William H. Smith and Melissa Fair

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Husband William H. Smith ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Nov 1864 - Perry Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jacob Henry Smith (1841-1901) 2 3
         Mother: Esther Jane George (1842-1901) 2 4

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       Marriage: Aug 1890 5

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Wife Melissa Fair ⁵

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         Father: John Fair (      -      ) 5
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1 M Charles R. Smith ⁵

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2 F Ida L. Smith ⁵

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3 F Esther L. Smith ⁵

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4 F Gladys Smith ⁵

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5 M Arnold F. Smith ⁵

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6 F Wilda B. Smith ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - William H. Smith

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He attended school in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and when fourteen years old began working as a section hand on the railroad, thus continuing until seventeen years old. He then went to the oil fields of Warren, Pennsylvania, and worked as rig builder for two years, after which he became a tool dresser. Continuing as such for three years, he next began drilling wells, and gained so valuable an experience that in 1901 he began contracting and drilling, in partnership with other experts in that line of business. He was unusually successful, and accumulated a handsome competence. In conjunction with his oil drilling business his firm handled all kinds of repair wares and the equipments and tools required in that work, operating a first-class machine shop. Beginning in 1901, Mr. Smith had drilled about one hundred and fifty wells, and owned an interest in twenty-one producing wells.
He was a member of the Order of American Mechanics, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Order of Unity.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 330.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 580.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 329, 1145.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 329.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 581.