NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11426 BOURBON CO – WILLIAM H. SMITH – Smith, Harpwood 11426 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Bourbon Co. William H. Smith, Prairieville, hotel-keeper and farmer. This gentleman was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, November 24, 1823, and came to Pike county, Missouri, with his parents in 1832. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. After he reached his majority he began teaching school, which he followed for six years. He was married, September 9, 1847, to Miss Sarah A. Harpwood, a native of Garrard county, Kentucky, after which he turned his attention to farming and teaching school in winter, which avocation he followed for twenty-three years. He then sold his farm and engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed for several years in Louisiana. In 1870 he came to Prairieville, where he purchased property and has since been keeping hotel and farming. In 1882 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace. He and his wife have been members of the Baptist Church for many years. They are the parents of six children, four of whom still survive: Martha A., A. J., William H., and Matilda. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx