The Story of the Fellmonger from Woodville

Jethro Smith was the 6th child born to James Smith and Sarah Eliza (nee Pinfold). He was born 18 July 1894 in Woodville and attended the Woodlands Road School in 1903 and then Woodville School in 1906.

In World War I, he served in the "First Reserves". His profession was recorded as a fellmonger from Mangamuku, Pahiatua. By 1918, he was a soldier in the military camp in Featherston when the flu epidemic hit. His parents visited him when they learned of his illness. He died of the flu on 16 November and was buried in the Featherston cemetery. Succumbing to the same virus as her son, his mother passed away ten days later.