| Name |
SMITH, William Henry |
| Birth |
12 Oct 1847 |
Huntington Mills, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography |
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, editor and publisher of the Record, was born at Huntington Mills, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1847, son of Conrad and Julia Smith, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Pennsylvania. His primary education embraced only three months' attendance at the public schools, but through the passing years he devoted his spare time to study and reading, and thus obtained a wide and diversified knowledge of men and books. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to the copper and tinsmith trade, and at seventeen engaged in business for himself. He carried on tinsmithing several years, and then sold out and took control of the Independent Weekly at Benton, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, which he published four years.
In September, 1876, he came to Milton and established the Argus, which he edited and published until March 23, 1889. The Economist and Argus were then consolidated, the Record Publishing Company organized, and the name changed to the Record, of which Mr. Smith became editor and general manager. After the great fire of 1880 he procured the loan of two freight cars from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and with characteristic energy and enterprise had an entirely new printing office in operation within four days, bringing all the necessary materials from the eastern cities, and not missing a single issue of the Argus.
Mr. Smith was married, June 25, 1869, to Mary J. Gibson of Rohrsburg, Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Seven children have been born to them, four of whom died in early childhood. The living children are as follows: Julia A.; Elizabeth G., and Cleveland R. Politically our subject is a stanch and active Democrat; he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and the United American Mechanics.
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| Census (desc) |
1860 |
Union Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Census (desc) |
1870 |
Orange Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| married, living with his parents and working as a tinsmith |
| Census (desc) |
1880 |
Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [2] |
| working as a printer |
| Census (desc) |
1900 |
Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| working as an editor |
| _UID |
910F37855F64CF48A8D2ED702C3DC91958E0 |
| Death |
31 Aug 1900 |
| Burial |
Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address:
Benton Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I3856 |
Milton Families |
| Last Modified |
24 Nov 2012 |
| Family |
GIBSON, Mary J., b. 14 May 1842, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
25 Jun 1869 |
| Children |
| | 1. SMITH, Julia Ann, b. 1869, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. SMITH, Elizabeth G., b. 1874, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. SMITH, Rolland R., b. 1875, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. SMITH, Cyrus Brown, b. 1879, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. SMITH, Cleveland R., b. 1884, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F1154 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
1847 - 1900 (52 years)
