Family:Henry Smith and Francina Smith (1)

Source: Donald H. Grob Kansas Historical Society Microfilm Roll O 103 Onaga Herald July 2 1, 1893 Our Farmers.

    The next farm we visited was that of Mr. Henry J. Smith, about four miles southeast of Onaga.
    This farm consists of eighty acres, all upland, about one-half of which is in cultivation, the remainder being in pasture. Mr. Smith has a very c ozy and commodious residence, surrounded by excellent shade. He was a f ine orchard, a splendid well of water under cover, and very fair outbui ldings.
    He has been occupying this farm thirteen years. His family consists of h imself and wife and five children, three boys and two girls, all grown a nd able almost to care for themselves. The three boys, or young men, ar e working this year on their “own hook.” Ray is clerking in a store in t own, and Dale and Bert are farming leased land enough for their energie s. They are all industrious, exemplary young men, and such the Herald d elights to see succeed. The two young ladies are striving for an education. One will probably teach the coming winter and the other will atten d school again in Onaga where both have attended the past two years.
    Mr. Smith is an old soldier, having served in Co. D, 96th Ohio Infantry . His wife is an excellent lady of no mean literary attainments. With t hem home is the most attractive place on earth, and as the young people g row up and necessarily absent themselves at intervals from the parental r oof, they keenly feel the vacancies.