Smith, Samuel W.

  • Born 1852. Son of Nicholas Bonaparte & Mary Smith.
  • Wife, Alida DeLand.
  • Sons: Deland, Ferris, Wendell & Harlan.
  • A lawyer who was elected Oakland Co. prosecuting attorney 1882-1884. He then served as a Michigan State Senator & Chairman of the District of Columbia. See 12/14/1967 Clarkston News article by Constance Lektzian. According to the obituary in the Clarkston News for his stepsister, Zoe Grant, she was his secretary when he served in Congress in Washington, D.C.