Lindol Smith

Idaho politician
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IntroIdaho politician
PlacesUnited States of America
isPolitician
Gender
Male
Birth1832
The details

Biography

Lindol Smith (born June 6, 1832) was a mayor and state legislator in Idaho. He served two terms as mayor of Moscow, Idaho.

Smith was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio in Tuscarawas County. He became a carpenter and served in the American Civil War. His wife and several other family members were killed by scarlet fever. The financial panic of 1873 cost him financially. He built a planing mill in Moscow around 1882. He was a Department Commander for the Grand Army of the Republic in 1897. He served as a councilman, mayor, and was elected to the state legislature in 1898. He represented Latah County in the Idaho House of Representatives.

Captain Edward Smith was one of his sons.

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