Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, James A. 1915
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The Belding Banner, Wednesday, February 24, 1915

The community was surprised last Thursday to hear of the sudden death of James 
A. Smith, fifty-eight, in St. Petersburg, Florida.  He had been seriously ill 
for only a few hours.

James A. Smith was the only son of Ansel and Matilda Smith.  He was born in 
Orleans, Michigan, March 14, 1857, and, with the exception of seven years that 
were spent in Canada when a little boy, has lived in Ionia county and Cadillac 
all of his life.  In 1878 he was married to Miss Alice Cusser, with whom he 
lived thirty-five years, she going from this life in 1913.

In 1883 he moved to Cadillac where he lived for nearly thirty years, moving 
back to Belding in 1912.  He was converted in 1889 and joined the Methodist 
church, and had lived  an earnest, active Christian life.  About three years 
ago he developed a form of heart trouble which was the cause of his death in 
St. Petersburg, Florida lat Thursday morning.

He leaves an aged mother, two sisters—Mrs. Iola Chapple and Mrs. Edith 
Osterhout—and three children.  The children are Mrs. Walter A. Savery of 
Cadillac, Mrs. A. J. Warden and Floyd C. Smith of Detroit.  Mrs. Savery who 
has been living in St. Petersburg during the winter came home with the body 
arriving here Sunday evening.

Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Smith’s mother on Pearl street 
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. R. S. McGregor officiating.  Interment was 
made in River Ridge cemetery.



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