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Note: 1871 - Aug. 18 - birth of Mary, also known as "Minnie". She was a daughter of Albert Abner Turman and Anna Stowell of Wellsboro.
1917 - WW1 Draft Registration Card - Tioga Co., PA:
Francis LeRoy Smith, b. April 19, 1884
The 1920 census lists Francis as living with his parents in Wellsboro and employed as a civil engineer with the highway department.
Francis and Minnie lived inside the town limits of Wellsboro. He ran a shoe store in Wellsboro with his father.
1930 - April 11 - census - 25 Central Ave. - Wellsboro:
LeRoy Smith, own property - $10,000, radio in home, age 44, married at age 38, shoe merchant
Mary M., age 58, married at age ?, b. PA, dad b. NY, mom b. PA
Eleanor, age 16, b. PA
Kenneth, age 14, b. PA
Anna B. Turman, mother-in-law, widow, age 81, married at age 20, b. PA, dad b. PA, mom b. NY
1941 - Oct. 15 - Wed. - The Agitator - Wellsboro:
Esteemed Wellsboro Woman Found Dead on Sidewalk In Front Of Her Home.
Mrs. Mary Truman Smith, wife of Francis LeRoy Smith, died suddenly about 9:30 o'clock Monday evening. She was found on the sidewalk in front of her home on Central avenue by two young ladies. She had been apparently in her usual health. She was born in Wellsboro Aug. 18, 1871, daughter of the late Albert and Anna Bache Truman. She was married July 1, 1912, in New York city to F. L. Smith, of Wellsboro, who survives with one son, Kenneth T. Smith, of Wellsville, N.Y., and one daughter, Miss Eleanor Norris Smith, of Wellsboro, also by one brother, John B. Truman, of Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Wellsboro. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church, and Wellsboro Chapter D. A. R. She was educated in the Wellsboro schools and the Moravian seminary at Lititz, Pa. She was a member of the faculty of the Wellsboro schools for several years. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, Rev. Albert Hayward, rector of St. Paul's church, officiating; burial in the Wellsboro cemetery. A friend of many years pays the following tribute; "Mary Truman Smith had many fine qualities, but the first two which come to the minds of her many friends, were her gayety, and her kindness. She had a real zest for life, and her delightful sense of humor enlivened any group she was with. In time of trouble she seemed not only to console, but to really share the burden of grief. She was devoted to her family, her friends and her church, where her interest and help will be difficult to replace. A descendant of a pioneer family, her home was a center of gracious and generous hospitality, where it was always a pleasure to be. She has gone, as she had expressed the wish to go quickly, with no lingering illness . Her family and friends can not so quickly adjust themselves to their loss."
1966 - June 9 - Thurs. - Wellsboro Gazette:
Well-Known Former Resident Dies Suddenly in Laguna Beach, Calif.
Word was received here on Sunday morning of the sudden death on Saturday evening, June 4, of Mr. F. LeRoy Smith in Laguna Beach, Calif. He had been a resident there with his wife for the past six years. At the time of his passing hour Mr. Smith had just celebrated his 82nd birthday. Mr. Smith was a well known resident of Wellsboro. He attended schools here and graduated in 1902. Going on to Lafayette College receiving a civil engineering degree in 1906. He returned to Wellsboro and became associated in business with his father, Mr. Richard Smith and continued the business, (known as Smith's Shoe Store), after his father's death. He was married in 1912 to Minnie Truman. They had two children, Eleanor and Kenneth. Mrs. Smith died in 1941. In 1944 Mr. Smith married Mrs. Maude Miller, an old school friend. In 1960 he retired from his business here and moved to Laguna Beach, California with his wife. Roy was an active member of the Wellsboro Presbyterian Church and had been elected a lifetime elder; he was a member of the Ossea Chapter of the Masonic Lodge and was president of the Cemetery Association for many years. He is survived by his wife , Mrs. Maude Smith of Laguna Beach, Calif., his sister, Mrs. Mae Mack of Troy, Pa.; his daughter, Eleanor of New York City; his son, Kenneth of Wellsville, N.Y.; four grandsons, one granddaughter and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held in St. Mary's Episcopal Church on Tuesday, June 7th in Laguna Beach, Calif. He was a devoted husband and father and will be greatly missed by those who knew him.
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