SMITH ANNEX
Claude Arnout
Smith Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Origin of
the surname “Smith:”
Generation
5
4 George Mason Smith
1. Biographical notes:
Born 16 March 1810 in Orwell Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 March
1884; Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Pennsylvania. Later resided in Sheshequin Township,
Bradford county, Pennsylvania.
2. Wife: Sarah (?)
Born 1815 at Wysox Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
3. Children:
a. Joseph Smith: Born 6 December 1838 at Wysox
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
b. Milton Smith: Born 6 March 1840 at Wysox
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
c. Clarence L. Smith: See generation 3,
below.
d. Estella Smith.
e. Alice Smith?
3 Clarence L. Smith (photos)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 3 January 1842 in Wysox Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died (?); interred
Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Pennsylvania.
Was employed as a mason. Resided
at 41 Pitney Avenue, Athens Borough, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census: Clarence was heading a household in
Athens Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
2. Wife: Louisa "Louie"
Decker (photos)
Born 1844 at Chemung Township, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania (also seen: b. 31 March 1852 or Wysox, Bradford Co., PA). Died 10 October 1922 at 1 PM in
Pennsylvania; funeral at her home (41
Pitney Avenue), South Waverly; interred Tioga Point Cemetery.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. George Mason Smith: See generation 2,
below.
b. Berton “Bert” Smith: (photos) Born 1876 at Athens Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
c. Golda “Goldie” May Smith: (photos) Born 18 January 1879 in Athens Township,
Pennsylvania. Contracted pneumonia 21
December 1913 and died three days later, 24 December 1913 at 6:10 PM (age 34
yrs, 11 mo., 6 days); interred Tioga Point Cemetery beside her brother and 2
sisters.
d. Dora B. Smith.
e. Ward Smith: Born 9 January 1884 in East Athens
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 30 March 1959.
f. Virginia Smith: (photos) Born 17 July 1886 in East Athens Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 21 August
1957. Married Otto Emil Miller (more info) and had the following son:
(1. Otto Emil Miller, Jr.: (more info) Born 19 May 1924.
Died about 7 June 2004, age 80; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Lifelong
resident of Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Elizabeth (?) about 1942 (62 yrs
married) and had the following children:
(a. Otto “Sonny” Emil Miller, III: In 2004 resided
in Pennsylvania.
(b. Thomas “Fudgie”
Miller: In 2004 resided in Pennsylvania.
(c. Virginia Miller: Married David H. Smith, Sr. and
in 2004 resided in New York.
2 George Mason Smith (photos) (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 6 April 1869 in
Athens/Sheshequin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 9
December 1937, age 68, at the home of his daughter, Nellie, at Dundee, Yates
County, New York (just west of Seneca Lake); interred Tioga Point Cemetery,
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Resided at South Waverly, Sheshequin Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. In 1901 was employed as a
laborer. Worked for more than 30 years
at the Leigh Railroad Company, retiring as foreman of the Roundhouse, a
position he held for 5 years.
1870 US Census: Resided in Athens Borough, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census: Resided in Athens Borough, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1900 US Census: George Smith, age 31 (b. Apr 1869 in
PA; father b. PA; mother b. NYS) and employed as a laborer, was heading a
household on Olive Street in Sayre Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife of 8
years, Gertrude Smith, age 26 (b. Dec 1873 in PA), who had had 6 children, 5 of
whom were still alive; daughter, Alta May Smith, age 5 (b. Nov 1894 in PA);
son, Guy Smith, age 5 (b. Feb 1895 in PA); daughter, Nellie F. Smith, age 2 (b.
Oct 1897 in PA); daughter, Pauline Smith, age 1 (b. Nov 1898 in PA); son, Isaac
Smith, age 7 months (b. Oct 1899 PA); mother-in-law, Mercy Gorsiline,
age 56 (b. Dec 1843 in NYS) and widowed, who had had 10 children, 6 of whom
were still alive; sister-in-law, Charlotte Gorsiline,
age 30 (b. Jan 1870 in PA; father b. NYS; mother b. PA), and single, with no
record of employment; and brother-in-law, Claude Gorsiline,
age 19 (b. Jul 1880 in PA; father b. NYS; mother b. PA) and single, with no
record of employment.
1910 US Census: George M. Smith, age 40 (b. PA;
parents b. US), widowed, and employed as a machinist in a railroad shop, was
heading a household at 41 Pitney Street in South Waverly Borough, Athens
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his daughter, Alta M. Smith, age 16 (b. PA);
daughter, Nellie T. Smith, age 14 (b. PA); daughter, Pauline G. Smith, age 13
(b. PA); son, Isac L. Smith, age 11 (b. PA); son,
Claude A. Smith, age 10 (b. PA); son, Rex H. Smith, age 9 (b. PA); father, Clarence
L. Smith, age 65 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a stone mason, who had
been married once for 42 years; and mother-in-law, Louie Smith, age 55 (b. NYS;
parents b. NJ), who had been married once for 42 years and had had 10 children,
5 of whom were still alive.
1920 US Census: On 15 January 1920 George M. Smith,
age 51 (b. PA; parents b. PA), widowed, and employed as a machinist for a
railroad company, was heading a household at 41 Pitney Street in South Waverly
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his daughter, Nell Smith, age 22 (b. PA),
divorced, and not employed; son, Claude Smith, age 19 (b. PA), single, and
employed as a machinist helper for a railroad company; son, Rex Smith, age 17
(b. PA), single, and employed as a machinist helper for a railroad company;
granddaughter, Elizabeth Benjamin, age 1 year and 10 months (b. PA); and
grandson, Glen Benjamin, age 4 months (b. PA).
Of interest, George W. Smith and Harold Smith are mentioned on the same gravestone as George Mason and Gertrude (Gorsline) Smith in the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Pennsylvania.
2. Wife: Gertrude
Anna/Ann Gorsline (photos)
"Annie"
Born 6 December 1874/73 at Wysox,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Gilbert H. (b. 29 Oct 1830 in
Bradford Co., PA, d. 1891) and Mercy
Ann (Decker) Gorsline (b. abt 1843 in
N.Y., d. 1926). Got sick (convulsions
and stroke of paralysis) during child birth on 17 August and died Sunday, 19
August 1906 at South Waverly, Pennsylvania (age 31 years, 8 months, 13 days);
Anna and her still born baby boy were interred in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
Pennsylvania.
3. Children:
a. Ward Smith: (perhaps) Born about 1884 in
Pennsylvania. Married and subsequently
divorced.
b. Paul Clarence Smith: Born 31 August 1892 on Bridge
Street in Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 8 December 1892 on Charles Street at
Towanda; interred in State Road Cemetery, Wysox Township beside his
grandfather, G. H. Gorsline.
b. Alta Mae Smith: (photos) (more info) Born 16 November 1893/94 on Charles Street in
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 26 November 1960 at 41 Pitney Avenue, Sayre, Pennsylvania; interred
Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Marble E. Rifenbury (photos) and resided at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania (and apparently later at RD 2 Waverly, N.Y.). Alta Mae and Marble had the following
children:
(1. Charles “Chuck” M. Rifenbury: (photos) (more info) Born and raised at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
(2. Dorthy J. Rifenbury (photos) Born and raised at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married (?) Curtis.
(3. Minnie Frances Rifenbury “Frances”: (photos) Born and raised at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married (?) Condame.
(4. Philip M. Rifenbury: (photos) (more info) Born and raised at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania..
(5. Theodore “Ted” H. Rifenbury (photos) (more info) Born and raised at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
(6. Ester/Esther N. Rifenbury: Born and raised at
Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married (?) Johnston.
(7. Robert L. Rifenbury: (photos) (more info) Born 23 June 1924 at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died Thursday, 2 September
1999, age 75, at the Heritage Nursing Home, 200 S. Main Street, Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens. Resided at Fairhaven, New York before moving
to the nursing home. Served in the US
Navy during World War II.
(8. Floyd Guy Rifenbury “Guy” (photos) (more info) Born and raised at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
(9. Franklin “Frank” Delano Rifenbury: (more info) Born 1 February 1934. Died 31 December 2005; interred Ft Sam
Houston National Cemetery. Per Robert L.
Rifenbury’s 1999 obituary, resided at San Antonio,
Texas.
(10. Eleanor Rifenbury: (photos)
Per Robert L. Rifenbury’s 1999 obituary, married (?)
Seeley and resided at
Sayre, Pennsylvania.
(11. Shirley Rifenbury: (photos)
Per Robert L. Rifenbury’s 1999 obituary, resided at Lake Water, Florida.
c. Guy Mason Smith: (photos) Born 20 February 1895/96 at Athens Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died
30/20 March 1902 at South Waverly, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred
Tioga Point Cemetery at Athens.
d. Nellie "Nell" Fay Smith: (photos) (more info) Born 6 October 1896/97 on North Williams Street in
North Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died Saturday, 28 February 1970 at Clifton Springs Hospital, Clifton
Springs, New York (just S. of NYS Thruway between Canandaigua and Seneca
Lakes); interred Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, New York (N.E. end of Keuka
Lake).
1920 US Census: Nell Smith, age 22 (b. PA),
divorced, and not employed, resided in the household headed by her father,
George M. Smith, age 51 (b. PA) at 41 Pitney Street in South Waverly Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included 2 of her brothers, Claude, age 19, and Rex, age 17; her
daughter, Elizabeth Benjamin, age 1 year and 10 months (b. PA); and son, Glen
Benjamin, age 4 months (b. PA).
1930 US Census: La Vern Vancurran,
age 34 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a laborer for an oil lease, was
heading a household on Deer Creek Road in Genesee Township, Allegany County, New
York. He was married 1st at age 21. The
household also included his wife, Margrett Vancurran, age 34 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who was married
1st at age 20; son, David L. Vancurran, age 10 months
(b. NYS; parents b. NYS); boarder, Heman Owens, age
83 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who was married 1st at age 24 and was not
employed; brother-in-law, Vincente Osgood, age 32 (b.
NYS; parents b. NYS), who was married 1st at age 24 and was not employed;
sister-in-law, Nellie Osgood, age 33 (b. PA, parents b. PA), who married 1st at
age 25 and was not employed; niece, Elizabeth Osgood, age 12 (b.
NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. PA); nephew, Glenn Osgood, age 11 (b. PA;
father b. NYS; mother b. PA); and niece, Geraldine Osgood, age 7 (b. PA;
father b. NYS; mother b. PA).
1940 US Census: Victor Osgood, age 41 (b. NYS), who
had no occupation recorded, was heading a household at 17 State Street, Dundee,
Starkey Township, Yates County, New York.
He had completed 2 years of high school.
The household also included his wife, Nellie Osgood, age 42 (b. NYS) and
employed as a housekeeper for a private family, who had completed 2 years of
high school; son, Glenn Osgood, age 20 (b. PA) and employed as a laborer on a
stone project, who had completed 2 years of high school; daughter, Geraldine
Osgood, age 17 (b. PA), who had completed 1 year of high school; and uncle,
Ward Smith, age 56 (b. PA) and divorced, with no occupation recorded, who had
completed 8th grade. They all resided in
the same house in April 1935.
Nellie Fay Smith married (1st) (?)
Benjamin of (perhaps) Barton Township, Tioga County, New York and had the
following children:
(1. Elizabeth (Benjamin) Osgood: Born about February
1918 in Pennsylvania. Changed surname to
Osgood; formally or informally adopted by Victor H. Osgood. Married Franklin Gelder
and in 1963 resided at Phelps, New York.
(2. Glynn/Glenn N. (Benjamin) Osgood: Born 13 August
1919 in Pennsylvania. Died
December 1981. Veteran
of World War II; enlisted 3 February 1943 at Rochester, New York. Changed surname to Osgood; formally or
informally adopted by Victor H. Osgood. Married Elizabeth Simmons.
In 1963 resided at Pen Yan, New York.
Nellie and her 1st husband were divorced by January
1920, when she resided with her father and brother on Pitney Street in South
Waverly Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
While there she had the following daughter:
(3. Gertrude Anna Smith: (more info) Born 28 May 1921 in Barrington Township, Yates
County, New York State. Raised from birth by her aunt and uncle, Isaac and Ruth (?) Smith (see paragraph f., below).
Nellie Fay (Smith) Benjamin married (2nd)
Victor Henry Osgood (photos) (more info) (b. about 1899 at Olean, NY, d. 26 Dec 1963, age
66 at Clifton Springs, Ontario Co., NY; interred Lake View Cem.), son of
Charles W. and Minnie E. (Maloney) Osgood, (interred with Nellie) on 8 March
1922 and resided on Stoll Street in Dundee, New York. Nellie and Victor had the following children:
(order uncertain)
(4. Geraldine/Pauline Osgood: Born about 1923 in
Pennsylvania. Married Albert
Clark/Clarke and in 1963 resided at Romulus, New York.
(5. Victor Osgood, Jr.: Twin. Died at birth; interred Tioga Point Cemetery,
Athens Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(6. Verne Osgood: Twin. Died at birth (death certificate records his
name as Verne, but cemetery records indicate his name was Vincent); interred
Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens Borough, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
e. Pauline Smith: (photos) (more info) Born 28 November 1897/98 on Charles Street in
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died Friday, 10 October 1976, age 78 at the Soldiers and Sailors
Hospital, Penn Yan, New York (N.E. end of Keuka Lake); interred Hillside
Cemetery, Dundee, New York (W. side of Seneca Lake). Married Stanley Knapp and resided at RD 3,
Dundee, New York. Pauline and Stanley
had the following children: (order uncertain)
(1. Kenneth Knapp: Resided at Rock Stream, New York.
(2. Beatrice Knapp: Married Gerald Rugg and resided at Penn Yan, New York.
Of interest, a Charles Knapp is mentioned on the same gravestone as Pauline’s
parents, George M. and Gertrude Smith.
f. Isaac Lawrence Smith: (photos) Born 3 October 1899 on Charles Street in Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died November 1958.
1930 US Census: Isaac Smith, age 30 (b. PA; parents
b. PA) and employed as a machinist helper for the steam railroad, was heading a
household at 101 Longway Street in Athens Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. His
residence was valued at $1,700 and he married 1st at age 20. The household also included his wife, Ruth
Smith, age 25 (b. PA; father b. PA; mother b. NE) and employed as a feller in a
clothing factory, who married 1st at age 15; daughter, Gertrude Smith, age 8
(b. NYS; parents b. PA); and son, Raymond Smith, age 6 (b. PA; parents b. PA).
1940 US Census: Izek Smith,
age 40 (b. PA) and employed as a machinist helper in a Sayre shop, was heading
a household at 101 Longway Street in Athens Borough,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. His
residence was valued at $1,700, and he had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Ruth
Smith, age 35 (b. PA), who had completed 2 years of high school; daughter,
Gertrude Smith, age 18 (b. PA), who had completed 4 years of high school; son,
Raymond Smith, age 16 (b. PA), who had completed 3 years of high school; and grandmother,
Emma Bunnell, age 80 (b. PA).
Isaac Smith married Ruth E. (?) and resided at
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Isaac and Ruth raised the following children:
(1. Gertrude Anna Smith: (more info) Born 28 May 1921 in Barrington Township, Yates
County, New York State; daughter of Nellie Fay (Smith) Benjamin. Raised from birth by her aunt and uncle,
Isaac and Ruth (?) Smith.
Married (?) Quinn and had the following son:
(a. John
Quinn.
(2. Raymond Smith: Born about 1924 in
Pennsylvania.
g. Claude Arnout
Smith: See generation 1, below.
h. Rexford “Rex” Hamilton Smith: (photos) Born 5 September 1902 at South Waverly, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died Saturday, 11
April 1970 at Tioga County General Hospital, Waverly, New York; interred Tioga
Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Della Raquel Reyes (b. 17 Sep 1904 at
Eagle Pass, Texas) and resided at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Rex and Della had the following children:
(1. Alfred E. Smith: (photos) (more info) Born 16 August 1928 at
41 Pitney Street, South Waverly, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died at home (331 N. Keystone Ave, Sayre) on
Wednesday, 17 July 1996, age 67; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Graduated
from Sayre High School, Sayre, Pennsylvania in 1953. Was employed for 34 years (1958 – 1992) as a
clerk in the Sayre Post Office.
(2. Frederick “Fred” Gilbert Smith: Born 26 February
1930 at 41 Pitney Street, South Waverly, Pennsylvania. Died Saturday, 10 June 1972 at Lexington,
Kentucky, age 42 years, 3 months, 2 weeks; interred Lexington Cemetery. Married Dorothy Jewel Carroll in 1955 in
Indiana and had the following children:
(a. Robert Michael Smith:
Born 1955 at Lexington, Kentucky.
(b. James Lyndon Smith:
Born 1957 at Buffalo, New York.
(c. Tracy Jean Smith: Born 1965
at Lexington, Kentucky.
(3. Beverly Joyce Smith “Joyce”: Born 1933 at 119
Draper Street, Sayre, Pennsylvania. Married Eugene “Gene” Francis Barrett (b. 1931 at Waverly, N.Y.) at
Waverly, New York in 1954 and resided at Angola, New York. Joyce and Gene had the following children:
(a. Ann Marie Barrett: Born
1955 at Milliard Filmore Hospital, Buffalo, New
York. Married Carl Eugene Sutton, Jr.
(b. 1952 at Sayre, PA) at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1973 and
had the following daughter:
(1) Tressa Leigh Sutton:
Born 1974 at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
(b. Tisa Michelle Barrett: Born 1959 at Children’s
Hospital, Buffalo, New York.
i. George Milton Smith: Born 25 September 1904 at
South Waverly, Pennsylvania. Died there
7 January 1905, age 3 months, 13 days; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
j. Unnamed male: Still born 17 August 1906 at South
Waverly, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His mother, Anna, died shortly after.
Both mother and baby were interred in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
Pennsylvania.
1 Claude Arnout Smith:
Born 11 August 1901 at
South Waverly, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 8 February 1952 at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Married Nellie Mae McKee, paragraph 4.C.1.k.(2.(a. of the Alexander Patterson Biles page on 2/1 October 1926 at Endicott, Union Township, Broome County, New
York.
See Alexander
Patterson Biles Page for More Info
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