Anson Lee Smith, M. D. Anson Lee Smith, M.D., of No. 545 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids, Mich., is a native of West Unity, Williams county, Ohio, was born February 1, 1862, and is a son of Anson L. and Rosetta (Herrick) Smith, who were born, respectively, in Ohio and New York, but were married in the Buckeye state. Anson L. Smith, the father, removed from Ohio to Portland, Ionia county, Mich., in 1863, and there engaged in farming until 1868, when he settled in Crystal, Montcalm county, purchasing large tracts of pine timber, and engaging in the sale of logs and in the manufacture of lumber until his death in 1892. His widow still resides at Crystal, in affluent circumstances. They had born to them three sons and one daughter, of whom William H. is an electrician at Detroit; Anson Lee is the gentleman whose name opens this sketch; Myron E. is an invalid at the maternal home, and Rosetta M is the wife of George W. Allen, a caterer at Detroit. The early education of Dr. Anson Lee Smith was acquired at the village school in Portland, Ionia county, which he attended until sixteen years old; he then went to Stanton, Montcalm county, graduated there from the high school, and for the following two years was employed in teaching. He next purchased a drug business in Crystal, which he conducted for three years, then sold and for the twelve years following continued to buy and sell similar stores at various points throughout the state, realizing a profit on each transaction, by which he was enabled to acquire a complete medical education. In 1893 he matriculated at Detroit Medical college, received one year’s credit on account his knowledge of chemistry, and graduated in 1896 with the degree of M. D. For a few months after graduating he practiced his profession in Detroit, and then, in the autumn of 1896, came to Grand Rapids, and has here already attained a prominent position before the public, both as surgeon and physician. As may be inferred, the doctor is a registered pharmacist, and he is also a member of the Grand Rapids Medical & Surgical society. Dr. Smith was happily united in marriage in 1881, at Maple Rapids, Clinton county, Mich., to Miss Minnie L. Corbley, a native of Montcalm county and a daughter of William Corbley, an extensive agriculturist and the owner of a fine body of 500 acres of land near Crystal, with most excellent improvements. Mrs. Minnie L. Smith was educated in Crystal and at the Stanton high school, is a lady of many accomplishments and natural refinement improved by culture, and has blessed her husband with one son—Alba Lee—born in 1890. In politics Dr. Smith is a stanch republican. Fraternally he is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and encampment; of the M. W. of A., and the Court of Honor. He and family attend divine services at the Fountain street Baptist church, and socially no family in Grand Rapids is held in higher esteem.