Darius S. Smith

Darius S. Smith was a member of the South Dakota Senate.

Biography

Smith was born on August 19, 1833. On May 20, 1862, he married Adelia M. Williams. Their daughter, Sylvia, would marry Joseph H. Bottum, later also a member of the South Dakota Senate.[1] Sylvia and Joseph's son, Joseph H. Bottum, would become Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the United States Senate. Writer Joseph Bottum and musician Roddy Bottum are his great-great-grandsons.

Smith died on September 14, 1913.

Career

Smith was a member of the Senate from 1895 to 1896. Additionally, he was a county commissioner of Faulk County, South Dakota and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican.

See also

Reference

  1. ↑ George W. Kingsbury (1915). George Martin Smith, ed. HISTORY OF DAKOTA TERRITORY. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 1080–1083.

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