OBIT: Rebecca SMELTZER, 1899, Taylor Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ ROARING SPRING RIPPLES. Mrs. Smeltzer, wife of George B. Smeltzer, died October 16 after a lingering illness. A husband and large number of children mourn the departure of a kind and loving wife and mother. Morning Tribune, Tuesday, October 24, 1899 Note: George Smeltzer, 32, Rebecca Smeltzer, 26, Alfred Smeltzer, 6, Cora Smeltzer, 4, Joseph Smeltzer, 2, and Harriet Smeltzer, 9M, are listed in the 1880 Taylor Township, Blair County census. George B. Smeltzer, 51, Alfred A. Smeltzer, 26, Clora [sic] B. Smeltzer, 24, Joseph O. Smeltzer, 20, Lottie M. Smeltzer, 20, Jennie F. Smeltzer, 15, Benjamin H. Smeltzer, 9, and John I. Smeltzer, 6, are listed in the 1900 Taylo Township, Blair County census.