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BURTON B. SMITH, a prominent hardware dealer, who is the junior member of

Boughner, Goodwill & Company, in Shamokin, Coal township, was born February 21,

1857, in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., and is a son of William C. and

Diana (Cake) Smith, and a grandson of Samuel Smith of Philadelphia. He received

a good practical education in the public schools of Shamokin, after which he was

apprenticed and learned the printer's trade, and was the "devil" in the Shamokin

Herald office. He continued to work for the Herald as a printer for a period of

about seven years, and for two years was an equal partner with D. L.

Sollenberger in the Shamokin Times. He then entered the employ of his father,

where he remained for two years, and in 1884 engaged in the hardware business,

his present occupation, from which he is reaping a neat competency.



  William C. Smith, father of our subject, was a man of prominence and possessed

in a very large degree the esteem and respect of all who knew him. He was born

in Philadelphia, November 1, 1820, and attended the public schools of that city

until he reached the age of eighteen years. Early in life he learned the trade

of a machinist and entered the employ of Heywood & Snyder at Pottsville,

remaining with them many years. He withdrew from their employ and established a

business of his own in the same line in the same city, which he carried on

successfully until the close of the Rebellion, in 1865, when he sold out. He

subsequently accepted the superintendency of two collieries at Locust Gap, being

employed by the Mammoth Vein Coal Company. These collieries are still in

operation. He remained with that company four years, when coal operating engaged

his attention, and his next enterprise was a partnership with his son-in-law,

Jacob R. Keiser, at Lancaster Colliery, near Shamokin. They operated the

colliery with much success until May, 1893, when they sold out to the Shipman

Coal Company, realizing a neat profit on their investment. At this juncture Mr.

Smith retired from active business pursuits. A number of years prior to his

death he was a director of the First National Bank of Shamokin. He married Diana

Cake, who was born at Pottsville, August 7, 1824, and lived until January 22,

1897, surviving her husband, who died November 21, 1895. They were the

progenitors of a family of five children, who were: Francis H., who resides at

Pottsville, and carries on a truck business; Emma E., now deceased, who was the

wife of Jacob R. Keiser; Ralph H., who died near Reading. Pa.; Warren M., who

died in 1890 in Australia, and was an engineer in the employ of the English

government.



  Our subject was united in marriage with Lillian Evert, daughter of Daniel

Evert of Shamokin. This happy event was consummated December 22, 1886, and their

home is blessed with the presence of five children: Charles C.; William C.;

Edwin F.; Martha E.; and Harold H. Mr. Smith is a member of Shamokin Lodge No.

255, F. & A. M., and his presence is highly appreciated at the meetings of the

lodge.







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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)









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