Background
Smith, Abraham E. was born on April 6, 1848 in Royston, Cambridgeshire, England. Son of Abraham and Mary (Millard) Smith.
Smith, Abraham E. was born on April 6, 1848 in Royston, Cambridgeshire, England. Son of Abraham and Mary (Millard) Smith.
Educated preparatory school. Came to America, 1850.
Editor of the Woodstock (Illinois) Sentinel, 1859-1865, Indianapolis (Indiana) Gazette, 1866, Rockford (Illinois) Gazette, 1869-1893, Fort Madison (Iowa) Plaindealer, 1895. Postmaster, Woodstock, 1861-1865. Member Republican State Committee, Illinois, 1870-1872.
Delegate Republican State conversations, Illinois, each alternate year, 1870-1890, and 1896.
Postmaster, Rockford, 1875-1879. American consul at Victoria, British Columbia, July since 1897.
Trustee University of Illinois, 1872-1873. Honorary Illinois commissioner World’s Fair, Paris, 1889.
Delegate World’s South.S. Convention, London, 1889.
Methodist.
Member Republican
Married Frances J. Rice, February 26, 1869.