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 Edgar E. Smith, lumberman and railroad man of Barron city, is a man of varied interests and has had his share in the development of the county. He was born in Cardington, Ohio, on a farm, June 20, 1860, the son of William H. and Sarah A. (Helm) Smith. With his parents he moved to Marshall county, Indiana, in 1870, and there continued his schooling. At the age of seventeen he started out for himself, and secured employment in the telegraph service with the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago R. R. at Plymouth, Indiana. Five years later, in 1882, he came to Barron county, and after spending the summer in hunting and adventuring, secured employment at Mooney's Mill, near what is now Hillsdale, Maple Grove township. In the fall of 1884 he became station agent at Barron for the "Soo" line, then in operation forty-five miles between Turtle Lake, Barron county, and Bruce, Rusk county, then Chippewa county. After a few months, Mr. Smith again became a mill man. In 1898, he set up a portable mill in Loraine township, Polk county, this state, and in 1900 moved it to Barron, where he established a general woodworking business. This he sold out in 1905. In the meantime, in 1903, he started a cement business in Barron, making cement blocks, laying sidewalks, floors, and foundations, and doing a general contracting business. In this line he still continues. But his first employment still appeals to him, and in 1909 he again became telegraph operator at Barron, and still retains the position, greatly to the satisfaction of his employers and of the general public. He is a popular member of the I. 0. 0. F. and the M. W. A., and is well liked throughout the community. Mr. Smith was married Nov. 16, 1884, to Margaret L. Logan, daughter of William H. and Margaret J. (Hyland) Logan. This union has been blessed with five children: J. Raymond, M. Jeanette, Grace E., Ira E. and Lulu May. J. Raymond was born June 13, 1886, graduated from the Barron High school, spent four years in the University of Minnesota, and in the spring of 1909, entered the employ of the Northwestern National bank at Minneapolis. He was married at St. Paul, Aug. 9, 1912, to Helen M. Casey, and they have one son, John P., born Sept. 28, 1913. M. Jeanette was born May 28, 1888, and lives at home. Grace E. was born April 28, 1890, and is the wi fe of David E. Leeper, train dispatcher for the Great Northern at New Rockford, North Dakota. Ira E. was born Jan. 19, 1899, graduated from the Barron High school, and since 1918 has been with the U. S. Steel Co., at Duluth. Lulu was born April 20, 1901, and is now deceased. The family faith is that of the Episcopal church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 98.