BIOS: George H. SMITH, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 358/9

George H. SMITH.

George H. Smith, for many years one of the energetic and prosperous 
agriculturists of Somerset, was born in Hooversville, Somerset county, 
Pennsylvania, May 18, 1843, a descendant of a family that has long resided in 
that section of the state.  His parents were John L. and Margaret (Crissey) 
Smith, natives of Somerset county, the former named having been a son of Ludwig 
Smith, who was born and resided all his lifetime in Somerset county, and the 
latter a daughter of David Crissey, also a resident of Somerset county. 
George H. Smith attended the common schools of Somerset until eighteen years of 
age.  He then served an apprenticeship at the trade of carpenter, which he 
followed six years with more or less success, after which he turned his 
attention to farming and followed that pursuit for many years, meeting with very 
encouraging success.  He served three years as director of the poor of Somerset 
county, and six years as school director.  He was a member of the Reformed 
church, and served as elder of that body for twenty-six years.  He served nine 
months in the Civil war as a member of Company G, Ninety-third Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and participated in the following battles: Cedar Creek, 
October 19, 1864; Fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865; Sailors Creek, April 6, 
1865.  He was a member of the R. P. Cummins Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
Somerset, Pennsylvania.  He was a Republican in politics.  He was always willing 
and ready to assist in every enterprise which tended to promote the best 
interests of his township.  He died May 15, 1906, aged sixty-two years, eleven 
months and twenty-seven days, on the farm on which he resided for twenty-six 
years, which was well improved and carefull cultivated, and which consisted of 
one hundred and eighty acres.
Mr. Smith married, July 9, 1871, Susan Ankney [sic], born November 30, 1849, 
daughter of Peter and Mary (Zimmerman) Ankney, and granddaughter of Peter 
Ankney, who was a prosperous farmer of Somerset county.  Peter Ankney was a 
farmer, served in the Civil war, and died in the hospital at Baltimore, 
Maryland.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith had the following children: Huldah W., born 
February 14, 1872.  Russell K., born September 17, 1873, married, June 26, 1901, 
Mabel S. Brown, daughter of Calvin and Anna (Simmons) Brown, and they are the 
parents of one child, Nina Grace, born April 26, 1902.  Mary M., born February 
3, 1876, deceased.  Michael Z., born April 28, 1877, married, October 22, 1902, 
Elizabeth S. Heiple, daughter of Isaac and Louisa (Gonder) Heiple, and they are 
the parents of one child, Mary Alta, born April 25, 1903.  Edmund B., born March 
28, 1879.  Emma O., born March 28, 1879, married, February 11, 1903, Oscar D. 
Weigle, born November 28, 1881, son of Jacob and Abbie (Hill) Weigle, and they 
are the parents of one child, Naomi Ruth, born December 14, 1904.  Gertrude R., 
born June 4, 1880, married, May 22, 1905, Arthur G. Hoffman, son of Henry and 
Elizabeth (Coleman) Hoffman and they reside at Johnstown, Pennsylvania.  Jennie 
E., born April 6, 1882, married, June 28, 1905, Bruce U. P. Cobaugh, son of 
Daniel and Catharine (Gohn) Cobaugh, and are the parents of one son, George 
Daniel, born June 18, 1906.  Katie Naomi, born May 29, 1884.  Alta D., born July 
25, 1889.