Smilie

L. R. Smilie, originally from Pennsylvania, relocated to Livingston County, Illinois, in his youth and later moved to Crawford County, Kansas, in 1866. He pursued a successful farming career until 1884, after which he transitioned to Boone County, Arkansas, where he initially entered the saw milling industry before shifting to flour milling. Mr. Smilie is the father of two sons, Robert Percy and Charles Oscar Smilie.