L Bertrand Smith published the following biography for Platt H. Smith (his father) in his classic Genealogy "Jesse Smith, His Ancestors And Decendants", published in 1909.
PLATT HIRAM SMITH, son of Ambrose Smith and Mary Mead, was born in Dewitt, NY, March 10, 1836. He Married, June 18, 1862, in Fayetteville, Katherine Snell, daughter of Levi Snell and Lucinda Crouse, who was born Mindenville, NY, Dec 11, 1837.
Mr. Smith was educated at the Fayetteville Academy, where he was a classmate of former president Grover Cleveland, and later at the Yates Polytechnic Institute, at Chittenango, NY. He then taught in the district school at Collamer, NY, for one year, when he entered the National Bank of Fayetteville as Bookkeeper. He was, for about four years, a member of the firm of KNAPP, SMITH and CO, at Camillus, NY, and later became a partner, with his father-in-law, in the firm of SNELL, SMITH, and CO of Fayetteville, where he continued until 1893, when their store was destroyed by fire and he retired from the mercantile business. Soon after this, he was appointed cashier of the National Bank of Fayetteville for the purpose of closing up it's affiars, this bank having decided to go into voluntary liquidation. He thereafter continued in the banking business under the name of "P.H. Smith, Banker." He was also president of the Fayetteville Water board during the construction of its water system, and was one of the organizers of the Syracuse and Suburban Railroad. He is treasurer of the Manlius Plank Road Company and a member of the Citizen Club of Syracuse and Fayetteville.
He is also treasurer of the Fayetteville Cemetery Association, where he has taken great interest in the beautifying the grounds and in the construction, under his management, of the novel entrances and stone walls which surround it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been prominent members of the Fayetteville Baptist Church for many years.
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P. H. SMITH, FAYETTEVILLE, DIES AT BREAKFAST TABLE
Platt H. Smith, for many years a director of the National Bank of Fayetteville, died suddenly while eating breakfast at his home in that village. Heart disease was said to have been the cause of death.
He was born in the town of Dewitt March 10, 1836 and received his education at the Yates Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango and engaged in business at Camillus in 1857.
Four years later he returned to Fayetteville, where he conducted a general store from 1862 to 1893. In 1879 he was elected a director of the Fayetteville Bank and continued on the board until the bank was voluntarily liquidated. He married Catherine Snell, daughter of a Fayetteville merchant in 1862 and besides his wife he leaves two sons, L Bertrand and Harry K. Smith.
Source: The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, Friday morning, January 13, 1911, page 13.
PLATT HIRAM SMITH, son of Ambrose Smith and Mary Mead, was born in Dewitt, NY, March 10, 1836. He Married, June 18, 1862, in Fayetteville, Katherine Snell, daughter of Levi Snell and Lucinda Crouse, who was born Mindenville, NY, Dec 11, 1837.
Mr. Smith was educated at the Fayetteville Academy, where he was a classmate of former president Grover Cleveland, and later at the Yates Polytechnic Institute, at Chittenango, NY. He then taught in the district school at Collamer, NY, for one year, when he entered the National Bank of Fayetteville as Bookkeeper. He was, for about four years, a member of the firm of KNAPP, SMITH and CO, at Camillus, NY, and later became a partner, with his father-in-law, in the firm of SNELL, SMITH, and CO of Fayetteville, where he continued until 1893, when their store was destroyed by fire and he retired from the mercantile business. Soon after this, he was appointed cashier of the National Bank of Fayetteville for the purpose of closing up it's affiars, this bank having decided to go into voluntary liquidation. He thereafter continued in the banking business under the name of "P.H. Smith, Banker." He was also president of the Fayetteville Water board during the construction of its water system, and was one of the organizers of the Syracuse and Suburban Railroad. He is treasurer of the Manlius Plank Road Company and a member of the Citizen Club of Syracuse and Fayetteville.
He is also treasurer of the Fayetteville Cemetery Association, where he has taken great interest in the beautifying the grounds and in the construction, under his management, of the novel entrances and stone walls which surround it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been prominent members of the Fayetteville Baptist Church for many years.
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P. H. SMITH, FAYETTEVILLE, DIES AT BREAKFAST TABLE
Platt H. Smith, for many years a director of the National Bank of Fayetteville, died suddenly while eating breakfast at his home in that village. Heart disease was said to have been the cause of death.
He was born in the town of Dewitt March 10, 1836 and received his education at the Yates Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango and engaged in business at Camillus in 1857.
Four years later he returned to Fayetteville, where he conducted a general store from 1862 to 1893. In 1879 he was elected a director of the Fayetteville Bank and continued on the board until the bank was voluntarily liquidated. He married Catherine Snell, daughter of a Fayetteville merchant in 1862 and besides his wife he leaves two sons, L Bertrand and Harry K. Smith.
Source: The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, Friday morning, January 13, 1911, page 13.
L Bertrand Smith published the following biography for Platt H. Smith (his father) in his classic Genealogy "Jesse Smith, His Ancestors And Decendants", published in 1909.
PLATT HIRAM SMITH, son of Ambrose Smith and Mary Mead, was born in Dewitt, NY, March 10, 1836. He Married, June 18, 1862, in Fayetteville, Katherine Snell, daughter of Levi Snell and Lucinda Crouse, who was born Mindenville, NY, Dec 11, 1837.
Mr. Smith was educated at the Fayetteville Academy, where he was a classmate of former president Grover Cleveland, and later at the Yates Polytechnic Institute, at Chittenango, NY. He then taught in the district school at Collamer, NY, for one year, when he entered the National Bank of Fayetteville as Bookkeeper. He was, for about four years, a member of the firm of KNAPP, SMITH and CO, at Camillus, NY, and later became a partner, with his father-in-law, in the firm of SNELL, SMITH, and CO of Fayetteville, where he continued until 1893, when their store was destroyed by fire and he retired from the mercantile business. Soon after this, he was appointed cashier of the National Bank of Fayetteville for the purpose of closing up it's affiars, this bank having decided to go into voluntary liquidation. He thereafter continued in the banking business under the name of "P.H. Smith, Banker." He was also president of the Fayetteville Water board during the construction of its water system, and was one of the organizers of the Syracuse and Suburban Railroad. He is treasurer of the Manlius Plank Road Company and a member of the Citizen Club of Syracuse and Fayetteville.
He is also treasurer of the Fayetteville Cemetery Association, where he has taken great interest in the beautifying the grounds and in the construction, under his management, of the novel entrances and stone walls which surround it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been prominent members of the Fayetteville Baptist Church for many years.
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P. H. SMITH, FAYETTEVILLE, DIES AT BREAKFAST TABLE
Platt H. Smith, for many years a director of the National Bank of Fayetteville, died suddenly while eating breakfast at his home in that village. Heart disease was said to have been the cause of death.
He was born in the town of Dewitt March 10, 1836 and received his education at the Yates Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango and engaged in business at Camillus in 1857.
Four years later he returned to Fayetteville, where he conducted a general store from 1862 to 1893. In 1879 he was elected a director of the Fayetteville Bank and continued on the board until the bank was voluntarily liquidated. He married Catherine Snell, daughter of a Fayetteville merchant in 1862 and besides his wife he leaves two sons, L Bertrand and Harry K. Smith.
Source: The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, Friday morning, January 13, 1911, page 13.
PLATT HIRAM SMITH, son of Ambrose Smith and Mary Mead, was born in Dewitt, NY, March 10, 1836. He Married, June 18, 1862, in Fayetteville, Katherine Snell, daughter of Levi Snell and Lucinda Crouse, who was born Mindenville, NY, Dec 11, 1837.
Mr. Smith was educated at the Fayetteville Academy, where he was a classmate of former president Grover Cleveland, and later at the Yates Polytechnic Institute, at Chittenango, NY. He then taught in the district school at Collamer, NY, for one year, when he entered the National Bank of Fayetteville as Bookkeeper. He was, for about four years, a member of the firm of KNAPP, SMITH and CO, at Camillus, NY, and later became a partner, with his father-in-law, in the firm of SNELL, SMITH, and CO of Fayetteville, where he continued until 1893, when their store was destroyed by fire and he retired from the mercantile business. Soon after this, he was appointed cashier of the National Bank of Fayetteville for the purpose of closing up it's affiars, this bank having decided to go into voluntary liquidation. He thereafter continued in the banking business under the name of "P.H. Smith, Banker." He was also president of the Fayetteville Water board during the construction of its water system, and was one of the organizers of the Syracuse and Suburban Railroad. He is treasurer of the Manlius Plank Road Company and a member of the Citizen Club of Syracuse and Fayetteville.
He is also treasurer of the Fayetteville Cemetery Association, where he has taken great interest in the beautifying the grounds and in the construction, under his management, of the novel entrances and stone walls which surround it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been prominent members of the Fayetteville Baptist Church for many years.
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P. H. SMITH, FAYETTEVILLE, DIES AT BREAKFAST TABLE
Platt H. Smith, for many years a director of the National Bank of Fayetteville, died suddenly while eating breakfast at his home in that village. Heart disease was said to have been the cause of death.
He was born in the town of Dewitt March 10, 1836 and received his education at the Yates Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango and engaged in business at Camillus in 1857.
Four years later he returned to Fayetteville, where he conducted a general store from 1862 to 1893. In 1879 he was elected a director of the Fayetteville Bank and continued on the board until the bank was voluntarily liquidated. He married Catherine Snell, daughter of a Fayetteville merchant in 1862 and besides his wife he leaves two sons, L Bertrand and Harry K. Smith.
Source: The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, Friday morning, January 13, 1911, page 13.
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