OBIT: John Henry SMITH, 1942, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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JOHN HENRY SMITH

  John Henry Smith, aged 78 years, 3 months, died at 8:30 p.m., Dec. 17, in the 
home on Main Street where he was born Sept. 17, 1864, and where he lived his 
entire life.  He is survived by three sisters: Maggie, who was his life long 
companion, and housekeeper since the death of the parents; Emma, who resides 
next door in the Dively home, for years being the housekeeper of her sister, the 
late Mrs. Eliza Dively; and Mrs. Mary Grant of Pittsburgh; also by one brother, 
believed to be living in Ohio.
  Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 Sunday afternoon in the Dively home by 
Rev. Nelson C. Brown, pastor of Amity Reformed Church, followed by interment in 
Union Cemetery under the direction of H. R. Konhaus, undertaker.
  John Henry Smith was an electrician and lineman and was one of those who 
helped to put the first electric power system in Meyersdale, a business project 
of the late S. D. Livengood.  Mr. Smith retired from active work several years 
ago when his health failed him.  He was an invalid for the last two years.

Meyersdale Republican, December 24, 1942