Lindol Smith
American politician in Idaho
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Lindol Smith (born June 6, 1832) was an American mayor and state legislator in Idaho. He served two terms as mayor of Moscow, Idaho.[1][2]
Smith was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio in Tuscarawas County. He became a carpenter and served in the American Civil War. His wife and several other family members were killed by scarlet fever. The financial panic of 1873 cost him financially. He built a planing mill in Moscow around 1882.[1] He was a Department Commander for the Grand Army of the Republic in 1897.[3] He served as a councilman, mayor, and was elected to the state legislature in 1898.[1] He represented Latah County in the Idaho House of Representatives.[4]
Captain Edward Smith was one of his sons.[5]
