Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jay Warren Smail and Irene Nicewonger




Husband Jay Warren Smail 1

           Born: 7 Apr 1911 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Dec 1955 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Josiah William Smail (1854-1923) 2
         Mother: Jane Lucettia Rupert (1874-1954) 3


       Marriage: 



Wife Irene Nicewonger 1

           Born: 27 Nov 1919 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Dec 1955 1
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Cecil Lee Smail 1

           Born: 24 Aug 1938 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Nov 1943 1
 Cause of Death: Spinal meningitis
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Gladys Smail 1

           Born: 3 Jul 1940 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Harold Little (1934-      ) 1
           Marr: 8 Aug 1961 1


3 F Edna Alberta Smail 1

           Born: 27 Aug 1941 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Marlin David Wiegand (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 19 Aug 1961 1


4 M J. Warren Smail 4

           Born: 28 Jul 1943 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Judith Ann Hankley (1945-      ) 4
           Marr: 27 Jun 1964 4


5 F Betty Mae Smail 4

           Born: 16 Feb 1947 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Myers (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 16 Aug 1968 4


6 F Twila Jane Smail 4

           Born: 4 May 1949 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joseph Glass (1947-      ) 4
           Marr: 6 Mar 1971 4


7 F Vernie Irene Smail 4

           Born: 21 Nov 1950 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
        Child-Par.Rel.: Father: Biological, Mother: Biological
         Spouse: Jack Braby (      -      ) 4


8 F Carol Ann Smail 4

           Born: 25 Apr 1952 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
        Child-Par.Rel.: Father: Biological, Mother: Biological
         Spouse: [Unk] Hadinger (      -      ) 4
           Marr: (Divorced)



General Notes: Husband - Jay Warren Smail


John Fallone went to the Smail home at Mateer, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, to see their daughter, Gladys, but she didn't want anything to do with him. He left when her father told him to do so, but came back with a deer rife, walked into the house, and shot both parents. He yelled at Gladys, who was hiding upstairs with the other children, to come downstairs. He shot her in the chest, but she survived. When Allen Smail drove up, he shot him, too. He then put sticks of dynamite under the kitchen table, firing at them from the outside, but they wouldn't go off. Fallone, who was 17, was later shot in an exchange of gunfire with the police.

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Sources


1 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 333.

2 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 112, 319.

3 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 112.

4 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 334.


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