OBIT: Harvey W. M. SMITH, 1906, native of Somerset County, PA

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Deaths of the Week - Harvey Smits (sic) - Harvey W.M. Smith was born in 
Salisbury, Somerset County, Pa., on the 9th day of Nov. 1855.  Died at 
Crescent City, Illinois, on the 10th day of Jan. 1906, aged 50 years, 2 
mos. & 2 days.  
  He was connected with the church of his father & mother, the 
Evangelical, in his boyhood days, & remained a member of the church of 
his early choice until his death.
  During the past sixteen years he had his home with his sister & her 
husband, Rev. & Mrs. A.M. Bowlin, in the state of Illinois & whilst 
with them, worshiped with the M.E. people, & contributed to the support 
of that church.  His early life & the best part of his manhood were 
spent in his native town, & he was well known by all the people of 
Salisbury who resided there 17 years ago & earlier than that date.
  It may be truly said of Harvey Smith that he was an honest, upright 
Christian man.  All the best years of his life were spent in caring for 
his father & mother, & providing for them in their old age, when 
misfortune had overtaken them.  No higher tribute could be paid him 
than this & now, on the same lot where sleeps the dust of mother & 
father, his dust also reposes, in the Salisbury I.O.O.F. cemetery.
  There survive him, of the immediate family, one brother, M.F. Smith & 
two sister, Mrs. Levi Lichliter & Mrs. A.M. Bowlin.  Deceased was 
enjoying good health up to a very short time before his death when he 
was stricken by paralysis & survived the stroke but a day or two, when 
a second stroke ended his life. - Salisbury Star.  

Meyersdale Commercial - Jan. 25, 1906