BIO:  John A. Smith, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Newberry Township, Pg 157

JOHN A. SMITH was born in 1857, in Maytown, York Co., Penn., and is the fourth of 
eleven children of William and Harriet (Jacobs) Smith, natives of York County, 
Penn., and of English descent.  His father is a carpenter by trade, and is a 
resident of Lewisberry.  John A. was brought up in a small village, and received 
a common school education.  In the fall of 1873, he, in company with his parents, 
came to Lewisberry, Penn., where he assisted his father at his trade, until he 
was seventeen years of age.  He then took up the trade of silversmith, and, 
though having no instructor, made such rapid progress, that at present he has a 
good paying business.  In politics, he is a Republican.