OBIT: James A. SMITH, 1917, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Tribune
Altoona, Pa.
Monday Morning, February 19, 1917


JAMES A. SMITH.

  James A. Smith, brother of the Rev. Fathers Thomas P. Smith and 
Matthew Smith, respectively rector and assistant rector of Sacred Heart 
Catholic church, this city, died at his home in Johnstown at 2:30 
o'clock Saturday afternoon after a long illness due to a complication 
of diseases.  He was born at Gallitzin 58 years ago.  The local priests 
were summoned to their brother's bedside Saturday morning.  The 
deceased was a prominent wholesale liquor dealer at Cresson.  His wife, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Farrell Smith, survives, with three sisters, Mrs. James 
H. Plummer, of Johnstown, and Mrs. William Quinn and Miss Elizabeth, 
both of this city, and his twin brothers, the local priests mentioned.  
Another brother, Edward Smith, died in this city last year.  Funeral 
services will be announced later.