Palmer C. Smith
Palmer C. Smith, ex-Prosecuting Attorney of Madison County, and a well-known young lawyer of London, was born in this county April 22, 1857. He is a son of Hon. Henry W. Smith, whose sketch appears in this volume. His mother was Miss Jennette Smith, a descendant of the celebrated Otis family, of Revolutionary fame, in Massachusetts. Our subject received a good education, and early commenced the study of law with his father. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School May 8, 1877, and was admitted to practice by the District Court of Cincinnati on the following day. He returned to London, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in connection with his father. In April, 1880, he was appointed Mayor of London, to fill out the unexpired term of Noah Thomas, now Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Madison County, in the fall of 1880, on the Republican ticket, for a term of two years. He resigned his former position of Mayor, in December of that year, to accept the latter one. Mr. Smith was married, in April, 1882, to Bertha, daughter of Hon. George W. Wilson, a prominent attorney of London. Mr. Smith is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter of London.
From History of Madison County - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]