Adam K Smitley (1886 - 1965)

Born 5 May 1886 in Dunbar Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dora (Taylor) Smitley — married 3 Jul 1909 in Oliver, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1965 at age 79 in Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Adam was born in 1886. He was the son of Linc Smitley and Marjorie Miller. He married Dorothy Taylor in 1909.^[1] He passed away in 1965.^[2]

Obituary

"Adam K. Smitley, 79, of Connellsville Street, Dunbar, died at 10:40 a.m. Sunday in his home. He was born May 5, 1886 at Dunbar, the son of the late Abraham Lincoln and Marjorie Miller Smitley. He was a member of the Franklin Memorial Methodist Church, Dunbar, and U.M.W.A. Local No. 6326 and was a former employee of the Shannopin Coal Company, Bobtown, where he was a blacksmith for 19 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Dora Taylor Smitley; two daughters, Mrs. John (Dorothy) Papula of Oliver No. 3 and Mrs. James (Thelma) Bryner of Dunbar; two sons, Ray C. Smitley of Uniontown and Norman J. Smitley of Greene County; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, John of Shady Grove and P.C. of Dunbar; a sister Mrs. Margaret Gray of Washington D.C. The body will be at Burhans Funeral Home, Dunbar after 7 p.m. today and the services will be held there at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Earl P. Comfer officiating. Interment in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3M-9KC : 10 March 2021), Adam Smitley and Dorothy Taylor, 3 Jul 1909; citing Marriage, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J234-HJ7 : 8 January 2021), Adam Smitley, Oct 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Wednesday, November 3, 1965.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SV-15N : accessed 19 June 2021), Addam Smitley in household of Link Smitley, Dunbar Township, Precinct 1, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 11B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,410.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG88-DXY : accessed 19 June 2021), Adam K Smitley, North Union, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 5B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1345; FHL microfilm 1,375,358.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFR5-5GD : 3 February 2021), A K Smitley, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH3C-GPP : accessed 19 June 2021), Adam Smitley, Dunkard, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 17B, line 64, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2043; FHL microfilm 2,341,777.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQQY-S6D : 7 January 2021), Adam Smitley, Dunkard Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-11, sheet 13B, line 56, family 197, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3512.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/35662902/adam-k-smitley : accessed 19 June 2021), memorial page for Adam K Smitley (5 May 1886–31 Oct 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #35662902, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by laura hughes (contributor 46960853) .