Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 662.
 
B. F. SMITH

     Born in Cedar County, Missouri, in 1840; his first home in Oregon was in
the Luckiamute Valley; his present residence is Louisville, Polk County, and
occupation that of a farmer and merchant.  He married Rachel M. Burns in Polk
County in 1864, and their children's names are -- William W., and Mary E.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2008 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.