Darius S. Smith (August 19, 1833 – September 14, 1913) was a

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politician. On May 20, 1862, he married Adelia M. Williams. Their daughter, Sylvia, would marry

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, later also a member of the South Dakota Senate. Sylvia and Joseph's son,

, would become Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the

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are his great-great-grandsons. Smith died on September 14, 1913.

Career

Smith was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1895 to 1896. Additionally, he was a county commissioner of Faulk County, South Dakota and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Darius People from Faulk County, South Dakota Republican Party South Dakota state senators American justices of the peace 1833 births 1913 deaths Burials in South Dakota 19th-century American judges

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