Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 212.

GUY O. SMITH

     One of the highly esteemed members of the Salem bar, as well as one of his
community's public-spirited citizens, is Guy 0. Smith, who has spent his entire
life in this locality. He was bom in Salem on the 24th day of July, 1882, and is
a son of Paul A. and Susie A. (Higgins) Smith. His mother is a native of Polk
county, this state, and a daughter of Seldon Higgins, who came to Oregon in 1851
and took up a donation claim in Polk county, where he engaged in farming during
the remaining years of his life. The mother is now living with a daughter in
Marion county.

     Guy 0. Smith secured his elementary education in the public schools of Polk
county and entered the law school of Willamette University, where he was
graduated in 1910. He also took five years in addition to his law course in the
college of liberal arts in Willamette University. He at once entered upon the
practice of his profession in Salem and during the subsequent years has
commanded his full share of the legal business of the community. He has had a
splendid record at the bar, proving himself a reliable and trustworthy
counselor, and in the trial of causes a warrior worthy of any foeman's steel.

     On June 10, 1914, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Theresa Cassidy,
of Minnesota, and they are the parents of three children, Lawrence, aged twelve
years, Robert, aged ten and James, aged two years, Mr. Smith is a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of the Maccabees and the
Artisans, and also belongs to the Marion County Bar Association and the Oregon
State Bar Association. He is a republican in his political views and takes an
active interest in public affairs, though he has never been an aspirant for
office. He has been financially successful and is the owner of several good
farms in Polk and Marion counties. A man of great force of character and upright
in all the relations of life, he commands the unqualified confidence of all who
have been associated with him and is looked upon as one of the representative
men of his community.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2016 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.