Otis C. Smith
Otis C. Smith, a deceased member of the bar of Madison County, Ohio, was born in London, in said county, on the 29th of September, 1845. After graduating from the London schools, he prepared himself for college under the tuition of Rev. C. W. Finley; entered the Miami University, and graduated therefrom in 1866. He studied law with his father, Hon. H. W. Smith, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced the practice of his profession in Madison County, Ohio, with his father. He was married to Miss Sallie Coons on the 20th of October, 1871. On the 24th of June, 1873, after a lingering illness, he departed this life. He was in good standing as a member of the bar, a kind son and husband, and a good citizen. On the 25th of June, 1873, a meeting of the bar of the county was held to take action concerning his death. This was the first time in the history of the county that the bar had lost one of its members by the hand of death. Appropriate resolutions were passed, showing the standing and merit of Mr. Smith, as a member of the bar to have been of the first order, as considered by his brethren. The proceedings and resolutions of the bar at that meeting will be found recorded on the journal of the Court of Common Pleas for the year 1873. Mr. Smith was also a member of the Lodge of I. O. R. M., which lodge passed appropriate resolutions concerning his death.
From History of Madison County - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]