Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Lewis P. Smart

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Lewis P. Smart, member of the firm of Smart & Brown, proprietors of the 
livery and feed stable at Bentonville, Ark., was born in Calhoun 
County, Ala., in 1857, and is the son of Dr. John and Essie C. (Piles) 
Smart. [For further particulars of parents see sketch of Dr. John 
Smart.] Lewis P. Smart came to Bentonville, Ark., with his father in 
1872, and received his education in that city. At the age of sixteen 
he commenced clerking for W. A. Terry, and worked for him five years. 
In 1881 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Benton County, and served 
two years. In 1885 he was a candidate for sheriff, with seven 
opponents, and came out victorious, In the same year he hired to W. A. 
Terry in the livery stable, and after fifteen months Mr. Smart bought 
one-half interest. In 1885 Mr. Smart bought the entire stock, and in 
June, 1887, sold one-half interest to Mr. Brown. and since that date 
the firm title has been Smart & Co. They keep forty-three horses, two 
single buggies, sixteen double buggies, and one bus to all trains, one 
transfer wagon, one lumber wagon, a hearse, and keep two stable 
horses-Percheron Norman, weighs 1,540 pounds, and is eight years old; 
Denmark, saddle stock, with seven different gaits, weight 1,200 
pounds, Their barn is 40×165 feet, extending across one block, with 
two fronts, Messrs. Smart and Brown have the most extensive and best 
equipped livery stable in the State outside of Little Rock. They are 
first-class business men, and attend strictly to the business at hand, 
and are courteous and obliging. In December, 1887, Mr. Smart married 
Miss Daisy Perry, who was born in Fort Smith, Ark.