Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Cosmas Francis October 23, 1921
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark October 24, 1921

               COSMAS F. SMITH, LONG A MERCHANT IN NORFOLK, DIES

            Bronchitis Cause of Death of Member of Firm of Smith & Welton

                   NATIVE OF IRELAND; CAME TO U.S. IN 1848            

              Funeral Service at 10 a.m. Tomorrow At Sacred Heart Church

Cosmas F. Smith, of the firm of Smith and Welton and one of the best known 
business men of Norfolk, died yesterday morning at his home, 423 Olney Road. 
Bronchitis was the cause of his death. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Smith was one of the oldest merchants in the city, having been in business 
for about sixty years. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to the 
United States as a small boy, in 1848.
He graduated from Fordham University, Fordham, N.Y., at the time of the Civil 
War. Coming to Norfolk he joined his brother, Peter Smith, in the firm of Peter 
Smith and Company. About twenty years ago Mr. Smith became a member of the firm 
of Smith and Welton, later Smith and Welton, Incorporated.
Mr. Smith is survived by one daughter, Miss Lucia Deveraux Smith, of Norfolk and 
by his brother, Peter Smith, who still conducts the firm of Peter Smith and 
Company, at  416 East Main Street. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic 
Church.
The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at Sacred Heart 
Church. Burial will be private.


Additional Comments:
St Mary's
Corrected name from Cosmos to Cosmas per tombstone

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