SMITH, Joseph C.
Date of death: 22 October 1888
Source: The Franklin Republican, Friday, October 26, 1888
Death of One of Franklin’s Most Re-
spected Citizens.
A telegram was received by relatives in this city on Monday morning conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Joseph C. Smith, which occurred at Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the above named day at 7:30 a. m.
About ten months since Mr. Smith went from his home in this city to California, thence to Colorado Springs where he went for the benefit of his health, he being afflicted with lung trouble, but the immediate cause of his death was typhoid fever.
He was one of our most highly esteemed citizens; a Christian gentle man with a spotless character; a business man in whom all placed the utmost confidence, and none—no not one—ever had that confidence betrayed; his word was a bond of honor that he always kept sacred; a member and a worker in the Presbyterian church who practiced what he advocated; his life was directed by the purest motives.
In the death of Mr. Smith, Franklin sustains the loss of one of her best citizens, society and religious circles a bright and shining light, and over the death of such a one all have unbounded regrets.
He was born May 9th, 1854, in Vincennes, Indiana; was married in October, 1883, to Miss Kittie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ellis, of this city; he leaves a wife, one child, mother and three brothers to mourn an irreparable loss.
The remains were brought to this city, and funeral services, conducted by Rev. William Torrance, of Greensburg, will be held at the Presbyterian church this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Link to Joseph C. Smith’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry