WILLIAM H. SMITH, M.D., was born in Salem, Washington Co., Ind.,
September
5, 1830, the fourth of five children born to Richard and Hannah (Etzler)
Smith, natives of Virginia. Subject attended the seminary at Corydon,
and
then entered the college at Bloomington, and after remaining one
session,
commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Elijah Newland, of Salem. In
October, 1851, he began a course at Louisville Medical College,
completing
his studies at Bellevue College, N.Y. He located at Leesville,
continuing
that till 1862, when he took charge of Government Hospital No. 9 at New
Albany; remained there till the next year, when he returned to
Leesville,
and settled down til l883, when he went to Bellevue, N.Y., and took a
course, then attended the Polyclinics, also taking a special course in
physical diagnosis. In 1876 Dr. Smith went into merchandising at
Leesville;
has also been engaged in farming and stock-raising, owning 900 acres of
land. He was married June 23, 1857, to Miss Sallie Holland, daughter of
John and Euretta Holland, of Leesville, and two children have been born
to
them: Ada, born April 18, 1858, and Carrie, born March 20, 1860. The
Doctor is a member of the District and County Medical Societies and is
an A.
F. & A. M. and a Democrat.


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