Joshua Smith, the youngest son of Christian Schmidt, possessed the homestead farm in Lynn Township near Lynnport, which is now owned by Albert D. Smith, his grandson. He built the present stone dwelling-house in 1862; and the brick addition was built by William Smith in 1870. He was actively identified with the Lutheran congregation of the Jacobs congregation at Jacksonville, and in 1862 was one of the building committee which supervised the erection of the present church. His wife was Lydia Wagaman, and their children were: William, Elizabeth (m. Charles Oswald), Maria (married three times, first to David A. Leiby, second to Joseph Handwerk, and third to Michael Lutz), and Brigetta (m. Nathan Braucher).