The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-20
OBITUARY..

Prof. David Smith died ssf heart dis.
ease ~ his residence IN Carlyle, Allen
county, Kansas, op(the lkth day Of
April, at half pa9s10 O'CLOCK p. m. The
funeral services we're <6eld at the Car.
lyle church Reva philips and Crozier,
officiating The bay was then taken 70
the CaSlyle buying ground, followed by
numef0us frie6ds, where the last sad
riteSfor the dead were performed.
The relatives Of the deceased are very
grateful 10 friends for kindness shown
during His sickness.
\ Dav1 Smith was born in the year
1922, in Westmorland county, Pennsyl-
vania! When he was one year old his
parents moved to Stark county, Ohio,
and settled on farm which is now the
site of Massilion. He lived on q farm
until he was nineteen years old, then
prepared for college and in 1843 entered
the Sophomore class of the Western Re-
serve College, Hudson Ohio, where he
stayed one year. Acting on the advice
of friends he went to Jefferson College in
Pennsylvania, where he graduated in one
year. In the year 1851 the faculty of
Hudson also graduated him. He also
graduated from the Western Theological
Seminary.
He preferred the profession of teaching
to that of the ministry and followed his
chosen profession with q zeal and ear
nestness which showed his whole heart
was in the work. Quite number of
men now in active life are indebted to
him for education and encouragement.
Several young men in our vicinity who
have not yet entered the active sphere of
life will remember him all the days OF
their lives for his earnestness and kind
ness in leading, directing and encouraging
them to mount higher the Hill of Sci
ence.
He went to Tennessee for the benefit
of his health and opened select school
at B0nair Springs in the Cumberland
mountains. He was afterwards elected
Professor of Mathematics in Barrett
College, and when the war began he was
acting President of the College. Being
an outspOken Union man he soon found
himself surrounded by men who were
ready to take his life. A mob sliced him
at one time and putting rope round his
neck and q revolver at his ear demanded
that he should take the oath OF ale
glance to the Southern Confederacy.
He replied, "If had thousand lives
you might take them all before would
take that OATH" Such was the charac-
ter of the man, never swerving for one
from the course he believed to
be right. He was rescued by company
of young men in the confederate service
who had been his students. "We will
die for our old teacher" was the cry as
the noble boys rushed to the rescue.
Long live the memory of the hero boys
and of their gallant young leader Cap
tain Ben. Reynolds of the c. S. A. He
remained unmolested for another wear,
but learning that men were threatening
to hang him he slipped quietly away
with his son Walter boy ten years old.
While making his escape he fell into the
hands, at different times, of the famous
John Morgan and the notorious Champ
Furgerson. The strong arm of Provi-
1ence upon which he implicitly relied,
shielded him and guarded him through
Ill danger.
He taught school in Kentucky short
lime, was driven from there, went to
illinois and taught school in Olney and
IN Shawneetown. From there moved to |
Geneva, Kans. in the year 1866. Taught
school one year in that place and then
,ame to Carlyle.
His labors among us are we'll known. |
No words of mine can pay fitting trib-
tie to his labors or his memory. Time
lone can show us our great loss. -