda, purchase d land in an adjoining county, Elkhart, the yea r before he an d Harriet married.

• Married: 6 NOV 1838