This collection contains letters, correspondence, documents, a copy book, marriage license, an issue of the Wrightsville Star newspaper and other ephemera of the family of James Fleming Smith (1807-1854) and his son, Howard Persifor Smith (1847-1872).
Admin/Biographical History
James Fleming Smith, son of Isaac Smith and Margaret Fleming, was born in 1807 in Lancaster County and died in 1854 in Wrightsville, York County. He married Elizabeth Schall, 3 September 1845, and had one child, Howard Persifor Smith, born in 1872.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), James Fleming Smith Family Papers, 1821-1924 (MG0912), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0912
Other Numbers
MG-912
Other Number
MG-912
Classification
MG0912
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from Robert Smith family file 26 September 2002. Transferred from Document Collection, Box 32, Folder 3, 8 April 2022.
Back row: Ellen Allen Brubaker, Martha Brubaker, Henry Clay Brubaker Jr., Elizabeth Allen Brubaker, William Mercer Brubaker. Front row: Waldo Tucker Brubaker, James Frederick Brubaker, Eleanor Brubaker, Harriet Brubaker, Henry Clay Brubaker Sr., Lewis Allen Brubaker, Mary Tucker Brubaker Smith, Howard Persifor Smith. Taken at the Brubaker's home at 129 East Orange Street, Lancaster. Possibly taken at Thanksgiving, 1897.
Henry Clay Brubaker with his daughter Harriet Brubaker and Howard Persifor Smith III, his grandson. Taken in Judge Brubaker's house at 129 East Orange Street, Lancaster.
Family gathering in the back yard of the Gerhart family, at the corner of Duke and Walnut Streets, Lancaster. Identified in the photograph are: Margaret Jenkins, Ruth Patterson, Tess Howell, Susan Howell, Susan Baumgardner, Mary Gerhart Taylor, Susan Baumgardner, Mary Eberman Hopkins, Elizabeth Howell, Robert Gerhart, Heyward Jenkins, Helen Gerhart, Charles Howell, John Baumgardner, Ellen B. Patterson, Edwin Eberman, Mary B. Eberman, Susan Eberman Reynolds, Howard Smith, Ritchie Jenkins, Thomas Baumgardner, Eliza B. Gerhart, Marguerite Gerhart, Susan Baumgardner Herr, Thomas Baumgardner.
Howard Smith. Cabinet card. "Best wishes to my friend Jack Han[?]" written on bottom of photograph.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
