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Birth	:	15 Nov 1825 Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	7 Feb 1924 Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2140600, -83.6035400
Description	:	See McBrides' cemetery book, 1972 edition, p. 240. ===== "The News Herald", Hillsboro, Ohio 11/21/1919 HAS LIVED THRU FOUR GREAT WARS Mrs. Anne Kirby Smith Remarkable Woman - Wonderful Mentality A woman remarkable for her wonderful mental and physical qualities is Mrs. Anne Kirby Smith, daughter of Dr. Kirby Smith, a Highland County pioneer physician. Mrs. Smith was born in Hillsboro Nov. 15, 1825, in a house standing where Feibel's store now is. After 95 years spent in the town of her birth, Mrs. Smith has the mental and physical vigor of one many years her junior. For almost... Read More	See McBrides' cemetery book, 1972 edition, p. 240. ===== "The News Herald", Hillsboro, Ohio 11/21/1919 HAS LIVED THRU FOUR GREAT WARS Mrs. Anne Kirby Smith Remarkable Woman - Wonderful Mentality A woman remarkable for her wonderful mental and physical qualities is Mrs. Anne Kirby Smith, daughter of Dr. Kirby Smith, a Highland County pioneer physician. Mrs. Smith was born in Hillsboro Nov. 15, 1825, in a house standing where Feibel's store now is. After 95 years spent in the town of her birth, Mrs. Smith has the mental and physical vigor of one many years her junior. For almost 80 years she has been a staunch member of the Presbyterian Church. She has lived through four wars in which the U. S. has been involved. She saw the first stage coach pass through Hillsboro, the first railroad, also saw Hillsboro's first dray, first buggy, first automobile and witnessed the flight of the first airplane to pass over our city. She has read by the light of the tallow dip, coal oil lamp, gas and electric light. She has been warmed by every kind of fire from the open fireplace to the steam heat and the pipeless furnace; and has eaten food prepared by all methods from the campfire and the fireplace to the electric chafing dish and the fireless cooker. Mrs. Smith has witnessed a great scientific and inventive growth and development and through it all has maintained the charming serenity and sane outlook upon life that has ever been distinctive of her personality. She is hale and hearty and bids fair to pass the five score mark. ===== 2/9/1924 OLDEST NATIVE CITIZEN DIES 94 YEARS AGO MRS. ANNE KIRBY SMITH WAS BORN IN HILLSBORO BIRTHDAY LAST SATURDAY CELEBRATED BY FAMILY DINNER - GIFTS AND FLOWERS IN PROFUSION - ROMANTIC HISTORY Just as dusk had fallen Thursday evening, February 7, the spirit of Mrs. Ann Woodrow Smith, oldest native of Hillsboro, floated out on the eternal life. Mrs. Smith would have been 99 years of age, November 15, 1924, and from the vantage point of her great age, had watched the development of Hillsboro and Highland county and had been a part of it to a greater extent than any other citizen. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Kirby, the former having been a practicing physician in Hillsboro for more than 50 years. She was born in a residence which stood on what is now the site of Feibel Bros. store. It is said of her that she inherited from her father his singular disposition to help the suffering with utter generosity, a trait that enriched his life with friendships, but added but little to his material possessions. This characteristic was manifested in Mrs. Smith by her willingness to go into the homes of hundreds of people, during sickness, there to assume the duties of nurse, housekeeper and governess for the children, without thought of reward. Following her marriage, her family and her church were her abiding interests. She was active in the Presbyterian Church, and was a charter member and president for twenty years of the Missionary Society of that body. During the last two years, she failed rapidly, although the end came after but a week of illness. Four children survive: Kirby and Walter Smith, and Mrs. Lillie S. Quinn of Hillsboro; and Charles of Kansas City. A grandchild, Mrs. Herbert Allan Ottewill of London, England, survives, with her two children, the only great-grandchildren. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the late residence on E. Main street, conducted by Rev. F. A. Johnson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Ninety-four years ago, last Saturday, November fifteenth, a daughter was born to Dr. Jacob and Rachel Woodrow Kirby and was named Anne Woodrow Kirby. The Dr. Kirby home occupied the present site of Feibel Bros. store, his office standing in the yard. This daughter grew to womanhood in Hillsboro, receiving her education here, and was one of the first graduates of Oakland Female Seminary. The President, Joseph McD. Matthews being one of the best and most favorably known educators of his time. In early womanhood Anne Woodrow Kirby became the wife of Wm. Robinson Smith, a druggist of Greenfield. After their marriage they lived for two years in Springfield, Ohio, then removed to Hillsboro where Mrs. Smith still lives, Dr. Smith dying some years ago. Her sons, Kirby and Walter and only daughter, Mrs. Lillie Quinn, live in the home with her. One son, Charles lives in Kansas, her only grandchild, Mrs. Herbert Allan Ottewill, lives in Yunnau, Fu, China, her husband being Consul General of Yunnan Province. Mrs. Ottewill has two children, a daughter and son that are very dear to Mrs. Smith. A family dinner celebrated Mrs. Smith's ninety-fourth birthday, each dish being one of which she is particularly fond, in fact it marked the opening of a "feast week," as all of this week the food she prefers is prepared at each meal, and just as she likes to have it cooked. Birthday letters and cards came to her from New York, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and other American places, also from China; choice and beautiful cut flowers and potted plants were received in such quantities that she is living in a bower of sweet flowers; many gifts for personal use and little remembrances were sent; and scores of friends called upon her. Coming from rugged and hardy stock on both sides of the house, living beyond ninety years became a habit in the Kirby and Woodrow families long ago. Her uncle, Moses Kirby, a twin brother to her father, lived beyond it, as did her mother. This uncle was from 1831-1835 Secretary of State and a lawyer of noted ability. At one time Dr. Kirby, Mrs. Smith's father and his brother owned the Gazette and Hiram Campbell, who married a cousin of Dr. Kirby's wife, edited the paper for them. By the way he was the father of the popular and long-time contributor, Billie Campbell, to the Cincinnati Enquirer, dying a few years ago. Mrs. Anne Kirby Smith saw the first dray used in Hillsboro, the first coach, the first railroad train, the first auto and the first "flying machine." Has anyone else in Highland county done the same? She is remarkably well preserved and quite rugged physically, is interested in all good things, does not speak ill of anyone, keeps posted on all public matters, reads the home papers for the local news, the Daily Enquirer for national, state and political news, and also North American Review, Saturday Evening Post and other magazines and is prepared to talk upon any topic of the day. She is, and has always been a staunch democrat living up to the political faith of her mother's family - the Woodrows. Mrs. Smith's grandfather, Woodrow, built a large store and residence building on the site of the armory, later it became a tavern, The Woodrow House. She was married in this house, as her parents, on account of taking care of her grandparents, had removed to their home. Mrs. Smith is the mother of four children all living. When seventeen years of age she united with the Presbyterian Church and it has no more loyal, faithful and Christian member than she. In her early married life her father often took her with him to families which needed some special care and frequently she had the duty of dressing new born babes as nurses were not known and some neighbor always took care of all cases of sickness. The life of Mrs. Smith has been a blessing to all who have been associated with her in any way. She is a member of the Missionary Societies of her church and of the Altruistic Association, attending a meeting Tuesday of this week. The following stanza which she gave the writer as one she quoted each birthday shows her character: I hail once more my natal day, Still in my tenement of clay, With many favors blest; And, He, who put the structure here, Can prop it up another year, If he should think it best. A.H.M. ===== 9/23/1927 Anne Kirby Smith Who, twenty years ago, had the distinction of being the oldest native born woman living in Hillsboro. She was born in 1825, the daughter of Dr. Jacob Kirby a pioneer physician of Highland County. Her birthplace was an old residence which stood on the lot where Zimmerman's and Fred Lafferty's are now located. She was one of the few who saw the first stage coach pass through this village, which was as great an event as the arrival of the first railroad train. Mrs. lived to be ninety-eight years of age, or 16 years after the Centennial Celebration. Marianna Kerns Morgan 3/10/2018

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Anne Woodrow Kirby Smith's memorial is located at: Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Highland County, USA.
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Anne Woodrow Kirby Smith death on 7 Feb 1924 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.2140600
Longitude: -83.6035400

Family Members:

Parent

Dr Jacob Kirby

(1798 - 1873)

Rachel Woodrow Kirby

(1804 - 1893)

Spouse

Dr William Robinson Smith

(1822 - 1900)

Siblings

Ruth H. Kirby Pugsley

(1828 - 1867)

Elizabeth W. Kirby

(1831 - 1916)

Children

Kirby Smith

(1849 - 1932)

Lillie Woodrow Smith Quinn

(1854 - 1937)

Charles B. “Charlie” Smith

(1867 - 1935)

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