SMITH, JAMES L., farmer, P. O. Tabor; born in Herkimer county, New York, 
October 16, 1817. Educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, from which he 
graduated in 1838. Resided in Herkimer and Oneida counties until 1852, when 
he came to Fremont county, Iowa. He was a member of the underground 
railway, and a firm friend of John Brown. Was married in 1842, to Miss 
Cordelia Goodrich, of Oneida county, New York. His children are Harriet and 
William. Was married again June 27, 1866, to Miss Julia Case, of 
Washington, D. C. His farm comprises 200 acres.

---History of Fremont County, Iowa
Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881

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