“ Their family consists of three sons. Mrs. Smith does much charitable work. Her first years in Minnesota were troublesome ones, as the Dakota Indians were then murdering the pioneers. Mrs. Smith and her children were sent to Vermont for some months, until the Indian troubles were ended. She is a voluminous writer, but most of her best work h;is never been published. She is a lover of children and a most devoted home-maker and housekeeper. ”

“ She has many musical compositions in manuscript, and some of her temperance songs are published in the temperance department of "Woman in Sacred Song." Some of her verses have been set to music by Prof. ”