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Smith constructed the Grand Rapids, Kalkaska & Southeastern railroad in Michigan in 1897 and became owner of the Lowell and Hastings Railroad in 1900. In 1901 he was honored with the degree of Master of Arts by Dartmouth College. He was owner and publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald in 1906 and chairman of the board of directors of a transit company operating a line of steamboats from Chicago to various Lake Michigan ports. Smith died in Grand Rapids and is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery there.
The community of Alden, Michigan is named for him. Mr. Smith was married on Oct. 21, 1886 to Nana Osterhout (Oct. 21, 1859-Feb. 15, 1936) of Grand Rapids. They had one son, William Alden Smith, Jr. who died on Apr. 19, 1920 at the age of 27. The second Disabled American Veterans chapter ever organized was in Kentwood, Michigan and is named for him. The younger Smith was married to Marie McRae, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Milton A. McRae of Detroit and San Diego, Calif. This couple had a son William Alden, III who died on Dec. 16, 1968 in San Diego, CA on at the age of 52. They are all buried in the family mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI.
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