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1861 -
Generation: 1
1. | Florence_(Flora) Smith was born in Aug 1861. Notes:
FLORA SMITH never married. In her younger days she assisted her brothers in the operation of a general store in Berwick, Pa. (See photo on wall in den.) Before the death of her father she returned home to help care for him and to assist in
the raising of her sister Bertha's two daughters. After the death of her mother she lived with her niece, Elizabeth Evans Latham, to assist in the care of her sister Bertha who died first and to help raise Kathy, daughter of Marie Evans Finn.
Flora and Bertha are buried in Hackettstown, N.J. cemetery. Flora lived with James and Hattie many years and had a tremendous influence in the upbringing of Roscoe, Howard and Arthur, all to the good. (Roscoe Smith notes)
BIRTH: Info from Mary Sliker, Sliker family researcher - from newspaper article about her.
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