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BERNARD BRYAN SMYTH. 



BERNARD BRYAN SMYTH was born in County Cavan, Ire- 

 land, March 8, 1843, and died in Topeka, Kan., August 12, 

 1913. His father, John Smyth, was an English schoolmaster, and 

 while very young the boy became familiar with the life of the 

 school room and acquired the studious habits that endured through- 

 out his entire life. The sudden death of the father broke up the 

 family, and the mother went to America, leaving three children, of 

 whom Bernard was the oldest, in charge of her sister in Dublin. 

 The lad had the advantages of the schools in Dublin until he was 



BERNARD BRYAN SMYTH. 



ten years of age, when he came to America in care of an uncle. 

 The youngest brother, John, was with him, and they went to their 

 mother in Norwalk, Ohio, From that time his school days were 

 rather broken in upon, but he made the most of every chance to 

 acquire knowledge. When he enlisted in the army he carried his 

 little packet of books, adding to the number from time to time, 

 and when the ordinary soldier was loafing or playing cards he was 



