The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Washington Township, page 751
Alpheus F. Smith is a native of Hendricks County, Ind., born June 6, 1848, a son of Morgan L. and Margaret Smith, the former a native of New York and the latter of New Jersey. His father came to Hendricks County in 1832 and his mother in 1834, and were here married. Four of their eight children are living--Mary J., Charles W., Alpheus F. and John Fletcher. The deceased are--James I., Alfred, Theodore and Ann E. Alpheus F. Smith was reared in his native county and received his primary instruction in the public schools. In the fall of 1863 he entered Asbury, now De Pauw, University, at Greencastle, Ind., and in June, 1867, graduated from the scientific department. In the early part of 1868 he, in partnership with D.H. Miller, engaged in the drug business at Franklin, Johnson Co, Ind. Three months later, on account of ill-health, he sold his interest to his partner and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, at which he has been successful, and now owns a pleasant home, his farm containing 322 acres of valuable land. Mr. Smith was married Sept. 12, 1871, to Ellen Hardin, daughter of James T. and Fannie Hardin, of Marion County, Ind. They have one child--Lillian, born March 31, 1872. Mr. Smith is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge, at Clermont, Marion County. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.