John Randolph SMITH
4th Mar 1817 - 22nd May 1860
Merchant/Paper Manuf/
Life History
4th Mar 1817 |
Born in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA |
12th Sep 1840 |
Married Parthenia Caroline YALE |
15th Dec 1841 |
Birth of son Wellington SMITH |
1st Apr 1844 |
Birth of daughter Lucy Canfield SMITH |
22nd May 1860 |
Died in Lee, MA |
Notes
- in 1852 he engaged in the manufactur of paper with his brother ElizurSmith and Cyrus W. Field in Russel, MA under the name of John R. Smithand Co. The mills were located where Chapin and Gould's later locatedtheir mills.