Smith, John Corson
soldier, public official, was born Feb. 13, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served with distinction during the civil war from private soldier to brigadier-general. He was United States assessor at Galena, Ill.; has been chief grain inspector of Chicago; state treasurer of Illinois, and filled with distinction the high office of lieutenant-governor of the state of Illinois. He is prominent in fraternal orders. He left Chicago Nov. 26, 1894, and sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu. He has made three trips around the world; and the last and most memorable one was in 1894-95; and at every point in the world he touched he met brothers of the Masonic order. He is the past grand master and past grand commander, Illinois, and honorary grand master of Egypt.