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.
 
ELIZABETH M. (WRIGHT) SMITH

     Born in Clarke County, Kentucky, in 1812.  She married James Smith in
Missouri in 1831.  Their children were -- John H., Henry S., Minerva J., Maria,
Eliza A., Margaret E., James D., Benjamin F., George W., L. D.,  and Cornelia C.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Oregon and settled in the Luckiamute Valley, where
the lady still lives.  Her husband died March 22, 1872.


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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.