Charles Allen Smith and Jessie May Bowser

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Husband Charles Allen Smith ¹

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           Born: 1 Apr 1872 - Clinton, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Peter A. Smith (1835-      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Dec 1896 1

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Wife Jessie May Bowser ¹

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           Born:  - Armstrong Co, PA
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         Father: James Hindman Bowser (1852-      ) 2
         Mother: Amanda Bowser (      -      ) 1 3

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Children

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1 F Jessie Smith ¹

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         Spouse: William Clark (      -      ) 1

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2 M Charles A. Smith, Jr. ¹

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         Spouse: Helen Lauer (      -      ) 1

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3 F Matilda Smith ¹

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         Spouse: Wayne Blyer (      -      ) 1

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4 M Sylvester A. Smith ¹

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           Born: Abt 1902
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           Died: 12 Feb 1936 1
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         Spouse: Matilda Muller (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Allen Smith

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Public schools of Clinton, Armstrong County, furnished his early formal edu­cation, but when he was only twelve years old he went to work as a helper to his father, gathering cobblestones out of the Allegheny River and thus supplying materials for paving Pittsburgh's streets. For years he was so engaged until he ran away from home and began steamboating in the vicinity of Pittsburgh. Throughout most of his life he continued in this same work, though eventually he asso­ciated himself with J. K. Davidson & Brother, of Pitts­burgh, in the sand and gravel business.
Coming to Oil City in April, 1928, he built a sand and gravel plant there, and in 1931 he rebuilt the factory, con­verting it into a completely up-to-date structure from every point of view. In 1928 the business was incorporated as the Oil City Sand & Gravel Company, with Mr. Smith as vice-president and treasurer. William Fullhart was presi­dent of the company, of which W. H. Clark was secretary. They supplied sand and gravel, not only to Oil City con­sumers, but to Clarion, Forest and Crawford counties. Mr. Smith, as a Democrat, was very active in Oil City affairs. He was a member of the board of directors of the Salvation Army organization there, and belonged to the Oil City Chamber of Commerce and the National Sand and Gravel Association. Farming was one of his major avocations, and he practiced it on his own 146-acre farm in Forest County. While he lived for thirty-three years in Blawnox, Penn­sylvania, he was active in the Presbyterian Church there, serving as chairman of the building committee that erected the new church in that community. There he also belonged to Blawnox Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, though he later shifted his membership to Oil City Lodge.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 189.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 378.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 334.