Claude Isaiah Smith ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³ Elias Smith, day laborer, age 66 born Dec 1833, was living at 443 N. Sixth Street in Lebanon. With him are wife Catherine, 57, born May 1843; daughter Lydia A., hemstitcher, 39, born Oct 1860; daughtger Irene, hemstitcher, 22, born Oct 1877; and son Claude I., day laborer, 18, born May 1882. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Catherine has given birth to 12 children, and 5 were alive in 1900.

2. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Disfigured For Life., 9 Nov 1901, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ Disfigured For Life.
It is Thought Young Claud Smith Will Be.
Claud I. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith, was severly burned about the face and head on Wednesday afternoon at the Central works of the American iron and steel manufacturing company, and it is now feared that he will be disfigured for life. Calvin Smith, a brother, was also slightly burned but is improving rapidly. The accident was caused by carelessness and neglect in not shutting off the blast of the furnance at the proper time.

3. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Smith's Easter Reunion., 13 Apr 1903, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁶ SMITHS' EASTER REUNION.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith Have Descendants With Them.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith, of 443 North Sixth street, spent a joyous Easter with their children and grand-children, the occasion being a family reunion. Not in twenty-five years had all the children and their children been at home at the same time and Sunday was a happy one for all. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Smith there were present: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Snyder, Mayd, Bertha, Blanche, Elias and William Snyder, Allentown; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Witman, Harvey and Clark Witman, Pottstown; Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fauber, Alice Fauber, this city; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, Russel, Lester and Miriam Smith, this city, Miss Irene Smith and Claud Smith, this city.

4. Residence: on 13 Apr 1903 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁶

5. Cause of Death: Claude died at Good Samaritan Hospital from uremia due to nephritis, 16 Jan 1946, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁵

6. Occupation: policeman for Bethlehem Steel Co. On 16 Jan 1946 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁵

7. Residence: 229 Partridge St., Lebanon, PA on 16 Jan 1946 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁵

8. Obituary: Lebanon Daily News: obituary of Claude I. Smith on 17 Jan 1946 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷ CLAUDE L SMITH DIES; PLANT POLICEMAN
Claude I. Smith, 63, of 229 North Partridge Street, policeman at the local Bethlehem Steel plant, died in the Good Samaritan Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, following an illness of three week of complication. He was a member of the Lebanon Gospel Center Church at Seventh and Willow Sts. Survivors are his wife, nee Mary Gensler; a son Charles Smith, Lebanon; a sister Mr. Irene Ollnger, Lebanon, and three grandchildren.

Claude married Mary Catherine HIney on 30 Sep 1905 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA.¹ (Mary Catherine HIney was born about 1876 ¹.)

Claude next married Mary Hattie Gensler, daughter of Samuel A. Gensler and Mary A. Noll, on 1 Jun 1931 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.² (Mary Hattie Gensler was born on 14 Mar 1885 in Shamokin, Northumberland, PA,^{10 11} died on 3 Feb 1952 in North Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA ^{10 11} and was buried on 6 Feb 1952 in Myerstown: Union Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ^{10 11}.)