Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm William H. Smith, pioneer mill man in Barron county, was born in Williams county, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1829, descended from Holland and Pennsylvania Quaker stock. He was married Oct. 13, 1853 to Sarah A. Helm, who was born May 4, 1836. In 1870 the family moved to Marshall county, Indiana, and in 1881 came to Barron county, and located at Mooney's Mill, now Hillsdale, Maple Grove township. In 1908, Mr. and Mrs. Smith moved to Finney county, Kansas, and from there to Houston, Texas, where both died in January, 1918. In the family there were six children: Emma Jeanette, now of Houston, Texas; J. C. F., a dentist of Barron; Edgar E., railroad agent and business man of Barron; Eugene E., a contractor at Houston, Texas; Frances L., widow of Bert Henry; and William H., Jr., also a contractor at Houston. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 98.