OBIT: George W. SMITH, 1880, formerly of Blair County, PA

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MARTINSBURG MATTERS.

  Hon. George W. Smith, formerly a resident of Williamsburg, this 
county - but since 1856 a resident of Tipton, Iowa - died at his 
residence yesterday, his son, Rev. M. L. Smith, of this place, having 
received a despatch to that effect this afternoon.  Mr. Smith will be 
well remembered by our older citizens, he having represented this 
county in the Legislature in the winters of 1853 and 1854.  At the time 
of his death he was in the 80th year of his age.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, March 5, 1880

1850 Woodbury Township, Blair County census -
George W. Smith, 49 
Rebecca Smith, 40 
Luther L. Smith, 17 
Daniel R. Smith, 15 
George E. Smith, 12 
Cathn. A. Smith, 9 
Saml. L. Smith, 7

1880 Martinsburg, Blair County census -
M. L. Smith, 47, Methodist Minister 
Catharine Smith, 41 
William Smith, 15 
Harry Smith, 11 
George Smith, 10 
John Smith, 6 
Margaret Smith, 2