Elvina S (Smith) Adams

1855 - 1951  (96 years)

• Name	Elvina S (Smith) Adams
  Birth	30 Oct 1855	Millway, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Dec 1951	Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Burial	Akron Lutheran Cemetery, Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I25220	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel H Adams,   b. 22 Apr 1828, Millport, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Oct 1894, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Sprigle,   b. 2 Oct 1828, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Jan 1915, Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aged 95 Yrs. 1 Mo. 22 D. Mrs. Elvina S. Smith, 95, of 27 North Eleventh St., Akron,, died Dec. 22, 1951. She was born at Millway, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Adams on October 30, 1856. Her father was a Civil War veteran and, came back from the war wounded. Their family was large and because of his condition and the size of the family, the children had to go to work very young. Mrs. Smith was hired out on Lancaster farms when she was but a child and frequently shows her children where she worked on the farms when she was a girl. Her schooling was very limited because the terms were very short and all the books had to be bought. She worked hard to give her children advantages that she never enjoyed. She has always been quite a reader and not much news misses her attention. Her church paper, The United Evangelical, always has been read from cover to cover. She was married to William Duck, and the union was blessed with two daughters: the late Mrs. Harry B. Enck of Akron and Mrs. James Engle of Lititz. Her second husband was Daniel Dissinger and they had one daughter, Mrs. E.A. Childs, of York. She was married to the late John A. Smith on January 29, 1887. This union was blessed with seven children, One daughter, Addie, died 26 years ago. ------------------------- Biography contributed by Ruth George

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53427262/elvina-s-smith.