‎Peter Alexander Smeltzer‏‎ 1) 2) 3) Born ‎ Feb 8, 1863 at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ 2) 4) 5), died ‎ Nov 28, 1945 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, 82 years 1) 2) 5), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 5) 2). Occupation: (‎ at Yatesboro, Armstrong Co. PA) Proprietor of the Valley House hotel. Real estate developer. 4) According to his death certificate, Peter's parents were Peter Smeltzer, born in PA, and Mary Cribbs, also born in PA. 5) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Store keeper. Living with wife and children. 6) Election: (‎ at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) School board member. 4) Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Landlord of a hotel. Living with wife, children, son-in-law, granddaughter, employees and boarders. 7) Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife and children. 8) Census (‎ 1930 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Proprietor of a hotel. Living with wife, son, and hotel employees. 9) Census (‎ 1940 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with wife, son and two lodgers. 10) Married ‎± 1887 Marriage year estimate based on Peter's and Sarah's statements on the 1900 census that they have been married 13 years. 6) (approximately 58 years married) to: ‎Sarah Arabella Rankin‏‎ 11) 1) 3), daughter of Matthew Rankin and Margaret J. McCord‏. Born ‎ Feb 15, 1869 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ 11) 1) 12) 13), died ‎ Dec 8, 1958 at Indiana, Indiana Co. PA‎, 89 years 1) 12) 13), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 1) 12) 13) On the 1900 census, Sarah states that she has had five children, and three are living. 6) Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents. 11) Located: (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Boarding in the home of James McCord (age 62, farmer, born Ireland) and his wife Sarah (age 72, born PA). 14) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 6) Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Landlady of a hotel. Living with husband, children, son-in-law, granddaughter, employees and boarders. 7) Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 8) Census (‎ 1930 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Cook at a hotel. Living with husband, son, and hotel employees. 9) Census (‎ 1940 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband, son and two lodgers. 10) 15) Located: (‎ Jun 1953 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) 16) Children: 1. ‎Bessie Iola Smeltzer‏‎ 4) 6) 17) Born ‎ Nov 16, 1888 at Smeltzer, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 6) 18) 19) 20), died ‎ Nov 13, 1918 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, 29 years 18) 17), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 18) 17) On the 1910 census, Bessie states that she has had one child, and the child is living. 7) Alt. Birth: (‎ Nov 26, 1888) 17) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 6) Located: (‎ Jul 1908 at Vandergrift, Westmoreland Co. PA) Clerk. 21) Located: (‎ Apr 1909 at Vandergrift, Westmoreland Co. PA) Came home to Cowanshannock Twp. to give birth to daughter Juanita. Bessie's occupation, listed on Juanita's birth certificate, is school teacher. 20) Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings, husband, daughter and the employees and boarders of the family hotel. 7) 2. ‎Onie Pearl "Pearle O. Smeltzer" Smeltzer‏‎ 1) 3) 22) Born ‎ Apr 12, 1891 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ 6) 3) 23) 24), died ‎ May 20, 1976 at Rayburn Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, 85 years 23) 24), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 23) 24) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 6) Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Waiter. Living with parents, siblings, brother-in-law, niece, and the employees and boarders of the family hotel. 7) Located: (‎ Mar 1911 at Yatesboro, Armstrong Co. PA) Housekeeper. 25) Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 26) Census (‎ 1930 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 22) Census (‎ 1940 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 27) Located: (‎ Dec 1958 at Akron, Summit Co. OH) 1) Located: (‎ Jun 1971 at Akron, Summit Co. OH) 28) Located: (‎ Dec 1975 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) 29) 3. ‎Mathew Addison "Addison M. Smeltzer, Massie A. Smeltzer" Smeltzer‏‎ 7) 9) 29) 1) 10) 6) Born ‎ Nov 16, 1897 at Smeltzer, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 6) 29), died ‎ Dec 15, 1975 at Akron, Summit Co. OH‎, 78 years 29), buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA 29) Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. 6) Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings, brother-in-law, niece, and the employees and boarders of the family hotel. 7) Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and sister Wanda. 8) Census (‎ 1930 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer, living at the family hotel with parents and hotel employees. 9) Census (‎ 1940 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with parents and two lodgers. 10) Located: (‎ Dec 1958 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) 1) 4. ‎Jennie Wanda "Wanda J. Smeltzer" Smeltzer‏‎ 1) 30) 31) Born ‎ Aug 5, 1905 at Smeltzer, Armstrong Co. PA‎ 7) 32) 33) 34), died ‎ Sep 1, 1996 at Williamson Co. TX‎, 91 years 33) 34) 35) According to the Social Security Death Index, Jennie's last place of residence was Round Rock, Williamson Co. TX. 34) Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings, brother-in-law, niece, and the employees and boarders of the family hotel. 7) Census (‎ 1920 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and brother. 8) Census (‎ 1930 at Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Postmaster. Living with husband. 31) Census (‎ 1940 at NuMine, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 32) Located: (‎ Dec 1958 at Akron, Summit Co. OH) 1) Located: (‎ Dec 1975 at Akron, Summit Co. OH) 29) Located: (‎ May 1976 at Akron, Summit Co. OH) 24) 5. ‎Infant Daughter Smeltzer‏‎ 36) Born ‎ Aug 31, 1908 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ 36), died ‎ Sep 1, 1908 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, under 1 year old 36), buried ‎ at Atwood Cemetery, Atwood, Armstrong Co. PA 36)

Sources

1) source: Obituary of Mrs. Sarah A. Smeltzer
2) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Peter Alexander Smeltzer (Memorial # 81043794)
3) source: Pennsylvania Births and Christenings 1709-1950, extra text: Name Onie Pearl Smeltzer
Gender Female
Event Type Birth
Event Date 12 Apr 1891
Event Place Cowanshannock Twp , Armstrong, Pennsylvania
Father's Name Peter Alexander Smeltzer
Mother's Name Sarah Arabella Rankin, page: Entry for Onie Pearl Smeltzer
4) source: Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present, Embracing a History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families, page: p..806
5) source: Death Certificate of Peter A. Smeltzer
6) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp. (South Division), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 2, Sheet 5-B, Dwelling 106, Family 109, Peter Smeltzer Family
7) source: 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 11, Sheet 16-B, Dwelling 244, Family 271, Peter A. Smeltzer Establishment
8) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 5, Sheet 4-A, Dwelling 61, Family 62, P.A. Smeltzer Family
9) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-11, Sheet 8-A, Dwelling 156, Family 158, P.A. Smeltzer Establishment
10) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 27, Sheet 10-B, Household 124, Peter A. Smeltzer Family
11) source: 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: Page 113-B (Stamped), Dwelling 194, Famly 196, Mattew Rankin Family
12) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Sarah Annabelle Rankin Smeltzer (Memorial # 81043797)
13) source: Death Certificate of Sarah A. Smeltzer
14) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 4, Page 102-C (Stamped), Dwelling 363, Family 374, James McCord Family
15) source: Obituary of John M. Rankin
16) source: Obituary of Mrs. Blanche Kenley Hilty
17) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Bessie Iola Smeltzer Roose (Memorial # 167714443)
18) source: Death Certificate of Bessie Iola Rose
19) source: Death Certificate of Dale Roose
20) source: Birth Certificate of Juanita Mae Roose
21) source: Marriage License and Certificate of William Roose and Bessie Smeltzer
22) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-11, Sheet 8-A, Dwelling 157, Family 159, John Pinkerton Family
23) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Pearl Smeltzer Pinkerton (Memorial # 128363333)
24) source: Obituary of Mrs. Pearl Pinkerton
25) source: Marriage License and Certificate of John Pinkerton and Onie Pearl Smeltzer
26) source: 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 5, Sheets 3-B and 4-A, Dwelling 59, Family 60, John Pinkerton Family
27) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-13, Sheet 10-B, Household 171, John Pinkerton Family
28) source: Obituary of Wendell L. Pinkerton
29) source: Obituary of Mathew Addison Smeltzer
30) source: Obituary of Peter Frederick McFarland
31) source: 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-12, Sheet 15-A, Dwelling 249, Family 251A, Fred P. McFarland Family
32) source: 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 3-13, Sheet 10-A, Household 166, Peter F. McFarland Family
33) source: Social Security Applications and Claims Index, extra text: Name: Jennie Wanda McFarland
[Jennie W McFarland]
[Jennie Wanda Smeltzer]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1905
Birth Place: Smeltzer, Pennsylvania
[Smeltzer|]
Death Date: 1 Sep 1996
Claim Date: 25 Mar 1970
Father: Peter A Smeltzer
Mother: Sarah A Rankin
SSN: 277222103
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Type of Claim: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 24 Aug 1993: Name listed as JENNIE WANDA MCFARLAND; 23 Mar 1970: Name listed as JENNIE W MCFARLAND, page: Entry for Jennie Wanda McFarland
34) source: Social Security Death Index, extra text: Name: Jennie W. McFarland
SSN: 277-22-2103
Last Residence:
78681 Round Rock, Williamson, Texas, USA
BORN: 5 Aug 1905
Last Benefit: 44313, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States of America
Died: 1 Sep 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951), page: Entry for Jennie W. McFarland
35) source: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, extra text: Name: Jennie Mcfarland
Death Date: 1 Sep 1996
Death County: Williamson
Gender: Female, page: Entry for Jennie McFarland
36) source: Death Certificate of Unnamed Smeltzer

Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: Peter Alexander Smeltzer & Sarah Arabella Rankin." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=31&id=F3287&main_person=I9399 : accessed 21 May 2024) Peter Alexander Smeltzer #I9399, born ‎ Feb 8, 1863 at Plumcreek Twp., Armstrong Co. PA