Goldsmith, Samuel

Born: 1791 Maryland

Flourished: Logan County, Illinois

A farmer, Goldsmith lived in Logan County, by 1840. By 1850, he had accumulated $2000 in real property. In 1851, he was elected county treasurer, in which position he served until 1853.

U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Logan County, IL, 239; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Logan County, IL, 184; Lawrence B. Stringer, History of Logan County Illinois (Chicago: Pioneer, 1911), 1:267.