SMITH, George S.: Died 1949

SMITH, WHITE, PETERSON, CHURCH, MCSWEENEY, LITTON, METCALF

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Date: 1/17/2017 at 13:39:59

**Handwritten: Rec. Rep. 8 Sept. 1949

GEORGE S. SMITH

George S. Smith, farmer near Stockport, died suddenly Aug. 31 after suffering a heart attack at his farm home three miles northeast of Stockport.

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, Delavan, 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.

Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Round Prairie Baptist church south of Lockridge. Burial was in Lambert cemetery.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 71, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA