BIO: George W. SMITH, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 684 & 685.
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  GEORGE W. SMITH, who carries on general farming in Westover borough, was born 
in Bell township September 12, 1856, and is a son of Charles E. and Rebecca 
(Barnhart) Smith.
  Charles E. Smith was born in Union county, Pa., and died in 1896, aged 
seventy-six years.  In his childhood he was brought to Banner Ridge, Chest 
township, by his parents, who were John and Emma (Snyder) Smith, the latter 
being a daughter of Jacob Snyder, one of the early settlers in Burnside 
township.  The grandfather of Charles E. Smith was one of the earliest settlers 
in the county and both he and wife were of strudy, vigorous stock, enduring 
many hardships in early life but living into extreme old age, the former dying 
at the age of 108 years, and the latter at that of 112.  Charles E. Smith was 
reared near Bethlehem and after his marriage he followed lumbering as his main 
business.  He was forty-six years old when he moved to Mercer county, Pa., and 
nine years later removed to New Washington, where he resided for fifteen years.  
He cast his political vote with the Democratic party but never was willing to 
accept office.  He married Rebecca Barnhart, who died in 1886, aged sixty-eight 
years.  Their children were as follows:  Anna, who is the wife of O. Kitchen, 
of Kansas; Kate, who is Mrs. Pendergast, living in New York City; John who is 
in the lumber business in West Virginia; William Smith, who lives in Maryland, 
is a farmer; Charles, who is deceased; Nancy, who is the wife of D. Fettrolf, 
of Warren county; Louis, who lives in Maryland; Samuel, who resides in York 
county; Daniel, who is deceased; and George W.
  George W. Smith obtained his education in the public schools and afterward 
operated the home farm for his father before purchasing the Riddle farm, which 
he subsequently sold and moved to Westover, still being interested in farming 
and lumbering,  From the age of sixteen to twenty years he was engaged with his 
brother in digging artesian wells at Baltimore, Md.
  Mr. Smith married Miss Savilla E. Roland, who was born January 1, 1861, a 
daughter of William and Nancy (Brochler) Roland, of Indiana county, Pa., and a 
granddaughter of Daniel Roland, and they have had three children:  Orpha, who 
died at the age of twelve years; and Dora and Melvin, both of whom are at home.  
Mrs. Smith is a member of the United Brethren church.  Mr. Smith has been quite 
active politically and has served in the borough council at Westover and on the 
school board and has been a delegate on several occasions to conventions of the 
Republican party.  He is one of the representative men of Chest township.