The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-02
SEWELL W. SMITH FUNERAL TO.
DAY
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the faithful sweetheart of his earlier
days went to hw bedside to aid in the
effort to bring him back to health.
After Mr.. Smiths discharge, the couple
were welded. Mrs. Smith having been
Ellen II. Wyman, the youngest daugh-
ter of Deacon Joseph and Polly
(Snow) Wyman, prominent Bloomfield
people. The marriage occurred in
1852 during the month of November.
Deciding that out of door treatment
would be beneficial to his greatly in
paired health. Mr. Smith accepted
canvassing position which took him
into the open air. He trayersed much
of the sections in which he was To-
Gated, on foot and gained a wide ac-
workmanship with people of all
classes. After giving up this work
he and his wife were located in Nor
wood, Mass, where the husband found
employment in a carpet factory and
in carpentering. They. lived there
for several years then returned to
Skowhegan, where the deceased be-
came a. farmer, purchasing land and
home on the River road. While
there he remodeled one house, and
later built a home for himself and
family. From that time until about
1885, Mr.. Smith continued to make
his home on the farm and then re-
moved to Skowhegan village into the
mouse which he occupied at his de
cease on Main street. This house had
been erected by Mr. Smith, by hay
ing planned every room, and with II
exception of the framing, had built
the structure with his own hands
An unusual feature in connection with
the erecting of the same. which Mr.
Smith has been wont to laughingly re-
call, is the fact that the first move
made Ntoward the building, was the
purchase of the backdoor.
After removing to town, Mr.. Smith
assumed the care of several local
business blocks as engineer. and later
was associated with A. r. Bixby. who
Is no longer living, as superintendent
OF his coal business Afterwards.
Mr.. Smith became a coal dealer him
self, vocation in which he was en-
gagged until about 1914.
Mr.. Smith was intensely fond of an
tiques and gradually his home became
a literal museum of both the quaint
and curious. One of his most singh
ly priced possessions was silver
crest. bearing resemblance to double
hearts and crown. which had been
handed down to the eldest son of each
generation of the Smith family for
probably 500 years It's existence
has been traced back to the time when
the great grandfather of the William
Smith, the Ticonderoga hero was its
owner. He began his library in his
boyhood days, with the purchase. by
dint of hard saving, of "Uncle Toms
Cabin" With that small beginning,
the deceased increased his library
until at the time of his death, he had
about fifteen hundred volumes, in
Guiding books which would be priced
highly by connoisseurs of the present
time. Mr.. Smith was great read
er, as his love for books would indl-
cate but In recent years, owing to
his failing eyesight. this pastime has
been largely denied him.
Mr.. Smith had been a widower since
April 1912, his wife's death having
been preceded by less than a year by
the death of his daughter, Miss Lillian
Clayton Smith. talented writer
whose verses and songs have been
published to considerable degree.
The other daughter, Miss Margaret,