Adam.Smith.1828

Adam Smith (1828-) Needs to be updated with correct information

Adam Smith was the son of Joseph and Josephine Smith. He was born around 1828 in Baden, Germany. He was born on December 1858 in site of the Union Depot in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He was married to Emilia Miller. She was born around 1835 in Wurttemberg, Germany.

Excerpt from Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania:

"Numbered among the prosperous and representative business SMITH men of Avalon, men of energy, enterprise and determination. whose success in life is the natural sequence of well directed efforts, is Alphons Wilson Smith, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose birth occurred on the site of the Union Depot, in December, 1858, son of Adam and Emilia (Miller) Smith, and grandson of Joseph and
Josephine Smith and Lewis Miller.

Alphons W. Smith received a practical education in the schools of the ninth ward. Pittsburgh, completing his studies at the age of twelve years. During the following six years he worked in glass houses and rolling houses, and then turned his attention to the carpet industry, in which he has continued to the present time, and since 1900 has been in business on his own account and has met with well-deserved success. He is progressive in his ideas, thorough in workmanship, obliging and painstaking, and this accounts for the increase in his business both in volume and importance. In 1888 he took up his residence in Avalon, and during the intervening years has taken a deep interest in everything that pertains to the development and welfare of his adopted town. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Smith married, in 1881. Clara Mischbaugh, born in Rochester, Pennsylvania, reared in Kilbuck township, now Avalon. Children, all of whom are living at the present time:

1. Elmer, has ranch and mining interests in Turkey, Arizona.
2. Myrtle, wife of Dotta, of Oakland.
3. Ella Margaret, who resides in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
4. Raymond, resides at home.
5. Melvin. resides at home.
6. Dorothy, resides at home."

The 1890 U. S. Census data was destroyed.

Sometime between 1920 and 1930, Alphonso and Clara moved to California.

Children of Alphonso and Clara were:

Elmer Robert Smith (1886–1949)
Myrtle E Smith (1888–)
Florance E Smith (1890–)
Ella Margaret Smith (1890–)
Raymond R. Smith (1892–)
Melvin Stanley Smith (1896–1958)
Dorothy B Smith (1902–)

Name	Age
Adam Smith	42
Amelia Smith	35
Emma Smith	12
Alphonsus Smith	11
Frank Smith	9
Robert Smith	6
Mary Smith	4
Josephine Smith	2
William Smith	2 Days

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Name	Age
Adam Smith	50
Emilie Smith	44
Emma Smith	22
Alphonsus Smith	20
Frank Smith	18
Robert Smith	16
Mary Smith	13
Josephine Smith	11
William Smith	10
Lydie Smith	7
Harry Smith	3