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There are 333 names in this family tree. The earliest recorded event is the birth of FITZ-WILLIAM, Catherine in 1486. The most recent event is the death of SMITH, James B. in 1939.The webmaster of this site is Michael Turner Webb. Please click here if you have any comments or feedback.

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About A Tribute to Mr. & Mrs. Johnson Crayne Smith
A TRIBUTE TO MR & MRS. JOHNSON CRAYNE SMITH

For many years a prominent merchant and man of affairs of McKeesport, the last years of Mr.  Smith's long life were spent in Pittsburgh, where he acquired many interests and had many points  of contact with the life of the city. He was one of the best known drug merchants of this district  for four decades, and there was scarcely a progressive movement in his city with which he was not  identified, either as a leader or supporter of the project. Mr. Smith was an able business man of  broad executive talent, but has daily life had important interests beyond the world of trade, and  his religious, philanthropic, and charitable activities were productive of widespread good. He was  held in unwavering regard by his associates and friends for personal qualities of mind and heart  that found their expression in quiets deeds of good will and brotherhood, and in his bearing of  simple democracy.

Johnson C. Smith was a son of James and Margaret (Johnson) Smith, of one of Washington county's  early families, the grandfather, Dennis Smith, a soldier of the Revolution, being one of the  pioneer settlers. Johnson C. Smith, was born in Amwell township, Washington county, Pa., Oct. 27,  1844, and died in Pittsburgh, in early young manhood, he entered the retail drug business in  McKeesport, and for forty years continued in this field with steady prosperity. His establishment  was known as the Hiawatha Drug Store, and under his wise management this bcame one of the most  popular pharmacies of the city, noted for the careful, courteous, capable attention its patrons  received. He extended his interests into the broader lines of industry and public utilities, and  became a potent factor in a number of leading enterprises. He was chairman of the executive  committee of the McKeesport Tin Plate Company, second vice-president of the People's Bank of  McKeesport, an organizer and president of the McKeesport Street Railway Company, and an officer  and director of the McKeesport Gas Company. In practical affairs he was the spirit of forceful  initiative, wise in counsel and decisive in action, and under his leadership movements of value  and benefit to the community were consummated.

Mr. Smith made Pittsburgh his home in 1910, and brought his membership to the Third Presbyterian  Church. He was active in denominational work, served on the board of the Association for the  Improvement of the Poor, both of Pittsburgh. His contributions to their work were of his means as  well as of his time and service, and in this, as in all of his beneficent work, he sought the  method by which the greatest good might be accomplished with the least public notice.

Mr. Smith married, Oct. 24, 1883, Jane Morrow Berry, daughter of James H. and Jane (Morrow) Berry.  Mrs. Smith is a member of the board of the Association for the Improvement of the Poor, the Board  of the Home for Aged Protestants, men and couples, of Wilkinsburg, the board of directors of the  East End Young Women's Christian Association, and the Twentieth Century Club. Their home was Mr.  Smith's chief joy, and there he spent his happiest hours. Mrs. Smith, who was always his associate  in good works, continues her interest in and support of the organizations whose work they had long  furthered.

REFERENCE:
 Fleming, G.T. (1922). History of Pittsburgh and Environs: Biographical. American Historical  Society.

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