name per son Curtis’ 1930DC

News1898 Wedded_EliasASmithAmyBerton.pdf
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
03 Oct 1898, Mon
Page 7
WEDDED BY REV JB SWEET
Mr Elias A SMith, a wealthy resident of Newton, and Mrs Amy A Berton, a widow of this city, went to the parsonage of the Simpson ME church on North Hyde PArk avenue on Saturday night and were joined in marriage by Rev JB Sweet, pastor of that church. The aged couple were unaccompanied. The nuptial service was witnessed ny the members of Rev Mr Sweets family. After the ceremony Mr&Mrs Smith left for their home in Newton, wherre the groom owns several prosperous farms.

1900FCI United States Federal Census Pennsylvania Lackawanna Newton District 0034; image 11 of 24 @ancestry
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Newton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0034; FHL microfilm: 1241419
Home in 1900: Newton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Sheet Number: 6
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 126
Family Number: 127
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: F
Household Members:
Curtis P Smith 36 b Jul 1863
Margaret Smith 32 b Sep 1867 PA
Ralph Smith 1 b Sep 1898
NDN father?!
Family Number: 125
Marriage Year: 1898
Elias Smith 73 b Mar 1827 PA Farmer father/mother b NJ
Annie Smith 49 b Dec 1850 NY, father/mother NY, 2nd wife??
William H Smith 29 b Aug 1870 PA
Flossie Batson 7 step daughter b Nov 1892 PA
William Connor 42 boarder Oct 1857 PA, widowed
NDN Brother?
Family Number: 126
Marriage Year: 1893
Elias Smith 28 b Apr 1872 PA
Carry Smith 24 b Mar 1876 PA
Fredda Smith 4 b Nov 1895
Elias Smith 1 b Feb 1899

OBIT EliasASmith1900.pdf
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
17 Oct 1900, Wed
Page 6
—under BALD MOUNT—
Elias A SMith, aged 73 years, died (top of next column)
of heart failure Thursady morning. Mr Smith had been in feeble health the past few years. Last Thursday morning he went down the hill to a neighbors and on his return dropped in the road, where he was found by his wife, and expired shortly afterward.
He is survived by a wife,
4 sons:
George, of Mill City (who is ill at the present writing);
Curtis B; William and Elias Jr;
and a daughter Mrs Horace Ross, all of Newton.
Interment was made in Newton cemetery.