 1865 - 1938 (72 years)
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| Name |
Willard Smith |
| Born |
9 Jun 1865 |
Stephensburg, Morris, NJ  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Feb 1938 |
Berwick, Columbia, PA |
| Buried |
2 Mar 1938 |
Pine Grove Cem., Berwick, PA |
| Notes |
- Program from his funeral is in the cupboard. He died when I was 8, so I don't remember much about him except sitting at the head of the table at dinner (our lunch time) and supper. He was completely bald.
- James Smith and Willard Smith came to Berwick, March 15, 1887 (obit)
- Birth: Smith family bible; death cert. says birth June 19, 1865.
- Death: Obituary; Smith family bible; death certificate in my file. He died of bladder cancer.
- Marriage: Wedding invitation, my files
- Willard Smith's obit. from the Berwick Enterprise, Feb. 28, 1938
- DEATH COMES TO WILLARD SMITH Former Merchant and Widely Known Man Dies at Age of 72 Years. - Ill since December.
- Willard Smith, former business man and member of the firm of Smith Brothers, for thirty years a Berwick landmark, died yesterday afternoon at 5:15 at his home at 215 West Second street. Mr. Smith had been ill since early in December and a
complication of diseases was given as the cause of death. His age was 72 years, eight months and eight days. Mr. Smith, a son of Isaac Snover Smith and Elizabeth Beatty Smith, was born at Stephensburg, New Jersey. After completing school there,
he served as a clerk in Hackettstown, N.J., and then went with his brother, James Smith, who was conducting a store at Stephensburg, N.J. After three years, the store was sold and James Smith and Willard Smith came to Berwick, March 15, 1887,
Willard Smith taking a third interest of the firm of Smith Brothers. The store was located for years in the Jackson block at the present location of Rea and Derick. For the past sixteen years, and until his recent illness, Mr. Smith had been in
the employ of the Berwick Store Company. Mr. Smith was one of the few remaining charter members of Susquehanna Commandery No. 18 Knights of Malta, and was for forty years a member of Knapp Lodge No. 462, Free and Accepted Mason, also the
kindred Masonic bodies Scottish Rite, 32nd degree at Bloomsburg. He was a descendant by both parents of early Presbyterian settlers in northern New Jersey. He became a member of the church in early life and transferred his membership to First
Presbyterian church when he came to Berwick, and was a faithful and consistent member. He served for a number of years on the board of trustees of the church. Surviving are his wife, one son, Clarence Willard Smith, of Lansdowne, near
Philadelphia, where for some years he has filled a responsible position with the firm of Bailey, Banks and Biddle of Philadelphia, a brother, James E. Smith, of West Front street, and the following sisters, Miss Flora Smith, of Stephensburg,
N.J., Mrs. Bertha Evans, of Bloomfield, N.J., and Mrs. John Baldwin, of Beattystown, N.J., and one grand child, Louise Ann Smith. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Seriff Funeral Home on West Second
street, with Dr. D. M. Harrison, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night from 7 to 9 p.m.
- (I think it is interesting that his wife's name is not mentioned.)
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| Person ID |
I13080 |
Windemuth Descendents |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2007 |
| Father |
Isaac Snover Smith, b. 29 May 1835, Kalarama, PA , d. 14 May 1919, Pleasant Grove, Morris, NJ (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Elizabeth Beatty, b. 1834, Stephensburg, Morris, NJ , d. 1927 (Age 93 years) |
| Married |
26 Oct 1858 |
Presby. church, Pleasant Grove, Morris, NJ |
| Family ID |
F9377 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Louise Petty, b. 11 Aug 1872, Berwick, Columbia, PA , d. 28 Aug 1947, Berwick, Columbia, PA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
10 Jun 1896 |
Berwick |
| Children |
| | 1. Ruth Smith, b. 2 Feb 1897, Berwick, Columbia, PA , d. 17 Mar 1897, Berwick, Columbia, PA (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Clarence Willard Smith, b. 30 Sep 1899, Berwick, Columbia, PA , d. 21 Dec 1984, Decatur, DeKalb, GA (Age 85 years) |
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| Family ID |
F9376 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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