"Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling,
publisher, 1884.  pg. 492.
 
WILLIAM SMITH
     Was born in Berkshire, England, March 11, 1826.  Coming to the United
States with his parents, the family settled for a year in Rochester, New York,
thence proceeding to Cleveland, Ohio, and three years afterwards to La Porte,
Indiana, where the subject of this sketch grew to manhood.  He started to cross
the plains to Oregon April 9, 1847, and on the twenty-third of October of that
year arrived in Portland.  He next located in Yamhill county and after paying a
visit to California in June, 1849, took up the claim on which he has since
resided, situated a mile and a half east from Eugene City.  He married Nancy A.
Luckey and has four children.

 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.