Dr. W.C. Smith and his son, J.O. Smith, purchased the Elgin Courier in 1901.
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Texas) .
Census of 1880 - Julian O. Smith, Grantville, Coweta County, Georgia, age 8.
Census of 1930 - Julian O. Smith, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, newspaper editor, age 57, born in Georgia.
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Julian Obie Smith, birth date 6/13/1872 in Grantville, Georgia, death date 12/27/1959 in Bastrop, Bastrop County, publisher.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Julian O. Smith, birth date 6/13/1872, death date 12/27/1959, burial in Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop County.
Find a Grave .
J.O. Smith, publisher, age 60 in 1933; born in Georgia; died 12/27/1959 at 87 yrs.
Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Mentioned in obituary for his father, Dr. Wiley C. Smith, Coweta County, Georgia Herald & Advertiser,USGenWeb Project 1996.