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Below is a family biography included in the book,  Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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FOSTER I. SMITH, D. D. S., a successful and popular dentist of Lehighton, stands at the head of his profession in Carbon County, and although a young man, is doing a good business, entirely as the result of his skill and ability. A native of Northampton County, he was born on the 2d of May, 1861, and is a son of Irvin Smith, who for many years was a well known merchant of Northumberland and Snyder Counties. He died in Middleburg, of the latter county, in 1877. His wife bore the maiden name of Fannie Leimbach, and is a daughter of John B. Leimbach, of Northumberland County. She is still living, and now makes her home in Newark, N. J. In their family were four children, of whom our subject is second in order of birth. The eldest, L. H. Smith, is a prominent physician of Hazleton, Pa.

We now take up the personal history of Dr. Foster Smith, who acquired his literary education in the public schools and then took up the study of dentistry under the direction of Dr. Henry Ahl, of Bradford, Pa. After thus reading for some time in a private office he entered the dental department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which institution he was graduated on the completion of a thorough course of study. In 1880 he took up his residence in Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Pa., where he opened an office and engaged in practice for six years. On the expiration of that period he came to Lehighton, where he has since engaged in business.

On the 28th of November, 1883, in Great Bend, Pa., was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Smith and Miss Libbie Duttweiler, a native of the Keystone State and a daughter of Martin Duttweiler. They have one son, Irvin D. The Doctor is a member of Great Bend Lodge No. 338, F. & A. M., and the Junior Mechanics of Lehigh ton. He is a young man, energetic. and enterprising, and in his business is meeting with a well deserved success.

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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the book, Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company. 

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