Darius S. Smith

Darius S. Smith (August 19, 1833 – September 14, 1913) was a South Dakota politician.

On May 20, 1862, he married Adelia M. Williams. Their daughter, Sylvia, would marry Joseph H. Bottum, later also a member of the South Dakota Senate.[1] Sylvia and Joseph's son, Joseph H. Bottum, would become Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the United States Senate. Writer Joseph Bottum and musician Roddy Bottum are his great-great-grandsons.

Smith died on September 14, 1913.

Career

Smith was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1895 to 1896. Additionally, he was a county commissioner of Faulk County, South Dakota and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican.

See also

References
  1. George W. Kingsbury (1915). George Martin Smith (ed.). HISTORY OF DAKOTA TERRITORY. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 1080–1083.
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