BIO: James M. E. SMITH, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 256.
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  JAMES M. E. SMITH, farmer, Calvin, Pa., was born in Cass township, 
Huntingdon county, September 3, 1848, son of George and Elizabeth 
(Eaststep) Smith. George Smith was born in Cassville, Cass township, 
December 20, 1810, was a son of George and brother of Jesse P. Smith, 
of Tod township. He was educated in the public schools and became a 
tailor and farmer. He farmed and improved 84 acres of good land in Cass 
township. George Smith (2) was married in Union township, to Elizabeth, 
daughter of Jacob Eaststep, who was of German descent. They had one 
child, James. Mr. Smith was a Whig and later a Republican. He served as 
supervisor school director and justice of the peace. As a local 
minister in the Methodist Protestant church, he rendered efficient 
service, preaching in Cassville and other places. His death, which 
occurred December 20, 1894, cast a gloom over the community.
  James M. E. Smith attended the Locust Grove school in Cass township. 
He assisted his father in the cultivation of the homestead until 1890, 
when he moved to Union township. Here he conducted a farm of 230 acres, 
which he subsequently sold and has since successfully cultivated the 
homestead. In 1871 James M. E. Smith was married to Mary, daughter of 
Joseph Harbaugh, of Cambria county. Their children are: Lucy E. (Mrs. 
Philip Parks); Rhoda (Mrs. John Smith); Annie (Mrs. William Wright); 
George; Laura B.; Edna; Joseph; Merlie, deceased; and one who died in 
infancy. Mrs. Smith died April 12, 1892. The loss caused by her death 
was keenly felt. Mr. Smith is a member of the P. O. S. of A., of 
Calvin, and is a Republican. His mother resides with him and is now 
seventy-nine years of age.