Alameda County Biographies

HENRY SMYTH

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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Was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in the year 1827, and resided there for the 
first thirteen years of his life.  Subsequently proceeding to Johnston, 
Renfrewshire, Scotland, he there learned the trade of blacksmith, which he 
followed until the year 1850, when he emigrated to the United States, settled in 
Philadelphia, and labored at his calling.  In the year 1853 he came to 
California, and direct to Alameda County, where he established himself in his 
present business.  Married in 1867, Miss Mary E. Marlin, a daughter of John 
Marlin, and has six children, viz.:  Eliza J., Harry T., Florence, James, Mabel, 
and Elsa.
 
History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 979