Source, History of Rutland County, by Smith & Rann, 1886. Page 950. SMITH, SAMUEL, Shrewsbury, was born in Pittsford, Vt., on September 22, 1825; he is a farmer and a breeder of the Ben Franklin stock horses, celebrated in Vermont for their speed. He was educated in the common schools, and the Black River Academy at Ludlow, Vt.; he settled in Shrewsbury, Vt. in 1850 on the farm of 360 acres which he now owns and occupies ; he has served in the Legislature one term. Politically he is a Democrat. His parents were Samuel and Sarah (Bresee) Smith. He was married on January 15, 1851, to Caroline C. Holden, a daughter of Harry and Elizabeth (Green) Holden, of Shrewsbury. Samuel has six children :; Sarah E. (now Mrs. Charles E. Nichols), Mary J. ( Mrs. F. H. Holden), Harriette E., Caroline A. (now Mrs. D. H. Holden), Ada L. and Franklin H. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.