Lydia Ann Smith ^{2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁴ The 1870 census recorded in Shenandoah City: Elias Smith, blacksmith, age 40, living with wife Catharine, 29; Lizzie, 10; Pracilla, 11; and Lydia, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Elias' real estate was valued at $1,500 and personal estate $500. Elias and Catharine cannot read or write.

2. Census in 1880 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁵ Elias Smith, blacksmith, 47, was living with wife Catherine, 38; daughter Lydia, 19; son Calvin A. Smith, 4; and daughter Burleight I. Smith, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁶ 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.

4. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Smith's Easter Reunion., 13 Apr 1903, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷ 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.

5. Cause of Death: acute cardiac dilatation, found dead on couch after complaining of abdominal distension, 13 Apr 1926, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³

6. Residence: 1910 W. Walnut St., Lebanon, PA on 13 Apr 1926 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³

Lydia married Cornelius George Fauber, son of Henry Fauber and Sarah Fisher, on 23 Feb 1901 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.¹ (Cornelius George Fauber was born on 31 Aug 1844 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA,^{1 8 9 10} died on 5 Sep 1913 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{9 10} and was buried on 9 Sep 1913 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ^{9 10}.)