George Sydney Smith 1885-1949

SMITH, CHURCH, MCSWEENEY, LITTON, METCALF

Posted By: Cathy Joynt Labath (email)
Date: 4/18/2004 at 18:23:44

Mt. Pleasant News; September 1, 1949; p. 7

Stockport Farmer Dies After Heart Attack.

Stockport, Ia., George S. Smith, well-known Stockport farmer, died suddenly Wednesday morning after he suffered a heart attack at his farm home three miles northeast of here.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Round Prairie Baptist church south of Lockridge. Burial will be at Lambirth cemetery.

Mr. Smith was born July 9, 1885 in Jefferson county, the son of Mark and Rachel White Smith. He was married April 15, 1908 to Myrtle Peterson in Jefferson county. Mr. Smith was an active farmer during his entire lifetime, farming in both Jefferson and Van Buren counties. He was a member of the Round Prairie Baptist church.

Survivors include his widow and the following children: Mrs. Edith Church, Lockridge; Mrs Rachel McSweeney, Delevan, Wisc; Howard E Smith, Stockport. One brother, Charles C. Smith, Fairfield; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Litton and Mrs. Iantha Metcalf, both of Lockridge, and five grandchildren also survive.

[Note: George Sydney Smith was my great grand-uncle.]

Descendants of Christian Smith
 

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