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Howard W. Smith, livery man, Crawfordsville, was born in Montgomery county, March 30, 1849. He had a common school education and attended college one year. He always lived on a farm near Crawfordsville until 1875, when he came to the city and engaged in his present business. He has a large stable and a good stock of horses and buggies. He was married November 1877, to Miss Laura M. Hall, daughter of Thomas and Nancy J. Hall.