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HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



was born. In 1872 lie removed to North Alabama and 

 settled on tfre Coosa River in Cherokee county. By an 

 overflow in 1874 he lost all he had accumulated after the 

 war. He then moved to Marion county, Florida, where 

 he has since resided, engaged in the fruit and vegetable 

 business. In 1887 he was elected to the Legislature and 

 re-elected in 1889. 



C. T. SMITHSON. 



C. T. Smithson, Secretary of the Mississippi State 

 Alliance, was born in Charlotte county. Virginia, Septem- 

 ber 12, 1852. He 

 moved to Mississippi 

 in 1870; was married 

 February 23, 1873, to 

 Miss Julia Landrum, 

 who died in 1888, leav- 

 ing four children. He 



was married the second 

 time January 22, 1890, 

 to Miss Lula Turner, 

 of Sallis, Mississippi. 

 His profession, up to 

 1880, was book-keep- 



ing, 



since which time 



he has been farming in 

 C. T. Smithson. Leake county. He was 



elected Secretary of Canaan Alliance at its organization in 

 June, 1887. In July, 1887, at the organization of the 

 Leake County Alliance, he was made its Secretary, which 

 office he still holds. At the organization of the State 

 Alliance, August 24, 1887, he was elected Secretary, and 

 has since been re-elected at each annual meeting to fill that 

 important position. 



