Allen County OhArchives Obituaries.....Smith, J. Dereuelle  December 4, 1863
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 Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) January 06, 1864
Died at the residence of his father, Rev. James Smith, in Maysville, Ohio, Dec. 4th,
1863, Capt. J. Dereuelle Smith, representative elect to the Legislature of Ohio from
Union County, in the 28th year of his age. Capt. Smith was a young man of more than
ordinary promise and he only son of a devoted Presbyterian minister... At the
beginning of the war he was in feeble health, yet he resigned a civil office to
enter the army, where at once he was elected Lieutenant, and afterwards was promoted
to the captaincy of the first Company that went from Union County to the army. He
fought bravely at Carnifex and Shiloh, but his health still failing, he resigned
about a year ago

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