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This portrait represents Kansas settler and Civil War soldier Reuben Smith (1832-1904). During his tenure in Kansas, Smith established his farm to include 220 acres of land which he worked while also being elected as justice of the peace, chairman of the Township Board, and member of the Board of County Commissioners. Smith also held other public official roles such as: Kansas Legislature for the Osawatomie district and a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Insane Asylum for a short period and resigning to work as elected steward. After his political career in Kansas and traveling the United Kingdom, Smith returned to Kansas and passed away in 1904 from kidney and bladder complications.
Creator: Ames, N.E.
Date: 1870
Item Number: 444171
Call Number: FK2.2 H.1870 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444171
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s - 1870
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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