History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . and the1. O. O. F., in which order he holds the office ofVice Grand. In those days the neighbors wouldgather together at the house wherethe deceased lay and spend the nightin singing, etc. Before the funeralused to leave the house some onewould pass bread and whiskeyaround among the guests and a gen-eral invitation was extended to re-turn and partake of a big feast.—Sophia Arbogast. CITIZENS OF BEAVER SPRINGS HON. A. M. SMITH, M. D. though his fathers educational privileges hadbeen hmited, or perhaps for that very reason, heA. M
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . and the1. O. O. F., in which order he holds the office ofVice Grand. In those days the neighbors wouldgather together at the house wherethe deceased lay and spend the nightin singing, etc. Before the funeralused to leave the house some onewould pass bread and whiskeyaround among the guests and a gen-eral invitation was extended to re-turn and partake of a big feast.—Sophia Arbogast. CITIZENS OF BEAVER SPRINGS HON. A. M. SMITH, M. D. though his fathers educational privileges hadbeen hmited, or perhaps for that very reason, heA. M. Smith, M. D., of Beaver Springs, Snyder determined to give his children the best advan-county, who has been in successful practice for tage possible, and in order to encourage themore than thirt\-fivc years, might well be con- teachers in this locality he boarded them at histent with the professional honors he has won, yet home without charge. When but twelve yearshe has an egually prominent place in other lines old the Doctor entered Union Seminary at New. of effort, being a leading capitalist, business manand politician of his locality. He has an enviablerecord as a soldier also, having entered the Unionarmy as a boy of seventeen and served until theclose of the war. [)r. Smith was born Peb. 25,1816. the eldest son of John S. Smith and his wifeMartha Middleswarth, daughter of Mid-dleswarth, one of Snyder countys most distin-guished citizens. The Doctor was reared upona farm and began his education at liiegelsschoolhouse, .John Doon being his first teacher. Al- Berlin, Pa., and before he was seventeen he tookcharge of a school at Port Ann, Pa. In Pebru-ary, lXt)4, he interrupted his studies to enlist inCompany I, 40th P. V. I. and he saw some severefighting during his term of service. His firstbattle was the engagement in the Wilderness,and .July of 1864 was spent in the ShenandoahValley. The regiment then went to Petersburg,and after taking part in the operations
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