OBIT: John C. SMITH, 1944, Bedford, Bedford County, PA

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JOHN C. SMITH, BEDFORD, DIES

(Special to the Altoona Mirror.)

BEDFORD, Oct. 7 - John Cessna Smith, prominent Bedford citizen and retired 
Pennsylvania railroad supervisor, died this morning at 6.15 o'clock at his home 
in the Fort Bedford inn, where he and Mrs. Smith had resided since last April.
  Mr. Smith had been in failing health for some time and last April he and his 
wife gave up their home to reside at the inn.  On Thursday evening of this week, 
he suffered a fall in his room, and while not injured, he suffered from shock.
  He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Smith, and was born at Rainsburg, July 14, 
1855.  He grew to manhood there and was educated in the Rainsburg male and 
female seminary.
  He was united in marriage with Eleanor Hassenpat in Philadelphia in 1907 and 
resided in Media for many years where he was supervisor of the P.B.&W. branch of 
the Pennsylvania railroad.
  In 1913, he came to Bedford where he was supervisor of the Bedford branch of 
the Pennsylvania railroad until 1921, when he retired.
  He was active in civic affairs in Bedford, serving as a member of the borough 
council and as a member of the water commission when the new reservoir was 
constructed in 1922, the reservoir being named the J. C. Smith reservoir in his 
honor.  A plaque at the site bears his name.
  Surviving are his wife and one brother, Clayton Smith of Bedford, R.D. No. 4.  
A sister, Mrs. Sylvester Cessna of Bellwood died one year ago.

Altoona Mirror, October 7, 1944