Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

D. Y. SMITH, foreman of the car repairs, Chicago & Alton Railroad, Joliet; was born in 
Fallsbury, Sullivan Co., N. Y., June 9, 1833; he remained on the farm until he was 16 
years old, and then learned the carriage and sleigh making business, which he followed 
until 1856, he then went to Scranton, Pa., and was employed for a year in the car shops 
of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., from which place he went to Dubuque, 
Iowa, in the car department of the Dubuque & Pacific Railroad Co. (now the Illinois 
Central); in July, 1860, he came to Joliet, and was employed under the master mechanic 
until 1863, when he became foreman of the car repairs, which position he still occupies. 
He was married Jan. 21, 1863, to Mrs. R. E. TULLOCK, of Joliet; she is a native of 
Delaware Co., N. Y., and has been a resident of Joliet for the past thirty-three years; 
they have one daughter - Zuleika Y. Mrs. Smith has also three children of her former 
marriage - Jannette A. TULLOCK (now Mrs. HURD), Avalena (wife of L. P. BAKER, of 
Winterset, Iowa) and George A., of Joliet.