Fordyce Obituary

John C. Smith Obituary
1916

J. C. Smith
J. C. Smith died at his home in Chicago, Ill., April 25. He was about 45 years of age and was born near Waynesburg, being a son of Rev. Thomas B. Smith, deceased. He located in Chicago, in 1893, and had been engaged in coal business, successfully for some years, being president of the Carterville Washed Coal company. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. A. B. Throckmorton and Mrs. E. P. Lough, of Wheeling, and three brothers, Hon. M. G. Smith, of Chicago, M. O. Smith and Charles Smith, of Cleveland, O. The interment will be made at Cadiz, O., April 27.
Waynesburg Republican, April 27, 1916 (Greene County, PA)

J. C. Smith
J. C. Smith died at his home in Chicago, Ill., April 25. He was about 45 years of age and was born near Waynesburg, being a son of Rev. Thomas B. Smith, deceased. He located in Chicago in 1893, and had been engaged in the coal business, successfully for some years. He was president of the Carterville Washed Coal company. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. A. B. Throckmorton, of Rogersville, and Mrs. E. P. Lough, of Wheeling, and three brothers, Hon. M. G. Smith, of Chicago, M. O. Smith and Charles Smith, of Cleveland, O. The interment was made at Cadiz, O., April 27.
Democrat Messenger, April 28, 1916 (Greene County, PA)

John C. Smith
John C. Smith died at his home, 5513 Glenwood avenue, Chicago, on April 25, 1916, after an illness of several months. He was the son of the late Thos. B. Smith and Mary Fordyce Smith, now of Waynesburg, and was born near Waynesburg, September 10, 1872. The family later moved to Urichsville, Ohio. Mr. Smithwas graduated from Franklin college, New Athens, Ohio, in 1897, and in the autumn of the same year went to Chicago and entered the employ of the Hostler Coal & Coke Company. In 1906 he organized the Carterville Washed Coal Company, of which he was president at the time of his death. On December 25, 1901, he was married to Miss Clara E. Grove, of Cadiz, Ohio. In early life he became a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and after taking up his residence in Chicago, transferred his membership to the Edgewater Presbyterian church of that city. Funeral services were held at his late home in Chicago on April 26, conducted by his pastor, Dr. L. P. Cain. Interment at Cadiz, Ohio. Mr. Smith was a man of sterling christian character. Retiring in disposition, pleasant in countenance, patient at all times, especially in his suffering, so thoughtful of others on all occasions, to know him was to love and admire him. In business life he was most energetic, straightforward and open, and had made a wide circle of friends in Chicago and the Northwest. Beside his widow, he is survived by his mother and the following brothers and sisters: Morton G. Smith, Chicago, Melvin O. Smith and Chas. H. Smith, of Cleveland, Mrs. Porter Lough, of Wheeling and Mrs. Albert Throckmorton, of Waynesburg.
Waynesburg Republican, May 4, 1916 (Greene County, PA)

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