Edward Owen Smith (15 April 1817 – 8 March 1892) was an American pioneer, businessman and politician. He served as the Mayor of
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur ( ) is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois, with a population of 70,522 as of the 2020 Census. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Ce ...
, an
Illinois State Senator
The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Under the I ...
, and as a member of both the
1848 Illinois Constitutional Convention and the
1878 California Constitutional Convention.
[Lake County Publishing Co. (1893)]
''Portrait and biographical record of Macon County, Illinois''
pp. 195–198[Taylor, Troy (2011)]
''Wicked Decatur''
p. 16. The History Press.
References
Mayors of Decatur, Illinois
Illinois state senators
19th-century American politicians
Illinois Whigs
California pioneers
People from Montgomery County, Maryland
1817 births
1892 deaths
Burials in California
Burials at Oak Hill Memorial Park
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