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Note: N288 Given name (Mattie) and middle initial (M) from the History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, Samuel P. Bates, Nelson, Rishforth & Co., Chicago, 1888, page 594
Given name (Metta), married surname (Smith), residence (Center Township) and status (not deceased) in December, 1914, from the obituary of Levi Porter - Newspaper clipping, Holy Bible, John Reinking, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 21, 2015
Given name (Metta), married surname (Smith) and residence (near Claysville, Pennsylvania) in December, 1914, from the obituary of Alma Porter - ÒThe Waynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, December 31, 1914
Given name (Metta), married surname (Smith) and residence (Claysville, Pennsylvania) in October, 1916, from the obituary of Malinda Porter - ÒThe Waynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, October 26, 1916
Given name (Metta), married surname (Smith) and residence (near Washington) in October, 1918, from the obituary of John Porter - ÒThe Waynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, October 31, 1918
Married surname (Smith) and residence (Washington, R. D.) in June, 1933, from the obituary of Linnie Powers - ÒThe Washington, Pennsylvania Daily ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, dated Wednesday, June 28, 1933 (page 4) and the "Democrat Messenger" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Friday, June 30, 1933
Given name (Mettie), maiden surname (Porter) and married surname (Smith) from the obituary of Theodore M. Smith - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Monday, December 5, 1977, page D-5
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1880 (June 21) census data from the census images for Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 67 - page 21 - image 21 - line 4) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 4 years old and single. She had not attended school within the census year and was living with her parents, 2 sisters and her granduncle, James. She was born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Mattie" in this census.
1900 (June 1) census data from the census images for Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 79 - sheet 1A - image 1 - line 23) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 24 years old and was born in April, 1876. She was single and had attended school for 4 months. She was living with her father, stepmother, 3 sisters, 2 stepsisters and 2 stepbrothers on a farm which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her name is listed as "Mettie M" in the census.
1910 (April 16) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 218 - sheet 1B - image 2 - line 55) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 34 years old and was living with her husband and son on a farm on Craft Creek, which was owned and mortgaged (?-this is difficult to read). She had been married for 7 years and was the mother of one child, who was living. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Mettie M" in this census.
1920 (February 3) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 200 - sheet 7B - image 14 - line 69) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 43 years old and living with her husband and son on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. The farm was on a road listed as "no name given road", but this household was enumerated after households on the Archer/Van Buren/Prosperity Roads. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Mettie M" in this census.
1930 (April 21) census data from the census images for Chartiers Township , Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 40 - sheet 20B -image 40 - line 63) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 54 years old. She was first married at the age of 27 and was living with her husband on a farm which was owned. This district included Meadowlands Village and Chartiers Township (south part) excluding Houston Borough. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Mettie M" in this census.
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First name spelled Mettie in the Will of her father, Levi R. Porter. (Greene County Will Book 9, page 550-No. 6143)
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Greene County Deed Book 322, page 596 Between Linnie L. Powers and Charles A. Powers, her husband, Mettie M. Smith and Roy M. Smith, her husband, of the county of Washington and state of Pennsylvania and Florence A. Naser, now unmarried, of Seattle, state of Washington, to Henry A. Phillips of Pittsburgh, one half of all the Pittsburgh, or River vein of coal underlying two tracts of land in Wayne Township, Pennsylvania. This indenture indicates Alma Porter died intestate, unmarried and without issue December 23, 1914, leaving the three sisters named to survive her. The consideration was $1496.42. August 1, 1925
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MRS. ROY M. SMITH
Mrs. Matilda Porter Smith, aged 61 years, died at noon Saturday in her home, near Arden. She had been seriously ill for two weeks, following a stroke, and had been confined to her bed.
She was the wife of Roy M. Smith and was a daughter of the late Levi R. Porter and Elizabeth Kent Porter. She was born April 1, 1876, near Waynesburg. She was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church and its Missionary Society and was a very active worker in the church. She had resided in the Arden community for 15 years. She and her husband arrived home from Florida on Easter Sunday.
She leaves a son, Theodore M. Smith, Washington, R. D. 5; a sister, Mrs. Florence A. Naser, Washington, two half-sisters, Miss Goldie M. Porter and Mrs. Viola Scott, Waynesburg, and one half-brother, Clarence L. Porter, Detroit.
Friends will be received at the A. Blaine Day Funeral Home until Wednesday at noon. From then until 2 oÕclock the body will be on view at the Central Presbyterian Church. Services will be held in the church at 2 oÕclock, in charge of the Rev. Walter P. McConkey. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery, Rogersville.
Source - ÒThe Washington, Pennsylvania, Daily ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Monday, May 10, 1937, page 4
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The following information is found in ÒRosemont Cemetery Graves 1-1009 1897-1947Ó, Cornerstone Genealogical Society, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania:
No. of Interment: 696
Name: Matilda Porter Smith
Place of Birth: Franklin Twp.
Late Residence: Arden, PennÕa
Age
Years: 61
Months: 1
Days: 7
Sex: F
Marital State: M
Date of Death
Year: 1937
Month: May
Day: 8
Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Date of Interment
Year: 1937
Month: May
Day: 12
Place of Interment
Section: P
Lot: 7
Lot Book Page: 62
Location: 1
Grave Fee: Paid June 5 - 1937 10.00
Name of Undertaker: A. Blaine Day
Nearest Relative or Friend: Roy M. Smith
Remarks: Husband
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Monument in Rosemont Cemetery, Rogersville, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania from "Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM Volume 3" - James Fordyce (2002). This monument was observed by me and photographed.
SMITH
LEROY M. METTIE M.
1875 - 1938 1876 - 1937
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