Born 6
September 1896 at Bovina, Delaware County, New York
Died 31
March 1975 at Walton, Delaware County, New York
Harold was
the first of six children born to Wallace Bruce Smith and Hattie Redmond Smith. With the exception of one year (1900) that
his father rented and worked a farm at Delhi, New York, he was raised at Bovina,
New York where his father was the owner and operator of a farm. Harold was a
cheese maker at Bovina when he married to Hazel Leona Sutton of De Lancey, New
York on 10 September 1917 at the parsonage of Northfield Church at Northfield,
New York. They resided first with his parents at Bovina but soon relocated to
Sterlington, New York. Sterlington is a hamlet in the town of Ramapo near
Sloatsburg, New York. At this place, Harold was employed at Skyland Farms. They
resided there only a couple of years before relocating to High Street at
Walton. About 1957, they relocated to Beers Brook at Walton. Harold was an
expert automobile mechanic. He was employed at D. W. Coulter Garage,
Bronson-Smith Motors, and Boteau’s Dodge Sales; all at Walton. He was a member
of Company F, 1st Regiment, New York Guard from 1942 to 1945. Harold
and Hazel were the parents of six children; Glenon Marie Smith, Gertrude Maye
Smith, twins Reva Leah Smith and Reta Letha Smith, Dorothy Nedra Smith, and the
youngest daughter still living. Harold was buried in a Smith family plot at
Walton Cemetery. He was my fourth cousin twice removed and John More
Association Jean Line cousin #55231.
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