Chester-Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives Obituaries - Henry Clement SMITH, 1938

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SMITH, Henry Clement; 1938
 
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                        HENRY CLEMENT SMITH
                          1 - 11 - 1938
 
    HENRY CLEMENT SMITH, retired civil engineer, who died at his home in Media
on Saturday, was buried yesterday in Media Cemetery.
    
    Mr. SMITH, who was in his 77th year, was for many years division engineer of
the Media Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. For 23 years, prior to his
retirement in 1930, he was engineer of the Philadelphia division of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad. He was a graduated from Friends Central School and the
University of Pennsylvania.
 
    He is survived by his widow, ANNA CHEYNEY SMITH, one son, LEWIS
CHEYNEY SMITH, and two sisters, REBECCA S. EASBY and HELEN B. S. 
BRINTON.
 
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                         HENRY CLEMENT SMITH
                           1 - 13 - 1938
 
      The funeral of HENRY CLEMENT SMITH, son of the late A. LEWIS and 
  REBECCA LEVIS SMITH, was held on Monday afternoon, from his late 
  residence, 412 West State street, Media.
 
      Mr. SMITH would have been 76 years old had he lived until February 2.
  He had been a resident of the County Seat continuously since his parents
  moved to the borough in 1866.
 
      Mr. SMITH died in the house in which he had resided since coming to Media. 
  It was one of those built by the late Judge JOHN MARTIN BROOMALL.
 
      As a lad he attended the Friends' Central School, at Fifteenth and Race
  streets, Philadelphia. Later he entered the University of Pennsylvania, from
  where he was graduated as a civil engineer. Mr. SMITH was located in the
  middle West for a short time as a surveyor. He returned home to recuperate
  after a severe illness.
 
      After regaining his health he entered the employ of the old PHILADELPHIA,
  WILMINGTON and BALTIMORE division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where
  he remained until 1903. He served for several years as divi- (incomplete)
 
 
 
Source: Media - Upper Providence Library
            1 East Front Street, Media, Pennsylvania  19063
            Delaware County
            Telephone 610 - 566 - 1918
            Media Borough Obituaries